[vorbis] quality settings

[jaromil]

On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 12:40:30AM -0700, Jack Moffitt wrote:
> > Ok, now I'm really going to sound stupid...what are managed bitrates?
> 
> Anything not vbr.  Ie, -b setting (or -M or -m) trigger managed
> bitrates.  -q is the control for VBR.
> 
> managed bitrates are useful for streaming and other application were you
> need a deterministic bitrate.  VBR is better in the general case where
> you're mostly worried about playback (and probably lan based streaming).

do you mean there will be no point in streaming with VBR for low
bandwidth? does it makes/it will make sense to specify VBR of 24Kbit
with a max of 32Kbit or internet radios should simply use managed
bitrates?

thanks!


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