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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">OK, after some experiments I think the problem may be with LAME. I ripped some WAV files, then tried encoding with LAME using various options. Evidently this version of LAME (<span>LAME 64bits version 3.100, Ubuntu linux) </span>does not like the "--vbr-new" option, since it assumes it by default. Instead of listing specific options, I tried just "--preset extreme", and it worked as expected. I put that in .abcde.conf and now abcde is doing what I would have expected it to do. <br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks for your reply.<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 8:56:16 AM PDT, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
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<div>Hi Bruce!<br clear="none"><div class="ydpb5c0aab7yqt3768521597" id="ydpb5c0aab7yqtfd60577"><br clear="none">On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 02:39:34PM -0700, Bruce Albert wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>This is abcde v. 2.9.3 running on ubuntu linux 20.04.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>the LAMEOPTS line in .abcde,conf says:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>LAMEOPTS='-m j -V 0 -q 0 --vbr-new'<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>But what I see in mediainfo run on a file ripped with it is:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>-m j -V 0 -q 0 -lowpass 22.1 --vbr-mt -b 32<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>That isn't what I asked for. Ripping the same file with RipperX produces:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>-m j -V 0 -q 0 -lowpass 22.1 --vbr-new<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>which is what I wanted.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>And yes, the spectrograms on the files are slightly different.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>This is NOT a question about whether it matters or why; what I want to know is why abcde isn't doing<br clear="none">>what I ask for, and is there some option I have failed to set so that it will use the options I specify?</div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sorry, but I'm genuinely not sure where you're getting those options<br clear="none">from - abcde does not have *any* code to change LAMEOPTS from what you<br clear="none">set, and there is no mention of "vbr" anywhere in the code that I can<br clear="none">see. If you run with debug enabled, check the log and look for the<br clear="none">lame command line maybe?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. <a shape="rect" href="mailto:steve@einval.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">steve@einval.com</a><br clear="none">"... the premise [is] that privacy is about hiding a wrong. It's not.<br clear="none"> Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining<br clear="none"> the human condition with dignity and respect."<br clear="none"> -- Bruce Schneier<div class="ydpb5c0aab7yqt3768521597" id="ydpb5c0aab7yqtfd01789"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div>
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