Another Normalize Before Encoding Question..., Does level affect Lame's quality |
Another Normalize Before Encoding Question..., Does level affect Lame's quality |
 Jan 28 2005, 10:30
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My apologies in advance if this topic has been done to death - I searched and found nothing quite addressing the following question:
Does level affect Lame's encoding quality? I understand completely what normalizing does and why it (generally) should be avoided, but here's an example... When archiving a DVD to XviD, say I want to also backup the commentary track... Often the commentary tracks are extremely quiet, peaking around -10, average being obviously much lower. I don't care about the low level since that's what that big round knob is for, but since I don't want to waste space on a voice-only commentary tracks, I wish to archive at 96kbs - Will LAME's psychoacoustic model behave differently at those low levels, or should I Normalize for a better quality encoding at these low bitrates (96kbs - 128kbs)? Thanks! Demtation |
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dembones Another Normalize Before Encoding Question... Jan 28 2005, 10:30
Garf In theory this should not matter. But of course th... Jan 28 2005, 11:35 2Bdecided IIRC it was more of an issue for VBR, where much e... Jan 28 2005, 12:53
Gabriel I you apply dynamic compression when playing your ... Jan 28 2005, 13:38  |
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