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post #31 of 39
12/21/09 at 2:36pm
I've heard people bitch about LAME for years, but seriously, what is a better alternative for mp3? Xing? Come on!
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post #32 of 39
12/21/09 at 3:18pm
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Originally Posted by javyn View Post
I've heard people bitch about LAME for years, but seriously, what is a better alternative for mp3? Xing? Come on!

I think Xing used Lame, didn't it?

Lame is used in the "scene" (the pirate subculture), and those people tend to be extremely dorky, so I'm assuming they'd be sure to use the best engine.
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post #33 of 39
12/21/09 at 3:19pm
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Originally Posted by unjung View Post
I think Xing used Lame, didn't it?

Lame is used in the "scene" (the pirate subculture), and those people tend to be extremely dorky, so I'm assuming they'd be sure to use the best engine.

I'm not sure, I was always under the impression it didn't....that Xing was it's own deal, focused more on speed than quality. But I could be mistaken, and it could very well be LAME under that GUI
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post #34 of 39
12/21/09 at 3:35pm
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Maybe there's something wrong with your encoding setup. LAME is pretty much regarded as the highest quality MP3 encoder available. Is it possible that you're reencoding MP3s? That would certainly lead to artifacts that are very obvious.
--Andre

I've tried max quality, stereo instead of joint stereo, and every other command line option LAME has to offer, and it doesn't make any difference: the results still sound like crap.

I used to have a professional version of Fraunhofer's encoder which, even though it was a lot older than LAME, produced great MP3's. Unfortunately I lost it in a system crash and haven't been able to find it again.
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post #35 of 39
12/22/09 at 9:47am
Justin Frankel of Winamp fame wrote a proprietary MP3 encoder years ago that sounded better than the Fraunhoffer IIRC. Of course progress being what it is, I'm sure it has been bettered multiple times over.
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post #36 of 39
12/22/09 at 11:35am
I vaguely remember Fraunhoffer. Is it still around for download anywhere? I'm sure it's command line driven, but any retard easy front ends out there for it too? Don't get me wrong, being a *n*x user I don't mind the command line, but I don't want to have to be using it to convert mp3s heh.
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post #37 of 39
12/22/09 at 12:05pm
FLAC is the only algorithm I have extensively tested for our recordings and I like it quite a bit.
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post #38 of 39
12/22/09 at 10:29pm
I rip everything to Lossless for archival purposes, but I suspect that any difference one is hearing between codecs/bit rates/etc. in a car is a difference in loudness.

Also, audiophiles are artistic philistines and morons. FWIW.
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post #39 of 39
12/23/09 at 12:26am
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Originally Posted by milosz View Post
Also, audiophiles are artistic philistines and morons. FWIW.

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