On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 04:20:08PM -0900, John Andersen wrote: > Well there is sox , but its not clear it will convert > from 3 to 2, as it does not address layer at all, > at least not under that term. > > Isn't the primary difference a fixed bitrate in mp2?
No, Layer 3 has improvements like a bit reservoir, huffman coding for the samples, different sized subband emulation, a 36 point idct on top of the subbands. It's pretty much a mess, they threw every algorithm in they could find. That's what makes mp3 much more vulnerable to bad encoder settings. Cheers, Michael. -- Michael Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] main(_){while(_=~getchar())putchar(~_-1/(~(_|32)/13*2-11)*13);} -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]