what .wav to .mp3 encoder do you use?

[DannyLove]

I use an extemely generic program, and I think quality is dropped big time when I encode, I need some recommendations. thanks

danny~!

 

[Evadman]

audio grabber.

 

[rudeguy]

musicmatch works well for me

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

lame --r3mix, t3h best!

 

[mk]

EAC & LAME.

 

[mk]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
lame --r3mix, t3h best!

"--r3mix" is obsolete and will be no longer be available in future LAME versions.

List of recommended LAME settings.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

"--r3mix" is obsolete and will be no longer be available in future LAME versions.

That's pretty...um...lame.

Do you know why they got rid of it?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

"--r3mix" is obsolete and will be no longer be available in future LAME versions.

That's pretty...um...lame.

Do you know why they got rid of it?

Because they moved on, --alt-preset extreme 0wnz j00!

Viisit www.hydrogenaudio.org for a real explanation

And DannyLove unless you're Skoorbing us a search of "mp3" and/or "ripper" here and in Off-topic will show you the 1,023 earlier threads discussing this question.

(ed) or for 0 loss in quality, switch to FLAC lossless, only 300 MB per CD!

 

[notfred]

lame plugin for iTunes.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

I found that the best, all-in-one converter, is dbpoweramp.

It's free, it's VERY good, and it can do all sorts of formats, including Ogg and FLAC... and it has a lot of quality options. It's the only thing I use right now - especially since you can integrate it with Windows - you right-click on a file and have the option to convert it to whatever you want...

 

[NEVERwinter]

EAC to rip the CD and RazorLAME to encode (with --alt preset standard parameter)

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: Mk4
EAC & LAME.

 

[Workin']

You could always try reading the FAQs.

Over 10,000 posts and youdon't know about those or how to search?

 

[DannyLove]

Originally posted by: Workin'
You could always try reading the FAQs.

Over 10,000 posts and youdon't know about those or how to search?

eh? i wouldnt have 10k posts now would i?

haha

danny~!

 

[Sid59]

--r3mix is old and crappy. the presets, originally the dibrom settings went further on the testing of switches and made the best quality transparent bit saving encodes possible. Notice, BEST bit saving transparent encode. Dibrom was so gracious in his work, he didn't want his name attached to the presets, hence, --alt-preset xxx.

EAC to rip and encode
LAME392 standard


edt -- if --r3mix sounds fine to you, then by all means stick with it. If you don't think or hear a difference then why does it matter? Perhaps the differences are between a 1 gig cpu and 1.2 gig cpu. Most day to day tasks and users can't tell the bump 200mhz. dunno.

 

[ROTC1983]

Using CDEX

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: ROTC1983
Using CDEX

Cdex is fantastic.

 

[thawolfman]

Originally posted by: NEVERwinter
EAC to rip the CD and RazorLAME to encode (with --alt preset standard parameter)

There ya go

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: NEVERwinter
EAC to rip the CD and RazorLAME to encode (with --alt preset standard parameter)

let EAC encode for you, no need for RazorLAME. Also, if you rip and encode with EAC in one shot, it will tag for you. Or not, if you don't want it to tag for you.

 

[NumbaJuan]

Originally posted by: rudeguy5757
musicmatch works well for me

lotta people put the dis on musicmatch, but i give it a thumbs up

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Originally posted by: ROTC1983
Using CDEX

Ditto..

 

[jonMEGA]

If you have alot of wav's that you wish to encode, I would use a program called RazorLAME.

 

[ProviaFan]

EAC (secure mode) to rip, and LAME to encode. I like VBR at about 224kbit/sec average.

 

[abaez]

Originally posted by: Mk4
EAC & LAME.

With lame command line option --alt-preset cbr 192

 

[jellyjams]

Originally posted by: DannyLove
I use an extemely generic program, and I think quality is dropped big time when I encode, I need some recommendations. thanks

danny~!

For just basic work, I use EAC to rip, and LAME to encode. For intermediate work, I have found that the latest version of MusicMatch Jukebox works pretty good. When I want to put in some serious work, I use either Cool Edit Pro 2.0 or SONAR 2.2 XL. I've just picked up Ahead's (Nero Burning Rom) new MPEG-4/AAC plug-in. I haven't had time to try it yet, but if the specs fit, it should be HOT! I also like mp3PRO. The old mp3 standard may be getting a little long-in-the-tooth jellyjams