I've been using EAC to rip mp3s, using LAME 3.90.3 and the command line --alt-preset standard and the bitrate setting at 128. Everything I rip sounds great on my computer, but a few trouble songs skip on my iPod. If I rip them at cbr, they all play fine, it's just some vbr problem the iPod has. However everyone else I talk to says they rip everything in --aps and never have a problem. So I've been trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I tried 3.96.1 and I THOUGHT that fixed my problem - the songs all play fine even when ripped with --alt-preset standard. But reading this forum has shown me that LAME versions past 3.95 use different commands. So what command for 3.96.1 is equivalent to --alt-preset standard for 3.90.3?
I can't imagine why --aps mp3s with 3.90.3 don't work right on my iPod, it absolutely confuses me.
Full Version: What's equivalent to --alt-preset-standard in 3.96
--alt-preset standard will work in any version of LAME from 3.90.1 onward. After 3.95, you also can specify -V2, which activates the same switches.
As far as the iPod skipping issue, there's a huge thread floating around here that has discussed it; a quick search should bring it up.
As far as the iPod skipping issue, there's a huge thread floating around here that has discussed it; a quick search should bring it up.
Why don't you try, if you're willing, with the latest 3.97 alpha, and -V2 --vbr-new mode?
In Lame, --alt-preset standard, --preset standard and -V2 represent a level of quality that sould be transparent to most people. That various Lame versions give different results is because the presets have been tweaked by the devs throughout the releases, but excellent quality is what the standard preset should give, regardless of version.
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