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I wonder if someone who has tried a few (or many) mp3-encoders could tell me which one is the best. I´ve tried RazorLame. It´s OK, but maybe there are others that are better
I'm using WinLAME which does the trick.. It gives exellent quality.. But don't think it's better than Razorlame since they probably are using the same encoding lib..
But I'm beginning to use OGG instead.. It gives impressive quality.. (at least that's what I think..)
Lame 3.90 used with Audiograbber or EAC set at 192kbps or with a variable bit-rate is usually the best.
It's also the most popular setting used on the MP3 scene.
LAME VBR has consistently been found to be the best quality, but quite big file sizes (and I am suspicious of the stereo spectrum being slightly reduced).
Fraunhoffer/Audioactive is STILL the tops for 128kb. Don't use the FHG codec in Cool Edit or Music Match 'cos they are BUGGY!
OK, now I got something to think about. Thank You all. I´ll get back if I try something of what You´ve suggested, and if I notice any difference.
Never really understood the part about variabel bitrate at mp3 encoding as that's what mp3 is all about (or I imagine )...
It probably reduces those places the codec figures it's least needed with high bitrate and gains where hifreq's are used, but still I prefer constant bitrate at sound to avoid bass artifacts, or other places..
Also running at slower machines streams I recon constant is more stable under decoding (again guessing)
audiograbber-fraunhofer-192kbps js