CBR or VBR MP3s

[tweakmm]

Is there going to be any problem with using VBR MP3s? Or should I stick with CBR? I am going to be encoding all of my albums and need to know. I care about sound quality, but not as much about file size. If I did CBR I would do 192 and if I did VBR I would probably do 256 peak and 128 lowest

 

[RSI]

What kind of question is that? Encode VBR and save disk space and fit more MP3s.

Or, just use OGG.

-RSI

 

[tweakmm]

<< What kind of question is that? Encode VBR and save disk space and fit more MP3s.
Or, just use OGG.
-RSI >>


well, I'm just double checking

 

[Mookow]

VBR all the way.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Unless you're really really anal about the sound quality, use VBR. I have to say though that an MP3 encoded at 320 CBR does definitely sound better than a VBR MP3 with 128 base and 320 max, even with LAME doing the encoding.

ZV

 

[Ameesh]

use wm8,you llkeep the high quality and save space.

 

[swayinOtis]

i encode all of mine at 256k CBR with lame. i am not concerned with space. I have a burner and 30 gigs of hard drive space.

 

[tweakmm]

<< Unless you're really really anal about the sound quality, use VBR. I have to say though that an MP3 encoded at 320 CBR does definitely sound better than a VBR MP3 with 128 base and 320 max, even with LAME doing the encoding.
ZV >>


I wish I had the sound hardware to be that anal about the music, but the fact is, I only have a decent setup, so I'm just gonna use -R3mix VBR. I just encoded the first album. only 130 more to go....

 

[tweakmm]

about 100 megs for a 40 minute album oh well, I've got a big HD

 

[Ameesh]

I'm telling ya, if you have xp use windows media player 8 to rip them, you'll even get the albumb art when you do, plus you'll save soo much space get quality comparable to 320 (encoding at 192)

 

[Fandu]

Why would anyone use CBR?
<q>I have to say though that an MP3 encoded at 320 CBR does definitely sound better than a VBR MP3 with 128 base and 320 max, even with LAME doing the encoding.</q>

Of course it does, 320 KBit base vs 128, what do you expect? Try 256KBit base ABR -r3mix -lowpass 19.5 That's what I use for archive quality stuff.

 

[tweakmm]

<< Of course it does, 320 KBit base vs 128, what do you expect? Try 256KBit base ABR -r3mix -lowpass 19.5 That's what I use for archive quality stuff. >>


thats what I'm using