Posted by Greg on 01/19/06 05:19

Nevermind the question on the q setting on the presets, I've done some more
digging and it appears that q=2 is believed to be the setting for the higher
quality presets.



"Greg" <gjyrhythm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Fred,
>
> Thanks much for the reply. I had checked out some of the parameter tables
> for LAME on the internet, but hadn't completely made the connection
> between certain things. For instance, I didn't realize that the
> switches -V2, -V3, etc. corresponded to the "VBR Quality" settings in the
> CDex parameter choices. Thanks also for clarifying what the q and V
> quality settings actually do....very clear now.
>
> I was aware that the presets corresponded to groups of parameter settings,
> such as VBR quality and min/max bitrates, but I'm still curious if there
> are values of 'q' that relate to the various preset schemes as well. I
> haven't seen any listed in any tables. Regardless, I feel that I've got a
> pretty good handle on what's going on.
>
> Lastly, do you have an opinion on whether or not the faster 'VBR New'
> setting yields the same level of quality as the slower 'VBR Old'?
>
> Thanks again,
> Greg
>
>

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