AAC -> MP4 batch codec available
Reply #15 – 2002-12-07 12:40:26
No, it only changes the header informations on every frame, but the file will remain VBR. Hmmm, when I play the .MP4 files back within WinAmp2 in_mp4 the bitrate stays constant. Any Clue why? Like Mac already wrote, Winamp shows the averaged bitrate that is still written in the header of the MP4 file. You can check this by pressing Alt-3 in Winamp. But the individual frames of a converted MP4 file don't carry the information about their bitrate anymore, so it can't be displayed by Winamp.Did you test lower bitrate settings like -normal, -extreme or -archive and did they show any artifacts, or were you just guessing that -ultra would be the best setting for you? I tried all three of those settings. Didn't really hear any artifacts, but I wanted the extra headroom. Just a peace of mind type deal I guess. Plus, it was labeled as Transcoding option, which is what I wanted. OK, this question seems to be an all-time goodie at Hydrogen Audio, so I'm not gonna get into this again. And of course it's your own decision how many bits you want to spend/waste for your peace of mind. By the way, Long Term Prediction that you enabled with -profile 2 is useless for high bitrates, it only helps at low bitrates by analyzing the purely tonal components of a signal and substituting them in the decoder. I wasn't sure what the difference was, I just saw a post on AudioCoding.com that mentioned to use LTP vs the normal. But surely only for low bitrates, not for -ultra...I figured AAC would be the way since it is part fo the MP4 standards, which means hardware should support it a little further down the road. That's probably correct.PS. Is there any tagging options? I tried to use ID3v2 but the input plugins for Winamp would throw errors with them in there. I don't know (because I don't use them anyhow), but probably Menno will.