Why 224Kbps, mono and CBR MP3 encoding?
(I used LAME 3.97 Command line version to convert the recorded wav to MP3) The magic line was: “lame.exe *.wav -c -h -m s -b 224 -q 2” CBR is constant bit ratio which means that a silent period in the MP3 have the same compression factor as a period with sound in it has. This results in larger size MP3, but size is NOT an issue here, and also it’s supported by older equipment (which also represents the 224Kbps ratio) such as DVD players, Car Stereo MP3 players, MP3 players both software and hardware. It IS yesterday’s compression scheme for sure, but not everybody are hip enough to follow the bandwagon and be cool and buy all the latest ipod MP3 players and do not care about dowloading the latest MP3 player software. SOAMC= is about compability in probably all environments and situations. If you are not still convinced why I took this decision, please read the interview with me in the September Issue of CommodoreFree -> www.commodorefree.com (This was for the SOASC= Commodore 64 SID re
