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Looking for LAME tester utility

I remember a couple of years back, there was a utility that would analyze all the mp3s on your HD and determine what version of LAME compile was used. 

Does it still exist?

If not, is there anything else that has replaced it?

Thanks...

Looking for LAME tester utility

Reply #1 –
the two most popular are
- EncSpot (still)
- Mr QuestionMan
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Looking for LAME tester utility

Reply #3 –
Mr Q is supposedly better at determining the encoder (and settings) used, but encspot also has the bitrate histogram display and other info.
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Looking for LAME tester utility

Reply #4 –
Quote from: skelly831 on
Mr Q is supposedly better at determining the encoder (and settings) used, but encspot also has the bitrate histogram display and other info.

no, EncSpot is way better in determining the encoder. They are equally good when it comes to recent Lame versions, since there is no guessing part involved. Mr. Q does not have any (good) guessing engine built in. However, Mr. Q. does display the setting that has been used (if stored in the Lame-Header). EncSpot does not display the setting, but it tells you all the values so one with some experience can figure it out by looking at those. EncSpot has nice graphs etc...for that reason, I'm using both programs
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