Posted by fred-bloggs on 01/19/06 10:36

"Greg" <gjyrhythm@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:knGzf.537$MJ.137@fed1read07:

> I keep reading that alt-preset standard results in files with an
> average bit rate of approximately 192 kpbs. However, with alt-preset
> standard (using CDex and LAME 3.96), my resulting file sizes are
> substantially larger than when encoding the same tracks with CBR 192
> (with q=2). Why is that? Is the 192 average for preset standard
> merely a generalization which won't be true for many files?

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28124
suggests a range of 170-210 for preset standard, 192 is a target.

If you want 192 you could use --abr 192. If you want smaller files,
increase the VBR threshold V to 3 or 4.


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fred

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