I didn't have the time yet to test -P -t -s 0 but it's still in the work.
First I tested V1.1.4p vs. lossless as a warm up round because I needed to re-train myself, then I tested V1.1.3j vs. V1.1.4p because I wanted to to know if there was any progression/regression with the basic presets (without the -t -s 0 switches). It is a necessary step IMHO to be sure that I can test -t -s 0 separatly.
So far it is not very interesting, so here is a summary: all the settings that were not transparent with V1.1.3j are still not transparent with V1.1.4p & I cannot tell any difference neither good or bad between V1.1.3j /V1.1.4p.
Here are the logs:
Abfahrt Hinwil - Lossless Vs. V1.1.4p -q 1.0: Complete Success
foo_abx 1.3.4 report
foobar2000 v0.9.6.9
2009/10/29 16:26:03
File A: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\01- Abfahrt Hinwil (Artefact Only) Lossless.flac
File B: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\01- Abfahrt Hinwil (Artefact Only) V1.1.4p -q 1.0.lossy.flac
16:26:03 : Test started.
16:27:45 : 01/01 50.0%
16:28:05 : 02/02 25.0%
16:28:20 : 03/03 12.5%
16:28:34 : 04/04 6.3%
16:28:47 : 05/05 3.1%
16:29:01 : 06/06 1.6%
16:29:12 : 07/07 0.8%
16:29:32 : 08/08 0.4%
16:29:36 : Test finished.
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Total: 8/8 (0.4%)
Abfahrt Hinwil - V1.1.3j -q 1.0 Vs. V1.1.4p -q 1.0: Complete Failure
foo_abx 1.3.4 report
foobar2000 v0.9.6.9
2009/10/29 16:30:29
File A: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\01- Abfahrt Hinwil (Artefact Only) V1.1.3j -q 1.0.lossy.flac
File B: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\01- Abfahrt Hinwil (Artefact Only) V1.1.4p -q 1.0.lossy.flac
16:30:29 : Test started.
16:31:07 : 01/01 50.0%
16:31:41 : 01/02 75.0%
16:32:59 : 01/03 87.5%
16:34:01 : 01/04 93.8%
16:34:37 : 02/05 81.3%
16:35:38 : 02/06 89.1%
16:36:31 : 03/07 77.3%
16:36:54 : 04/08 63.7%
16:37:09 : Test finished.
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Total: 4/8 (63.7%)
Fool's Garden - Lossless Vs. V1.1.4p -q 1.5: Complete Success
foo_abx 1.3.4 report
foobar2000 v0.9.6.9
2009/10/29 16:41:22
File A: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\02- Fool's Garden (Artefact Only) Lossless.flac
File B: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\02- Fool's Garden (Artefact Only) V1.1.4p -q 1.5.lossy.flac
16:41:22 : Test started.
16:41:54 : 01/01 50.0%
16:42:11 : 02/02 25.0%
16:42:22 : 03/03 12.5%
16:42:40 : 04/04 6.3%
16:42:54 : 05/05 3.1%
16:43:04 : 06/06 1.6%
16:43:19 : 07/07 0.8%
16:43:37 : 08/08 0.4%
16:43:43 : Test finished.
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Total: 8/8 (0.4%)
Fool's Garden - V1.1.3j -q 1.5 Vs. V1.1.4p -q 1.5: Complete Failure
foo_abx 1.3.4 report
foobar2000 v0.9.6.9
2009/10/29 16:48:32
File A: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\02- Fool's Garden (Artefact Only) V1.1.3j -q 1.5.lossy.flac
File B: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\02- Fool's Garden (Artefact Only) V1.1.4p -q 1.5.lossy.flac
16:48:32 : Test started.
16:49:04 : 00/01 100.0%
16:50:17 : 01/02 75.0%
16:50:37 : 01/03 87.5%
16:51:49 : 02/04 68.8%
16:52:40 : 03/05 50.0%
16:52:56 : 03/06 65.6%
16:53:21 : 03/07 77.3%
16:53:35 : 04/08 63.7%
16:53:38 : Test finished.
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Total: 4/8 (63.7%)
Therion - Lossless Vs. V1.1.4p -q 1.5: Complete Success
foo_abx 1.3.4 report
foobar2000 v0.9.6.9
2009/10/30 17:06:06
File A: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\03- Therion (Artefact+Context) Lossless.flac
File B: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\03- Therion (Artefact+Context) V1.1.4p -q 1.5.lossy.flac
17:06:06 : Test started.
17:06:21 : 01/01 50.0%
17:06:34 : 02/02 25.0%
17:07:38 : 03/03 12.5%
17:08:04 : 04/04 6.3%
17:08:34 : 05/05 3.1%
17:09:02 : 06/06 1.6%
17:09:20 : 07/07 0.8%
17:10:06 : 08/08 0.4%
17:10:10 : Test finished.
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Total: 8/8 (0.4%)
Therion - V1.1.3j -q 1.5 Vs. V1.1.4p -q 1.5: Complete Failure
foo_abx 1.3.4 report
foobar2000 v0.9.6.9
2009/10/30 17:11:44
File A: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\03- Therion (Artefact+Context) V1.1.3j -q 1.5.lossy.flac
File B: C:\01- Disque C\03- Save\08- Audio Temp\01- Samples For Encoding Test\01- Listening Test\07- Lossywav Test\03- Test\03- Therion (Artefact+Context) V1.1.4p -q 1.5.lossy.flac
17:11:44 : Test started.
17:12:04 : 00/01 100.0%
17:12:23 : 00/02 100.0%
17:12:48 : 00/03 100.0%
17:13:47 : 01/04 93.8%
17:14:21 : 01/05 96.9%
17:14:50 : 01/06 98.4%
17:15:34 : 02/07 93.8%
17:16:33 : 02/08 96.5%
17:16:37 : Test finished.
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Total: 2/8 (96.5%)
According to me V1.1.4p seems safe to use but without the new settings it doesn't seem to bring any improvement over V1.1.3j. (At least on these tree samples)
I will test -t -s 0 as soon as I get some time.