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Martin Leese wrote:
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cite="mid:CAAzqGd_JyhM58PwFzoM9vTRr9SMBXnZMX-hAgeJ3oKcriTEQvg@mail.gmail.com"
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<pre wrap="">Linda Walsh <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:flac@tlinx.org"><flac@tlinx.org></a> wrote:
...
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<pre wrap=""> That brings up another question then... What is 'hi' (v. low?)...
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<pre wrap=""><!---->
Zero, or close to zero, is low. 12 is high.
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----<br>
They mention 32 as a top end, so maybe 12 isn't that slow?<br>
I'm got encode times around 30-45 seconds on a 2 CPU machine,<br>
which has fallen to about 10 secs/album on my current server @2.7Ghz<br>
using ~1080% cpu...<br>
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Despite the title of -M, -m the one that is
exhaustive. This is stated at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_flac.html#flac_options_adaptive_mid_side">http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_flac.html#flac_options_adaptive_mid_side</a>
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The documentation is so clear on music optimization progs...(Lame is
about the same). Most people still think 320CBR is the best, though
the authors have stated it is no better than -V0 and just wastes bits.<br>
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