Skip to main content

Notice

Please note that most of the software linked on this forum is likely to be safe to use. If you are unsure, feel free to ask in the relevant topics, or send a private message to an administrator or moderator. To help curb the problems of false positives, or in the event that you do find actual malware, you can contribute through the article linked here.
Topic: 32kbps for silence in lame vbr (Read 3356 times) previous topic - next topic
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

32kbps for silence in lame vbr

Is there a reason silence isn't lower than 32? I know it probably won't make that much difference to a file to have it on the lowest possible bitrate unless theres a hidden track after 15 mins of silence.

Is there some hardware player compatability issues with extremely low bitrates or something?

DAP's are not something I have, or will probably have so I'm not too worried about doing it. Would the -b 8 switch work if it's preceeded by a lame preset or does that preset override anything else?

32kbps for silence in lame vbr

Reply #1
For sampling rates of 32 kHz and higher the minimum bitrate defined by the mp3 spec is 32 kbps.
"We cannot win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win."

32kbps for silence in lame vbr

Reply #2
Quote
For sampling rates of 32 kHz and higher the minimum bitrate defined by the mp3 spec is 32 kbps.
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=354231"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


It is possible to encode at lower bitrates with the lame --freeformat option, but only when using cbr. All software players I tried decode this correctly (Sounds awful of course, but for digital silence it would be very useful). So, I'd really like that switch to work with vbr, like "-V6 --freeformat -b8".

32kbps for silence in lame vbr

Reply #3
I think freeformat can only be CBR, otherwise it would be too difficult to figure out the frame size.
"We cannot win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win."