I am a Average Joe that wants state-of-the-art mp3's.
In my search i have come across r3mix.net
So i encoded my mp3's using the r3mix command.
And i like the results.

But browsing the r3mix.net forums i discovered their is a new and better command called --alt-preset.

Do you guys have any idea how hard it is to find info about this "--alt-preset" command?!

IT'S DARNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE!

Through my google searches i have discovered that this message board system is where the top people in audio compression hangout(like the creators of LAME).

I have searched this board and now,among other things, know that their are diffrent versions of LAME :eek:
But finding information about "--alt-preset" is still impossible.
I have seen discussions about it.
But isn't there some page/site that,like r3mix.net, explains a little about it?
Like what it is and how to use it.

I'd love to use this new command,but i am not gonna take my Lame and just enter --alt-preset and check the results,especially since i understand their are diffrent versions or so(--alt-fast,--alt-extreme and so) .
I would love a link.

Read at least these threads first. Then specify what do you want to know more.

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/showth...s=&threadid=771

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/showth...s=&threadid=260

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/showth...s=&threadid=667

Also don't worry about the different versions of Lame. Just use latest Lame 3.91 available here: http://mitiok.cjb.net/.

In short, alt-preset is a collection of switches.

There's --alt-preset cbr n where n is a standard bitrate, which will make the best possible constant bitrate MP3 for that bitrate.
Then there's --alt-preset n which will make the best possible ABR (average bitrate) MP3 for the chosen bitrate.

There's --alt-preset standard and --alt-preset extreme which are the 2 VBR commands that Dibrom has written.

Then there's --alt-preset insane which is just the same thing as using --alt-preset cbr 320

* NB... commands are case sensitive.

Well thank you for the info.
I'm a high school student who repairs pc's as a part time job.
After my exams, which end friday, I have to continue this job I'm busy with.
I am reasonably good at building webpages.
If I have time after that i hope to make a webpage in laymens terms about high-quality mp3 ripping/encoding.
High-Quality for the masses
Thanks for the responses,if I stumble have any questions I'll let you hear from me

And i downloaded LAME 3.91 three days ago at the link you provided.
I actually thought that was the official LAME
Oh well i guess i got the best LAME thru dumb luck