[MPlayer-users] tweaking the MP3

[steffen]

Am Sonntag, 7. Juli 2002 10:19 schrieb Florin Andrei:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>

> This is a very interesting topic. It's a shame there's almost no
> guidelines on any divx site related to sound quality and mp3 bitrate,
> although i'm sure some people did a lot of experimenting.
> I believe the problem of the mp3 bitrate is critical, because when it
> comes to divx, quality means bitrate tweaking (among other things).

I think someone shouldnt go under 128 kbps CBR. If I watch a video and use a 
bitrate lower than that , a big part of the video will be lost , since 
explosions and over things will sound worse. I think the best would be to 
have ogg-vorbis in video, because it gave a good sound at low bitrates. But 
the A/V-sync seems to be a problem than, since avi isn't a good 
containerformat for this codec. Time to have a real good new multimedia 
container format that is open source ( with features like OGM but free ). For 
now I would say an abr of 128 kbps for vbr-mp3 is the best to use. I can't 
believe that anyone use a bitrate of 96 kbps CBR for it unless the sound 
isn't important for the content of the movie ... 
For films I really like I make a 2CD-rip with ac3 included, so I have most of 
the time a videobitrate over 1000  and the full sound quality. 

Now I have only to build my MHP-box to view it on tv ;) 

Greets

Steffen