I read that there are some problems with the mp3 decoder in Nero.
http://mp3decoders.mp3-tech.org/decoders_nero.html
I am using Nero 5.5.10.54. The tests are made with Nero 5.0, but i am wondering if it applies to Nero 5.5 too? I want to have my mp3's decoded 100% correctly, and if nero 5.5.10.54 doesn't do that, can you recommend me another decoder? Preferably a program that makes it just as easy as Nero, that can simply load a m3u playlist and decode the files.
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Use the filewriter in winamp. I reccomend version 2.95 www.winampheaven.net
I think Nero uses the same decoder as Winamp does (FhG (or CT)).
Menno
Menno
I decoded a mp3 file using Winamp, Nero and Lame. None of the 3 resulting wav files were identical. How is that possible if they are all decoded correctly?
I just compared the output of Nero 6 with that of Winamp5 and the maximum sample difference was 1 on 16 bit output (normal for rounding).
Menno
Menno
I've compared the decoded WAVs from Nero, Feurio, Winamp 2.666, Fraunhoffer 1.9 and LAME some time ago.
Nero 5.0 decoder is flawed, but Nero 5.5, Feurio, Fraunhoffer and Winamp 2.666 were almost the same file. Feurio and Fraunhoffer were exactly the same for CBR files and the size was a bit different with VBR (I think Feurio was more exact in the length). The slight differences with Nero 5.5 and Winamp were probably due the final bit, I suppose.
LAME, Nero 5.0 and Fraunhoffer 1.2 (like Radium codec) were different. These last two are flawed. I don't know about LAME.
And EAC uses the default Fraunhoffer codec in the system (at least in my computer).
Feurio, as always.
It's a faster decoder (twice faster at least to hard disk), and will show a warning message if the file is corrupted (including the position of the errors). Nero usually fails to burn the track (incomplete track) when the file is corrupted, with no warning.
Simply drag and drop the M3U to the project.
Nero 5.0 decoder is flawed, but Nero 5.5, Feurio, Fraunhoffer and Winamp 2.666 were almost the same file. Feurio and Fraunhoffer were exactly the same for CBR files and the size was a bit different with VBR (I think Feurio was more exact in the length). The slight differences with Nero 5.5 and Winamp were probably due the final bit, I suppose.
LAME, Nero 5.0 and Fraunhoffer 1.2 (like Radium codec) were different. These last two are flawed. I don't know about LAME.
And EAC uses the default Fraunhoffer codec in the system (at least in my computer).
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can you recommend me another decoder? Preferably a program that makes it just as easy as Nero, that can simply load a m3u playlist and decode the files.
Feurio, as always.
It's a faster decoder (twice faster at least to hard disk), and will show a warning message if the file is corrupted (including the position of the errors). Nero usually fails to burn the track (incomplete track) when the file is corrupted, with no warning.
Simply drag and drop the M3U to the project.
Eac have the option to use a lame as a decoder too,you can do that in a compression options and save it as a profile..Still i think that a best decoder is either mad or decoder which foobar is using(cant remember the name of library though).Still,feurio is a heck of a program and you simply cant go wrong with it. 
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Eac have the option to use a lame as a decoder too,you can do that in a compression options and save it as a profile
how? I didn't find it when I tried years ago.
I couldn't use the "Decompress" Tool if the default Windows Fraunhoffer was not installed... even if I chose LAME as a compressor...
So the decoder in Nero 5.5.10.54 is perfectly fine? Then i don't have to decode my mp3s somewhere else 
Can anyone confirm that the decoder in Nero 5.5.10.54 is perfect?
Can anyone confirm that the decoder in Nero 5.5.10.54 is perfect?
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