LAME -h switch, What does it specifically improves? |
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LAME -h switch, What does it specifically improves? |
 Jun 8 2011, 05:46
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Out of curiosity (once again), I wonder what LAME -h switch REALLY improves? The documentation only says "-h: Use some quality improvements" but it doesn't say specifically what it is.
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Jun 8 2011, 08:11
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 Group: Developer Posts: 304 Joined: 29-April 11 From: Austria Member No.: 90198 |
try --longhelp
CODE Noise shaping & psycho acoustic algorithms:
-q <arg> <arg> = 0...9. Default -q 5 -q 0: Highest quality, very slow -q 9: Poor quality, but fast -h Same as -q 2. Recommended. -f Same as -q 7. Fast, ok quality |
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Jun 8 2011, 08:50
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Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 16-February 11 Member No.: 88210 |
Are the -q and -V switch similar?
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Jun 8 2011, 13:25
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Group: Members Posts: 3080 Joined: 1-September 05 From: SE Pennsylvania Member No.: 24233 |
QUOTE (SonicBooom! @ Jun 8 2011, 03:50)  Are the -q and -V switch similar? Not really. The -V switch sets the desired audio quality, and the algorithm then uses the minimum bits to achieve that quality. By varying the -V switch you get a wide range of quality and bitrate. The -q switch controls how much processor time is spent sqeezeing every last bit of quality for the available bits. Its effect on processor time is significant, but its effect on quality and file size is relatively small. Since you only encode once, and since processor power is cheap, there is no reason anymore to use anything other than the default -q value. |
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Jun 8 2011, 13:26
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Group: Developer Posts: 304 Joined: 29-April 11 From: Austria Member No.: 90198 |
Not really,
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=477147 edit: @pdq: grrrrr 
This post has been edited by xnor: Jun 8 2011, 13:27 |
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Jun 8 2011, 14:52
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Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 16-February 11 Member No.: 88210 |
@pdq: Thanks! I see it now more clearly. The default -q value which is -q 2 is always enabled when using VBR. The -q 2 is the same as -h, right? I get it now, Hehe.. Thanks again!
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Jun 10 2011, 03:15
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Correct. I believe the -q5 default is from an old version, however; I was under the implication that -q2 was the default for both CBR and VBR encoding now.
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Jun 10 2011, 03:51
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Group: Members Posts: 141 Joined: 22-March 10 From: California Member No.: 79208 |
QUOTE (Zarggg @ Jun 9 2011, 18:15) I was under the implication that -q2 was the default for both CBR and VBR encoding now. vbr-new and vbr-old/CBR use the q switch differently. There are only two quality settings for vbr-new, and I believe it's separated as q 0 - 4 are all the same, and q 5 - 9 are also all the same. Regardless of which q numbers map to which mode, the higher of the two quality settings is enabled by default, so there is no reason to specify the q switch when using vbr-new. |
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