Posted by fred-bloggs on 11/06/06 10:03

Joel <joelx@usa.net> wrote in
news:cfsrk2l8v6bip7e0302tgn64qi6rimat62@4ax.com:

> "�|��T?ߪRt?@$t" <�|��T?ߪRt?@$t@norway_coastline.net> wrote:
>
>>You will see Lame come up, then select STEREO (NOT Joint Stereo),
>>Quality HIGH, and slide the bitrate bar to 320.
>>Easy.
>>
>>If you don't want to encode in 320, high quality stereo, there is no
>>need of Lame.
>
>
> Why, pray tell, are you so concerned with Janti using 320 Kbps, and
> not joint stereo? LAME is awesome exactly because you *don't* need to
> do that. Its VBR presets and joint stereo are superior, on balance.
> VBR uses 320 only in frames where it's needed, and even with 320
> frames, joint stereo yields far more bits for the *sound*, without any
> significant loss of the stereo effect.
>

Absolutely correct Joel. Slarty knows nothing about Lame. The AUTHORS of
Lame call his settings *insane*.
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28124


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fred

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