Ok, we know the shortcut parameters for the alt presets,
--alt-preset standard
--alt-preset extreme
but what are they short for?
in otherwords, what is the long version of the alt presets?

see:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....=ST&f=15&t=3076
and
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....t=ST&f=16&t=593

Please read the FAQ - the sticky in General. Answers this and many other questions.

This is asked a lot by new posters, and it is hard to search for the answer, I just tried a bunch of search strings with limited results pertaining to this topic. As such, I can post what I know. As mentioned here -> http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....al+command+line
(a VERY OLD, but still relevent thread) there are no actual command line switches for the alt-presets. They are internal special optimizations and tweaks.

EDIT: ah yes, and see the FAQ of course

Took me a good 20 minutes of reading through posts but I found what you were saying, that they are code level optimizations and have no command line switch equivalents. Welp, --alt-preset standard for me it is then.