Posted by Wes Groleau on 01/15/06 06:02

Mike Archer wrote:
> I'd personally say that in your case it would be a good idea to use Lame
> telling it to produce Mono files, with VBR, but setting the maximum
> bitrate to something pretty low like 96.

The latest version allowed me to specify compression ratio (44)
but the quality was poor. Or I could specify mono. Doing both
at the same time crashed it.

I ended up using 'sox' to turn stereo into mono,
then 'lame' to get a compression ratio of 22
(since the mono is half the size of the stereo).
Quality is indistinguishable from the original.

> Ultimately it's down to you decide what compromise you are willing to
> accept between quality and filesize, Try taking a couple of files and

Apparently, no compromise was required. Ratio of 44 gets the entire
book on one CD with no discernible difference in quality. In fact,
I think it leaves more than enough room for the text and maybe even
a viewer to synch display with sound. :-)

--
Wes Groleau
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"Thinking I'm dumb gives people something to
feel smug about. Why should I disillusion them?"
-- Charles Wallace
(in _A_Wrinkle_In_Time_)

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