iPod and VBR details Re: iPod using LAME

OK firstly iPods will play VBR... that question answered now. (I don't own an iPod but have had a weekend loaner of a relatives and have loaded my VBR files on it and played them). HOWEVER LAME is a different question as LAME Ain't a MP3 Encoder* I can't say I've noticed any files that I may hav

Re: iPod using LAME

I believe iTunes has supported encoding VBR MP3s since version 1, given that there is an article on them at that predates iTunes 2 by about 9 months. I can't remember when iTunes was first released... 2000 sometime I think? They just don't ha

Re: iPod using LAME

Thanks for that info. I thought it might have been able to through custom but my PC friend told me that he doubted it. Now I can go back and tell him that iTunes itself is programmed to do it. Do you know how long this option has been available? Cheers Ruben A. Franke I don't know if I'm bark

Re: iPod using LAME

I don't know if I'm barking up the right tree here BUT iTunes does allow variable bit rate - click the option "custom" in import and then the checkbox for "use variable bit rate encoding (VBR)" This is however a "minimum" bit rate with allowance for higher as the need for better quality arises s

iPod using LAME

For those of you who don't know LAME is an encoding method that creates mp3's with a variable bit rate. It is apparently much more efficient as it increases the bit rate at more complex points in a musical track and decreases it when the extra bits are not being used. It apparently produces bet