Posted by Don M. on 10/13/05 05:07

"dadiOH" <dadiOH@wherever.com> wrote in message news:bkd3f.18160$at1.17395@trnddc05...
> 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.
> >>
> >
> > 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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Trim enough silence from the front and back ends of a Lame mp3 and it should go Gogo in
EncSpot. I've seen other utilities guess FhG when CBR and <gulp> Xing when VBR Lame mp3s
are trimmed.


Don

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