27 Jun
2007
27 Jun
'07
6:15 p.m.
Ensor wrote:
The better trick is to use an encoder that offers a quality setting as
well as a bitrate setting. LAME is one such encoder; you can specify a
"quality" level anywhere from 1 to 9 and the file sizes will vary
according to how much information is retained. (Of course, LAME also
supports CBR and VBR bitrate settings too)
Me personally, I use LAME with "--preset standard", as it uses just
enough bits for transparent (to my ears) quality. No need to burn the
full 320 if you don't have to...
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I could only
get about 4 songs on it at a barely acceptable
encoding rate of 128Kbs....
The trick I use is to encode at 128Kbps VBR, rather than the usual
default of CBR. You get noticably better sound quality and, often,
slightly smaller files.