LAME MP3 Encoder 3.101 beta 3 reviews

hi,yesterday i rip my metallica cd to cbr 160kbps mp3 using itunes 7.0.1.8,the sound quality really good! no clicks or pops unlike many people said.maybe many people fooled by arguments over old version of itunes that really have bad mp3 encoder.the lastest one have good mp3 encoder.always update to the latest one.itunes use \"smart encoding adjustment\" to maximize mp3 quality

so peoples,use itunes instead of lame,it really good! if you don\'t believe me,try it yourself

link below is the link to mp3 of don\'t download this song by weird al.if you have dbpoweramp,the dbpoweramp will show that song encoded by itunes cbr 160kbps.try to listen it.you will know how good itunes mp3 encoder are

http://dontdownloadthissong .com/tracks/DDTS.mp3

In reply to AKIRA's post, yes WMA is a decent format, but it has some high frequency issues that tend to fatige the average listeners's ears over time.

MP3 sounds much more liquid and organic than WMA, which by comparison sounds very digital and harsh.

Besides, if you are looking for sheer quality, go with ogg vorbis or better yet a lossless format like Monkey's Audio, FLAC, Apple Lossless, Wavepack, OptimFrog, or any of the other numerous mathematically lossless formats available.

GUYS!

IF YOU WANT RIP CD AND JUST LISTEN THE MUSIC IN COMPUTER,YOU BETTER RIP TO WMA (IF YOU LIKE LISTEN SONG IN WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) OR RIP TO HE-AAC (IF YOU LIKE TO LISTEN IN WINAMP)

BOTH FORMAT MUCH BETTER THAN MP3.128KBPS OF WMA IS ENOUGH FOR TRANSPARENT.WHILE THE HE-AAC AROUND 96KBPS IS ENOUGH FOR TRANSPARENT.THAT MEAN YOU SAVE YOUR DRIVE SPACE TOO!

HAVE YOU HEARD PEOPLES SAID WMA IS WORSE THAN MP3 BEFORE? THAT'S WRONG! THEY SAID LIKE JUST BECAUSE THEY HATE MICROSOFT.SO DON'T FOOL BY THEM.

THINK AND BE WISE!

BUT IF YOU WANT LISTEN MUSIC IN PORTABLE DEVICE THAT ONLY SUPPORT MP3,LAME'S MP3 DEFINITELY THE BEST MP3 ENCODER,NO DOUBT.

THE BEST! mp3 encoder this side of the universe.

For superb quality mp3's head to rarewares.org,grab the latest speedy compile of LAME 3.98a6,download CDEX/Audiograbber as ripper software,put the lame_enc.dll in the directory of the rippers and choose Variable Bitrate,Method New,VBR 2,Joint Stereo...your mp3's will be around 224kbps but the quality i promise you is excellent!

Kudos to developers for proving that LAME encoded mp3's still provide excellent quality and best compatibility compared to more recent codecs like Mpeg4-AAC,Ogg Vorbis.

"version 14.0 alpha is best (for CBR 128 kbps).i test it with rock song,i use wmp with surround sound to max to listen it,and i see the improvement,i recommend this version for encoding CBR 128 kbps"

sorry,that version is bad,use the recommended 3.97 beta 2 version.

i always rip to lame's mp3 by winamp (make sure the lastest version.my recommended VBR settings are:

VBR Minimum Bitrate:32 (change manually)
VBR Maximum Bitrate:128 (change manually)
Quality:alt-preset-extreme
VBR Q:0(change manually)


note:don't alt-preset-fast extreme.although it's faster but it's a little bit worse than alt-preset-extreme.you can notice it especially if you listen your mp3 with windows media player with maximum srs wow effect and you have very good listening and good headphone.

some peoples said fraunhofer (fhg) mp3 is better than lame at equal bitrate.that is true to all lame preset except extreme preset and insane preset.so lame still the winner in most situation.that why i recommend you use extreme preset.

version 14.0 alpha is best (for CBR 128 kbps).i test it with rock song,i use wmp with surround sound to max to listen it,and i see the improvement,i recommend this version for encoding CBR 128 kbps

You think this is best encoder? How could you boy? Sound is lifeless! Take fraunhofer radium codec: www.audioactive .com instead. However this codec has showed a great period of time. Since '96. This is a masterpiece.
By Radium fraunhofer can be for free!

No doubt about it, lame is the highest quality encoder.

For the longest time, I used BLADE ENC at 256kbps. But a friend switched me over and I swear I can tell no difference from a 320kbps MP3 encoded w/ LAME to the original audio cd.

Apple should ditch their useless AAC and opt for MP3's encoded with lame. The highest quality I've yet to come across, next to lossless, of course.

genre list is not standard

lame is a good encoder.
But there is some problem while I encoding mp3 file wit lame.

the genre list is not the same with the document "id3.html".
While I use the genre with lame ,it showed error such as :
Unknown genre: 'Alternative Rock'. Specify genre name or number

But use some mp3 player such as foobar2000,I found that it use the genre list from "id3.html".

so which genre list is standard ?

There is a problem: when the mp3 is encoding,the graph of VBA can't be showwed!
I'm so sorry...

Maybe a good codec, but with this installer useless. Throws some files all over my harddisk, some hidden. Had to search for them manually to install them into my applications.. which failed.

Lame is the best mp3 encoder !