[mythtv-users] Re: MythMusic - LAME "--r3mix" or --"alt-preset standard" option?

[Stefan Frank]

Hi,

hear, hear, someone actually using... um, yes, my code.
You might want to have a look at your settings for line-breaks. Lines
shouldn't exceed ~72 characters for easy reading.

"jason531" <mythtv at hoocanhelp.com> writes:

> I have a hardware mp3 player in my car (RioCar) so I am thrilled that version 0.12 supports mp3 encoding.  I am pretty picky, however, about how my mp3 files are encoded.  I prefer using VBR and have encoded all of my CDs (pre-Myth) using lame 3.91 with the "--r3mix" preset.  This preset has been replaced by "--alt-preset standard" in newer versions of lame.

> How can I modify MythMusic to use this preset?  I have looked at the source code and it looks like it is using CBR.  There is a variable to turn on VBR but I haven't yet found (or spent much time looking) where this variable is set.  It would be great if I could specify the encoding command line via a text file or MySQL, but I am willing to modify the code and recompile if necessary.  It shouldn't be that hard since the preset is built into lame.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>

The vbr variable isn't really used and only exists because i didn't remove
it when submitting the patch.

Iirc, i even never tested vbr encoding. But you can try to set vbr = 1
in the constructor and see what happens. For how to activate this
--r3mix setting have a look at the lame sourcecode and lame.h to see
what library calls you have to add. 

Bye, Stefan

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