Newbie question : LAME 3.xx.xx ?
Reply #22 – 2005-05-31 08:14:07
Currently, 3.90.3 is the best tested and has delivered proven results. This is why it is the current recommended encoder. Unless you can prove why you need a different version, use 3.90.3. Using anything else will give suboptimal results in terms of quality. Every other choice is a decision to trade off quality for speed. [a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=301872"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a] That's just wrong. Lame 3.90.3 was tested in 2001-2002, and the fresh-builded --alt-preset standard appeared to work better than 3.89 --r3mix for similar bitrate. That's all. Claims based on very old tests have no validity anymore. All we know is that 3.90 is better than 3.89. Point. It's like saying that DivX 3.11 is the best MPEG-4 ASP encoder over DivX6 or Xvid 1.1, or that PsyTel 2.15 is the most pertinent AAC solution. Yes, it was true three years ago. But it doesn't mean that such statements are still true, just because a band of lazy people prefered to parrot blindly some recommendations rather than spending some of their free time to submit any feedback to active developers. Did you ever tested 3.90.3 over 3.97, as it was requested by lame developers? I can't find any results. It's simply very rare to find feedback on HA.org these days... Then how could you prove that encoder x is superior to encoder y when you don't perform any blind test? I have tested several alphas of 3.97 and also 3.96.1 on many aspect and a big variety of sample. And based on my experience, following HA rules, I can say that 3.90.3 is not only slower but also have quality issues partially corrected by 3.97 alphas which makes latest alpha preferable (but maybe unsecure) for people looking for the best possible quality to any older lame versions. Don't spread wrong information on this board please, or submit your test results if you have interesting things to reveal about 3.97 possible flaws. Gabriel & Robert are still working on lame, and that's the moment to submit all known issues.
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