----- Original Message ----- From: "David Remahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MP3 encoders development list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [mp3encoder] MP3 encoder for iTunes?
> On 21 okt 2003, at 20.50, Richard Brockie wrote: > > > Bill Kincaid said: > >> Don't bother. The iTunes MP3 encoder was written pretty much from > >> scratch, > >> based on the ISO reference source in distribution 10, as LAME was. I > >> know, I > >> was the principal author (it was originally shipped in SoundJam, for > >> anyone who > >> remembers that far back). > >> > >> It has been heavily tweaked over the years and doesn't bear much > >> resemblance to > >> dist 10 anymore... > > > > Hi Bill, > > > > Thanks for the reply. I downloaded the iTunes jukebox last night > > (Windows user) > > and liked what I saw - it is a nice package. > > > > How would you compare the encoding available from the iTunes encoder > > and LAME > > v3.9? I currently use EAC and LAME to encode my CD's, generally with > > something > > like --alt-preset standard. What would you recommend in iTunes? > > You do have the option of using AAC encoding in iTunes. It sounds > pretty great @ 128kbits / s. > > If you still want to use MP3 (for backwards compatibility, forward > compatibility or whatever), use 192 kbit / s or more. I don't think > there are many more settings you can make about the encoding in iTunes? > > I personally think the LAME encoding is somewhat better than what > iTunes performes (long time Mac user). But LAME is quite a bit slower > than iTunes on my computer, and not as convenient (handy AppleScripts > aside). I don't know if the same holds true on Win, but I do know LAME > is optimized better for x86, so that's not necessarily the case. > > / David > > _______________________________________________ > mp3encoder mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder > _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
