Just tested -Q 1 --sortspread Vs -Q 0 --sortspread, the click was gone so I tried -Q 0.5 --sortspread, the click was gone too, so it might be a normal artefact due to very low setting, I dunno. All I know is that it is here at -Q 0 --sortspread. Then, as I had the files already encoded at hand, I made a very quick test (4 runs) to see how transparent were both -Q 0.5 --sortspread & -Q 1 --sortspread, none is transparent for me, the click is gone but some tearing remains, so if we ever remap setting, we should focus on -Q1.5 & Q2, I suspect -Q 2 --sortspread to already be transparent & -Q1.5 --sortspread to be near transparency, if we add -a 5 & --underlap 5, & if it stacks then -Q1.5 --sortspread -a 5 --underlap 5 is likely to be very very near transparency & -Q 1 --sortspread -a 5 --underlap 5 to be near transparency. All this remains to be tested further for confirmation. In fact IMHO we can already assume that transparency is reached with -Q 2 --sortspread, what remains to be tested is how wide is the safety margin compared to -Q 1.5 with added parameters & if -Q 1.5 with added parameters is already transparent too or not. (There I am not sure, it depends on how parameters stacks)
foo_abx 1.3.3 report
foobar2000 v0.9.6.4
2009/04/09 11:02:37
File A: C:\00- Therion (Artefact+Context) -Q 0 --sortspread.lossy.flac
File B: C:\00- Therion (Artefact+Context) -Q 1 --sortspread.lossy.flac
11:02:37 : Test started.
11:02:55 : 01/01 50.0%
11:03:09 : 02/02 25.0%
11:03:23 : 03/03 12.5%
11:03:44 : 04/04 6.3%
11:04:01 : 05/05 3.1%
11:04:25 : 06/06 1.6%
11:04:37 : 07/07 0.8%
11:04:49 : 08/08 0.4%
11:04:50 : Test finished.
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Total: 8/8 (0.4%)
foo_abx 1.3.3 report
foobar2000 v0.9.6.4
2009/04/09 11:06:37
File A: C:\00- Therion (Artefact+Context) -Q 0 --sortspread.lossy.flac
File B: C:\00- Therion (Artefact+Context) -Q 0.5 --sortspread.lossy.flac
11:06:37 : Test started.
11:07:01 : 01/01 50.0%
11:07:16 : 02/02 25.0%
11:07:35 : 03/03 12.5%
11:07:48 : 04/04 6.3%
11:08:04 : 05/05 3.1%
11:08:18 : 06/06 1.6%
11:08:30 : 07/07 0.8%
11:08:48 : 08/08 0.4%
11:08:49 : Test finished.
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Total: 8/8 (0.4%)
foo_abx 1.3.3 report
foobar2000 v0.9.6.4
2009/04/09 11:11:28
File A: C:\00- Therion (Artefact+Context) Lossless.flac
File B: C:\00- Therion (Artefact+Context) -Q 0.5 --sortspread.lossy.flac
11:11:28 : Test started.
11:11:41 : 01/01 50.0%
11:11:54 : 02/02 25.0%
11:12:12 : 03/03 12.5%
11:12:32 : 04/04 6.3%
11:12:53 : Test finished.
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Total: 4/4 (6.3%)
foo_abx 1.3.3 report
foobar2000 v0.9.6.4
2009/04/09 11:13:09
File A: C:\00- Therion (Artefact+Context) Lossless.flac
File B: C:\00- Therion (Artefact+Context) -Q 1 --sortspread.lossy.flac
11:13:09 : Test started.
11:13:28 : 01/01 50.0%
11:13:44 : 02/02 25.0%
11:14:09 : 03/03 12.5%
11:14:30 : 04/04 6.3%
11:14:35 : Test finished.
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Total: 4/4 (6.3%)