I used the song 99 red luft balloons, the german version off the compilation sounds of the eighties. Pop type music.
Lame version 3.94 mmx (alpha8 January 12, 2003 16:05:29) compile by john33
Note alpha versions should ONLY be used for testing
All mp3s have 8949 frames. All reccomended preset mp3s use nspsytune, safe joint,joint stereo and vbr-old /vbr-rh unless noted.
Encoded via commandline on a celeron 500 with 256 ram.
Actual song length is 3:53 seconds
Presets in order of quality (from list of reccomended lame settings and ha.org board discussions)
Notes Recommended presets Enc.Time Bitrate Filesize
c --preset insane 1:40 320 9,342,756
--alt-preset extreme -Z 1 2:36 254 7,430,534
--alt-preset extreme 5:30 254 7,426,366
1 --preset fast extreme 1:48 265 7,757,198
--alt preset extreme -Y 6:44 230 6,733,692
1 --preset fast extreme -Y 1:36 208 6,078,302
--alt-preset standard -Z 1 4:38 194 5,687,266
--alt preset standard 3:17 199 5,820,920
1 --preset fast standard 1:28 207 6,063,536
--alt-preset standard -Y 3:48 181 5,305,498
1 --preset fast standard -Y 1:26 189 5,521,392
1 2 o --r3mix 1:48 184 5,391,440
--preset dm-medium 3:53 181 5,305,498
--preset portable 3:15 172 5,047,162
--preset medium 3:27 164 4,795,544
--preset dm-radio 3:18 159 4,662,666
* --alt preset 128 2:15 124 3,623,187
c --alt preset cbr 128 2:17 128 3,740,315
* 2 --preset radio 1:51 107 3,130,453
Following command line order is arbitrary.
Use --verbose to determine the settings used by these command lines.
Lines designed by HA.org members
* % --abr 128 -h --nspsytune --athtype 2 --lowpass 16 --ns-bass -8 --scale 0.93
8:07 126 3,674,719
c % -h --nspsytune --athtype 2 --lowpass 16 --ns-bass -8 --scale 0.93
7:11 128 3,740,315
+ -V3 -b96 -h -mj 10:50 169 4,935,599
# --alt-preset medium -b 128 3:44 164 4,801,209
Experimental settings intended for testing only.
^ --alt-preset standard -Y -V3 --substep 1
3:55 159 4,667,361
# -V4 --nspsytune --nssafejoint --nsmsfix 2.0 --ns-sfb21 6 --athaa-sensitivity -15 -X 1,3 -Z 1
3:20 148 4,337,112
# --preset standard -V3 --lowpass 17.5 --nsmsfix 2.5 --ns-sfb21 4 --athaa-sensitivity -10 --shortthreshold 4,15 3:35 152 4,841,680
# --preset 167 --lowpass 17.5 --nsmsfix 3 --shortthreshold 4,15 -X 1,3 -Z 1
2:06 164 4,815,112
# --alt-preset 167 --lowpass 17.5 --nsmsfix 3 -Z 1
2:22 164 4,815,112
Notes
--alt-preset and --preset mean the same.
c is a cbr preset for 320 kbps
* is an abr preset for 112kbps
1 uses vbr mtrh
2 does not use safe joint
# designed by mithrander
^ designed by dibrom
% designed by ff123 and hans jurgen
+ read on several different places on ha.org
o although --r3mix comes reccomended by many users and websites it is an outdated preset.
Is dm-medium the same as aps -Y ?
I plan to run these commandlines on the same wav file with lame 3.90.2 and for comparison. I will note which command lines will not work then run them on 3.93.1 and note which ones will still not work.
Next time I attempt this I will use a less annoying song!!
Any suggestions on how I have conducted this will be wonderful. Any other command lines you would like me to test?
I would like to provide these statistics for comparision reasons only. Perhaps it will help in deciding future preset options.
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