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On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Casper Ti. Vector |
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<caspervector@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 03:09:13PM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> So try with avconv instead. But for MP3, you should probably be using |
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>> LAME with a VBR quality setting instead. |
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> In fact I don't quite know what you mean in this sentence :| |
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'lame' is an MP3 encoder. VBR is 'variable bitrate', which means that |
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high-information sections in the input stream get more bits in the |
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output bitstream, and low-information sections in the input stream get |
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fewer bits in the output bitstream. An encoded song might use 192Kb/s |
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for a few seconds, and then 32Kb/s for a second, and jump up to |
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256Kb/s for a quarter-second before dropping down to 128Kb/s--but |
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still sound to your ear like it was encoded at a constant bitrate of |
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256Kb/s. All so that audio fidelity is maintained when there's |
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something there to actually hear. |
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Or, more simply: |
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* 'lame' is an MP3 encoder |
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* 'VBR' stands for 'variable bitrate', and offers a better |
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size/quality tradeoff scale than saying "I want 192Kb/s" |
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