Posted by NRen2k5 on 01/21/06 11:58

Greg wrote:
> In CDex, I've got LAME set up as an external encoder. Currently, for an
> alt-preset standard encode, I'm using the command line -V2 - %2 with
> "on-the-fly encoding" and "send WAV header to stdin" both selected.
> Everthing seems to be working OK this way (I get a wonderful encode of pure
> static if I don't have the "WAV header to stdin" checked).
>
> I was just wondering, before I start any mass encoding, if I've got
> everything covered that I should have with my simple command line. The CDex
> help file shows the following as a LAME example for doing on-the-fly
> encoding: -v -V4 -ms -b%4 -x - %2. Obviously I'm not using most of this
> information, so I got a little curious about the correctness of what I'm
> doing. Any takers?

The CDex helpfile is more than a little outdated, and an example is just
an example. ;)

- NRen2k5

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