Posted by dadiOH on 10/12/05 19:18

NRen2k5 wrote:
> On 10/11/2005 12:21:10 PM, "dadiOH" wrote:
>> mcp6453 wrote:
>>> Recently I saw a free utility that allows you to see what encoder
>>> was used to encode an MP3 file. Now I am unable to remember what I
>>> saw or where I saw it. Can someone suggest such a utility? I've
>>> tried MP3 Tag and Ufony.
>>
>> You are probably talking about EncSpot. It *guesses* at the
>> encoder, is *not* accurate.
>>
>> --
>> dadiOH
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>>
>>
>
> Indeed. It is not accurate at all.
>
> However, for detecting LAME MP3's, it's very accurate, because it
> reads an ASCII part of the file to determine which version of LAME
> was used.
>
> - NRen2k5

Hmmm...it frequently says my LAME encodes are Gogo no-coda. Based on
LAME IIRC but I've never had it.

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dadiOH
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