Bitrate settings for lame (3.90 and up) - Club CDFreaks

inssane · 17-04-2002

http://www.r3mix.net and choose forum

then goto forum faqs

and "List of recommended LAME settings"

Quote:

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CBR 320 (highest possible LAME quality):
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--alt-preset insane
(bitrate: 320 kbit)

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VBR (variable bitrate) settings:
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Very High Quality +

--alt-preset extreme
(bitrates 220-270 kbit/s -- usually averages around 256kbps)

Faster (Very Slightly Lower Quality):
--alt-preset fast extreme
(bitrates roughly the same as above)

Very High Quality

--alt-preset standard
(bitrates 180-220 kbit/s -- usually averages around 192 kbps)

Faster, slightly lower quality possible:
--alt-preset fast standard
(bitrates roughly the same as above)

High Quality

(Due to the new "--alt-preset standard", the "--r3mix" setting is obsolete.)

--r3mix
(average bitrate ~190kbit/s (150-230kbit/s)

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ABR (average bitrate) settings: (128 kbit ABR: roughly the same filesize as 128 kbit CBR)
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ABR Setting tuned from 320 kbps down to 80 kbps

--alt-preset <bitrate>

Example:
--alt-preset 200

ABR averaging at 128 kbit/s

--alt-preset 128

or (see http://www.ff123.net/cbr128.html ):

--abr 128 -h --nspsytune --athtype 2 --lowpass 16 --ns-bass -8 --scale 0.93

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CBR (constant bitrate) settings:
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320 kbit/s CBR

Highest Lame Quality:
--alt-preset insane
or
--alt-preset cbr 320

256 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 256

192 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 192

160 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 160

128 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 128

or (see http://www.ff123.net/cbr128.html ):

-h --nspsytune --athtype 2 --lowpass 16 --ns-bass -8 --scale 0.93

96 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 96

80 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 80

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