[vorbis] what quality ?

[gabor]

On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 13:14, Craig Dickson wrote:
> begin  gabor  quotation:
> 
> > what quality is recommended to encode to for cd quality?
> > 
> > i mean, for mp3, i used to encode to 128kb/s ( maybe it's a bit low..
> > )..
> > so what quality  ( or bitrate ) do you recommend?
> 
> If you can stand to listen to 128kb/s MP3, then you'll probably find
> vorbis acceptable at almost any setting.

as i understand you use more kb/s for mp3s.... how much?

and what kind of music is best to test compression-lossiness?

thanks,
gabor
> 
> Personally, I prefer -q5 (the lossless channel coupling seems to make a
> significant difference), but I suspect most people would find -q3
> adequate.
> 
> Craig

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