On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Irene McC wrote:
quoted 1 line Is this *really* better than a fixed, say, 192?> Is this *really* better than a fixed, say, 192?
Can it hurt? You lower the bitrate for some parts that are easier to
encode, and raise it for parts that are harder. If the quality is high
enough, you might average 192 still, but you'll have a better sounding
mp3. If the quality is lower, the average bitrate will be lower, but it
will still sound as good.
Bottom line: The quality/size ratio of a VBR file will always better if
you have a good encoder.
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