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Posted by Billy Joe on 08/28/05 18:52
Don M. wrote:
> "Billy Joe" wrote in message
> news:TKadncWWDZuxwJLeRVn-2A@adelphia.com...
>> Don M. wrote:
>>> "Billy Joe" wrote in message
>>> news:p5ydnYhW-o3llpPeRVn-uA@adelphia.com...
>>>> http://users.adelphia.net/~bjb1939/MP3cutsV1.2e.zip
>>>>
>>>
>>> The FhG album I merged with MP3Merger split correctly. I had to
>>> lower the silence minimum from 0.75 to 0.18s to get the last 8+
>>> minutes be recognized as 2 tracks. All splits were within 4 frames
>>> of original tracks, except track 1 (33 frames bigger) and the last
>>> track (7 frames shorter). Anyway, the split album is "validated"
>>> when I do a freedb lookup.
>>
>> The CDex-LAME ripper, in the few albums I've tested with so far,
>> tends to increase CBR track one by 7 or 8 frames and decrease the
>> last track by the same amount when compared with a rip of the same
>> album in VBR. This is what led me to include the "Offset" entry
>> just below the "Tweak." Thirty-three frames is quite an addition!
>> (I'm guessing the tweak for this file is different than -2 and that
>> the 33 offset is probably needed as an entry).
>>
> ==========
>
> Oops. It was 8596, not 8569 frames. Short 6 frames, not 33.
>
>> Which FhG codec are you using? I have version 1.2 build 63i
>> installed. I notice it has individual settings for default channel
>> settings per bit rate. If I can use the same codec as you, I'll see
>> if I can figure out what it's adding in the first track, and whether
>> the FhG tweak is different.
>>
>
> The FhG codec here is a driver-like deal that goes by the name
> "Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (professional)" and whose rips are
> interpreted by EncSpot as "FhG (ACM or producer pro)". Installed
> years ago. Wherever a "Windows MP3 encoder" is specified, that FhG
> codec is what the encoding program (CDEx, WinAmp, Roxio, etc) uses.
>
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One post from you, Don, is worth 1000 Googles ;-0)
Thanks for this. I'll do some matching with FhG.
Oh, also saw your more recent message, and will have a fix for that nonsense
in the AM.
BJ
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