Posted by Mike Walsh on 01/25/06 17:30

Try VBR with something like this:
-m m -V 7 -q 0 -B 48 --lowpass 5
I have not tried these settings. You might want to experiment. A higher -V number will reduce file size. A lower -q number will reduce artifacts and increase file size only slightly. A lowpass filter is very effective for reducing file size.

"martin.mrazek@gmail.com" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I need to put a series of lectures on the Internet, thus I'm trying to
> find optimal balance in trade-off between size and quality. A good
> result is obtained by
>
> lame --abr 60 -m m file.wav file.mp3
>
> but it is still too lengthy and the decrease of ABR to 30 means too
> substantial deterioration of quality. So questions are: (1) is the ABR
> technology the best option as regards this purpose? (2) Wouldn't be
> other format than MP3 less capacity intensive? (ogg, wmf...) or are
> there any advices when working with speech rather than music?
>
> thanks
> Martin

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

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