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Topic: 3.96.1 still recommended? (Read 4135 times) previous topic - next topic
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3.96.1 still recommended?

since 3.90.3 is dead, 3.96.1 can be still downloaded on rarewares. is 3.96.1 qualitywise better than 3.97b2 in -V 2?

what yould be the disadvantages of using lame 3.96.1 instead of 3.97b2 (in terms of quality)?

thx for postings 
FB2K,APE&LAME

3.96.1 still recommended?

Reply #1 –
3.97b2

3.96.1 still recommended?

Reply #2 –
I know 3.97b2 is actually the recommended lame version, but please just answer my questions.
FB2K,APE&LAME

3.96.1 still recommended?

Reply #3 –
What I've experienced:

3.96.1 has issues with ABR/CBR (corrected with 3.97b)
3.96.1 has issues with -q0 (corrected with 3.97b)
3.96.1 --vbr-new isn't tested which makes this version slower
3.96.1 ABR/CBR doesn't handle very well quiet music at moderate bitrate (corrected since 3.97a6)
3.96.1 doesn't have the noise issue introduced in 3.97 and audible with tonal signal (corrected in 3.98a3)

3.96.1 still recommended?

Reply #4 –
thank you for these informations, so 3.96.1 seems to have no issues in contrast to 3.97b2 by using -V 2...? (In case of quality!)
FB2K,APE&LAME

3.96.1 still recommended?

Reply #6 –
yeah, thanks a lot! I think the last example you've listed above is most impressing. 397b2 -v 2 --vbr-new rules 
FB2K,APE&LAME

3.96.1 still recommended?

Reply #7 –
Quote from: memomai on
yeah, thanks a lot! I think the last example you've listed above is most impressing. 397b2 -v 2 --vbr-new rules 

You'd probably have wayyy "good enough" at lower bitrate settings, but indeed, it's quite hard to discern from the original, generally.
 

3.96.1 still recommended?

Reply #8 –
Quote from: memomai on
since 3.90.3 is dead, 3.96.1 can be still downloaded on rarewares. is 3.96.1 qualitywise better than 3.97b2 in -V 2?

the reason why 3.96.1 is still up is because Lame 3.97 is still in beta. Most people here (including myself) seem to be using Lame 3.97b2 along with -V2 --vbr-new
--alt-presets are there for a reason! These other switches DO NOT work better than it, trust me on this.
LAME + Joint Stereo doesn't destroy 'Stereo'