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Lossy Audio Compression => MP3 => MP3 - Tech => Topic started by: ameyer17 on 2004-11-05 04:39:29

Title: Abnormally high bitrates using LAME 3.90.3 APS
Post by: ameyer17 on 2004-11-05 04:39:29
Using APS with LAME 3.90.3, a certain album is giving me bitrates around 250 kbps.  What is going on?
Title: Abnormally high bitrates using LAME 3.90.3 APS
Post by: dev0 on 2004-11-05 04:56:58
Are you encoding heavy, guitar-based music (hardcore, punkrock or metal) by any chance?
These genres tend to cause a bitrate bloat, due to a lot of high energy signals which fall into the SFB21 frequencies.

If you want to reduce the bitrate try either using 3.96.1 or --alt-preset standard -Y.
Title: Abnormally high bitrates using LAME 3.90.3 APS
Post by: ameyer17 on 2004-11-05 04:59:35
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Are you encoding heavy guitar-based music (hardcore, punkrock or metal) by any chance?

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Yep. that's it.  Thanks a lot.
Title: Abnormally high bitrates using LAME 3.90.3 APS
Post by: Jojo on 2004-11-13 15:10:19
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If you want to reduce the bitrate try either using 3.96.1 or --alt-preset standard -Y.
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I'd rather use LAME 3.96.1 --preset standard insetad of using LAME 3.90.3 --alt-preset standard -Y