Jeff7
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- Jan 4, 2001
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Originally posted by: Operandi
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: ncage
In EAC where do you change this q=0 setting?
Actually, I'm not quite sure. In the Compression Options, in the LAME DLL tab, there's a Quality setting. I'm not sure which is better though, High Quality (which might be q=2) or Voice Quality. Your other option is to use the External Compression tab, but that means that you'd have to know the commandline options, accessible by typing lame --longhelp at the commandline. My options: -m s -q 0 -b 160 Sets it to stereo mode, q=0, and a 160kbps bitrate. I use that for my portable CD-MP3 player and my car's CD-MP3 player.
No you don't actually; you simply use the presets, that?s what they are there for.
Sorry, I'm a tweaker. For example, the insane preset - it might use high quality settings, but the bitrate is 320kbps, which is more than I like. If I use another preset at a lower bitrate, it'll also lower the quality setting, which does gives overall quality a double-whammy kind of hit. Lower bitrate and lower encoding quality.
I don't mind letting the computer take its time if it's going to do a good job, so I use q=0 regardless of the bitrate I want. Also, if I set each option individually, I remember what exactly is being done to my files.