Ah - interesting!
I can see why this is done. It makes for a smaller stream size than
CBR because the bitrate can vary, yet a predictable average bitrate
which VBR can't provide.
I just assumed it was CBR because that's what foobar reports on
playback.
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Hopefully someone clarifies this.
slimserver uses ABR (see convert.conf). The quality settings defaults
to 9 in order to have the least effect on CPU usage
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On 5/16/06, Mark Lanctot
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I was certain that SlimServer used CBR encoding but the LAME Quality
Level setting seems to indicate it may use VBR? Surely not, 9 would be
awful at 45-85 kbps. Hopefully someone clarifies this.
My understanding is that Slimserver uses ABR
tfish77 Wrote:
> I don't quite understand the difference between LAME quality and bitrate
> - which one affects audio quality more? I'm trying to find the "sweet
> spot" between the 2 that allows for skip-free tunes that still sound
> good.
>
> Thanks again for the advice.
Neither do I! I'm n
I don't quite understand the difference between LAME quality and bitrate
- which one affects audio quality more? I'm trying to find the "sweet
spot" between the 2 that allows for skip-free tunes that still sound
good.
Thanks again for the advice.
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tfish77
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Good to hear! You must have been limited by upload speed.
Note you can play around with the LAME Quality Level setting (right
above Bitrate Limiting) at the expense of processor usage on the
server.
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Mark Lanctot
Mark
Mark,
Thanks for the info about Bitrate limiting. Fixed my "playing my FLAC
at work" problem perfectly! :)
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Actually you can do this by going to Player Settings - Audio - Bitrate
Limiting.
There are complete instructions where to install LAME in the Help -
Frequently Asked Questions section of SlimServer:
> Windows Users:
>
> * Download LAME 3.96 from one of these mirror sites
> * Extract two files L
