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Topic: Lossless > mp3 - alt-preset-standard not reported (Read 2121 times) previous topic - next topic
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Lossless > mp3 - alt-preset-standard not reported

hi guys

I have been using foobar 2000 now as my primary means to convert from Lossless to mp3 over the past few months. I have set up all the options correctly and encode to alt-preset-standard. I use Lame 3.96.1.

I checked with MrQuestionMan today on some of these files and instead of reporting the encoder setting as APS it is reporting them as VBR V2.

Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? Surely it should be reporting as APS? I use EAC and exactly the same command line and LAME compile to rip CDs and these report as APS in MrQuestionMan.

It also looks like the bitrate seems a bit low - around the 180 avergae mark when i would be expecting it to be more around 200. Does this have anything to do with it?

thanks for your help guys!

Lossless > mp3 - alt-preset-standard not reported

Reply #1 –
V2 = APS.

Lossless > mp3 - alt-preset-standard not reported

Reply #2 –
That's weird... what version of MrQuestionMan is it?

Whether I've used fb2k 0.8.3 or 0.9b9 to convert, my 3.96.1 --preset standard (V2) encodes are reported as:

"MPEG 1 Layer III LAME 3.96r V2: preset standard" - in MQM 0.7 and 0.701


Anyhow... (the long version of what anza said:) since LAME version 3.95.1, the -V2 preset is equal to (alt)--preset standard. http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=18091

And the bitrate is within the expected range for V2/APS, so I doubt it has anything to do with it.