- Original Message -
From: Holger Dors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Roel VdB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: Re[4]: [MP3 ENCODER] RazorLame 1.1.0 released
> Hello Roel,
>
> > 30 options in 1 screen are less complicated than 30 options scattered
> > over 5 screens.
> This can probably be disputed for very long!
>
>
> > - 1 screen (oversight & clarity)
> > - in top, a (greyed out or so) continuous display of current command
> > line. I never understood why enabling this is an option.
> > - only a limited set of "core" options. stereo mode, bitrate, encoder
> > mode, delete after, and the most common flags. Just so you have a nice
oversight of
> > options.
> > - a box to add non-common command line options.
> > - a flag to make lame only use that box, instead of adding the content
> > to current selected options.
> The problem starts with the "most common flags". Who will define
> those? You've left out VBR, for a start. Similar, I know at least one
> person who was very happy about that the "Audio Processing" tab where
> you can set sampling frequency and filter options.
>
> Personally, I started RL because of the many options Lame has to
> offer, it's fun to play with them, and I wanted an easy interface. I
> admit that the options dialog is far from being perfect, but I think
> it's a good start.
>
>
> > then, why no multithread? it'd be nice to update the to-be-encoded
> > list in one window while the encoding-box is somewhere else...
> Actually, this is on my wish list. However, unlike LAME, I'm currently
> the only programmer in RazorLame (I hope this changes soon!), and the
> wishlist grows and grows. Additional, I do this in my spare time, so
> please be patient.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Holger Dors mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
Perhaps the 'disputants' might care to take a look at a new front end for
Lame, available from
http://www.geocities.com/enlamer/
This has many of Lame's options in the one large user dialog, but I suspect
it will confuse the novice user (and it seems to be able to handle only
single files at present); perhaps it is time for someone who fully
understands all the options/switches to settle down and write a
comprehensive 'Help' file for Lame, - I doubt many who use Lame with a
front-end or ripping utility bother to read the 'Usage' file that
accompanies the exe file and I don't think users of the dll file even see
it.
Roel's site is certainly a good guide for achieving optimal performance with
music - but there are other uses, eg voice recording, not touched on there,
and only barely mentioned in the 'Usage' file.
Eric
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