Hi, i have a couple of cds, what settings should i use for mp3?

I listen to music with yp-t9 on the road with Mylar X3 and at home, KSC-75.

The links below should give you a good idea on what settings will be best for you.
- LAME - Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase
- EAC and Lame - Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase
- List of recommended LAME settings - Hydrogenaudio Forums

My recommendation would be to use the command-line string below using LAME 3.97, as anything encoded at or above -V 2 --vbr-new is accepted as being transparent.



Although, in the case of encoding for a DAP, I'd go for -V 4 --vbr-new or even -V 5 --vbr-new (depending on whether you can distinguish and audible difference) as -V 2 --vbr-new produces larger file sizes and wouldn't make a significant difference to most people listening to the files on a DAP.

Edit: Grammar and spelling.

Please don't recommend --tg "%m" without --ignore-tag-errors with Lame 3.97 (or older)! It inevitably causes people to come for assistance because Lame choked on a genre it did not like.

Better yet, simply let EAC handle the tagging.

V2 isn't efficient for a 4GB player IMO, even for quite listening to many people. We know that V5 works well for most practical use and that
320k doesn't for the most critical use. The V4 / V3 could please many in a quite setting, yet they are still small enough for use in most portables.

I agree. I never use the tagging command line options - I check the box "Add ID3 tag" and let EAC do the rest. EAC has not screwed up a single tag in over 30,000 songs.

thanx for all your replies guys

i am new to all this so i need a little more clearer instuctions

i am in this page in compression settings : http://i16.tinypic.com/4l4krk3.png

from the "parameter passing scheme" dropdown, i chose "Lame MP3 Encoder" but how can i check if it is version 3.97??

Also what command line should i use since most of yall don't agree with Rokkaz?

and any other settings?

Thanx
Aziz

Choose external encoder instead. For command line according to the devs:

-v or -V4 For general population. (160 kbit)
-V5 for limited flash players (130 kbit)
-V2 for those into lots of abx tests.(200 kbit)

You can add --vbr-new for faster encoding:

--vbr-new -V5

The version isn't relevant here. In any case, it is recommended to select "User Defined Encoder" instead, as this ensures that you can specify the command line options with EAC adding bits.

If you use "Lame MP3 Encoder" EAC will use the value in the "Bit rate" dropdown to add a -b switch (if the dropdown is other than 128kbps). This can cause issues, or at least confusion. Best to use "User Defined Encoder" and specify only what you want in the "Additional command-line options" text box.

As a minimum you want something like:

No --vbr-new, or have we graduated to 3.98 already?

aziz, follow the instructions here:
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=EAC_and_Lame

choose the appropriate quality (-V2, -V3, etc.) based on what works best for you using this as a general guideline:
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?ti...ecommended_LAME

thanx all for you replies

I was quoting the simplest command line. I didn't really want to get into specifics.

Edit: And before you say, yes I know that %s would probably be the simplest command line.

I'm still trying to work out why the Hell I didn't just say this. Pointing people to the wiki is by far the best option.