Lame 3.99.5: "%%%%%" instead of "*****" in VBR "bar graph"
Sometimes, when LAME converts .WAV tracks to MP3 via VBR, the "bar graph" in the verbose output will show some "%%%%%%" symbols.
So, instead of this:
Frame | CPU time/estim | REAL time/estim | play/CPU | ETA
4000/4046 (99%)| 0:11/ 0:11| 0:11/ 0:11| 8.6168x| 0:00
32 [ 0]
40 [ 1] *
48 [ 0]
56 [ 5] *
64 [ 10] *
80 [ 19] *
96 [ 50] **
112 [ 427] *************
128 [ 741] **********************
160 [2331] ********************************************************************
192 [ 397] ************
224 [ 19] *
256 [ 0]
320 [ 0]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
kbps MS % long switch short %
150.8 100.0 96.9 1.8 1.4
...it will show this:
Frame | CPU time/estim | REAL time/estim | play/CPU | ETA
4000/4046 (99%)| 0:11/ 0:11| 0:11/ 0:11| 8.6168x| 0:00
32 [ 0]
40 [ 1] *
48 [ 0]
56 [ 5] *
64 [ 10] *
80 [ 19] *
96 [ 50] **
112 [ 427] %%%%*********
128 [ 741] %%%%%%%***************
160 [2331] ********************************************************************
192 [ 397] ************
224 [ 19] *
256 [ 0]
320 [ 0]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
kbps MS % long switch short %
150.8 100.0 96.9 1.8 1.4
I have been trying to search to find out what this means, but I guess I can't figure out what to search for, as most web and forum search engines don't like "%%%%%".
Can anyone explain what this means?
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=869 (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=869)
via search for "lame histogram"
and http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4648 (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4648)
using "lame asterisk percent" in the Google Custom Search box up top
{edit}
Also, you will see LR (Left/Right) and MS (Mid/Side) frames as percentages at the bottom of the histogram.
The strange thing is, it looks like J.Fleming is using -m f, since the bottom of his histograms says MS 100% and has no mention of LR, yet the second histogram shows % symbols for 112 and 128 kbps frames while still saying MS 100% at the bottom.
I think that's because J.Fleming manually created the second code by editing the first. Am I right?
I'm also assuming the second example was a manual edit. But the first one, if unedited, could have been forced joint stereo -or- it could simply mean the input was essentially mono (L = R).