What commandline do you use with MPC? Options

[David Nordin]

I want to find out the average commandline of the MPC users, I expect it to be around 6.
The choices are the above HQ modes.
--standard = --quality 5
--xtreme = --quality 6
--insane = --quality 7
--braindead = --quality 8
If you use something else, please comment on what is used.
Examples:
--thumb
--radio
--quality 1-4.99
--quality 8.01-10
tweaked or bla. bla.

[mithrandir]

Originally posted by Dibrom
Well, first of all, Buschel, the original MPC author, has stated many times that --standard is supposed to be transparent.  Beyond that I've never seen a clear reason for the existance of xtreme, and insane has always been unnecessary and is just a mode useful for comparing graphs in cool edit.

This is really pretty much similar to the --alt-presets in LAME.  --alt-preset standard is what you're supposed to do.  --alt-preset extreme offers no clear benefits, and insane is totally unnecessary.  Almost any sample which screws up standard is also going to screw up insane, just maybe to a tiny degree less.

I think ff123's recent 64kbps tests have helped put things in perspective. The 5 encoders performed so widely that comparing the quality of --standard, --xtreme and --braindead seems like an exercise in futility. Comparing 64kbps AAC with 64kbps Ogg -q0 often reveals dramatic differences, but it is an extremely rare sample indeed where the same thing happens between MPC --standard and --xtreme.

When ff123 rolls out the high bitrate test that he's already hinted at, it would be interesting to include both MPC --standard and --braindead samples. I wouldn't be surprised if people give both encoder settings a 5.0 on the ABX/HR test. I gave a few of those [b]64kbps clips a 4.0+ rating here and there. Triple the bitrate and use an encoder hellbent on transparency and you are looking at a bunch of 5.0's.