I want to rip some music for my pocketPc and I only have very small space.
I was trying to rip some music using lame 3.93 and this preset --alt-preset standard %s %d
But all the songs at the end are 5.?? megs!

How can I make my files something like 3 megs each with the best quality possible?

Thank you!

Since the length of songs (audio files) are quite different usually you shouldn't talk about a general filesize, you should take a look at the average bitrate.

If --alt-preset standard gives a too high bitrate for your needs then try --alt-preset standard -Y. If it's still too high you should try an ABR-preset like --alt-preset XXX, where XXX stands for the average bitrate you want to achieve.
Please see also this sticky thread for more information information about 'List of recommended LAME settings', quality/filesize comparisons, etc...

I think there are still issues with LAME 3.93 and the '--alt-preset fast ....' settings, at least they are not 100% tested, so you should consider to use another Lame version, at least not newer than 3.92 and not older than 3.90.2 (Search for a sticky thread like recommended Lame compiles, it gives you links to that versions if you need it).

EDIT: Just in case you're too lazy, i've found that thread with the recommended LAME compiles

Thank you! quellcore for your reply.

I will try now some bitrates and see how low I can go.
By the way Im using lame 3.92, not 3.93 sorry!

I have another problem, Im using EAC with lame and the new presets dosent seen to work wih EAC, any suggestion?
Surrely I can convert then by hand, but .

Did u accidently remove the %s %d from the commandline, it has to remain at the end of your commandline when you're using 'User defined encoder' (!)

Cheers!

I tests some tracks and I think I will stick with 96 Kb.

Thank you!