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For speed, Xing is the fastest encoder but the quality is the worst out of all of them. For smaller file sizes, Fraunhofer’s FastEnc gives excellent quality. LAME is a very good all around encoder and keeps getting faster with each release. BladeEnc is the best in quality for large file sizes but is very slow.
