From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 14 06:21:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9090D1065670 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:21:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2487D8FC15 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:21:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2E6LDB6036364; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:21:13 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n2E6LA8X036361; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:21:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:21:09 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Gary Kline In-Reply-To: <20090314030558.GB25027@thought.org> Message-ID: References: <20090313191520.GA14233@thought.org> <20090313202226.GA47453@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20090314030558.GB25027@thought.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Roland Smith , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best archiver? (for music) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:21:22 -0000 >> >> lame -h -b 96 - i was able to tell the difference on every song, but it >> wasn't really huge deal. > > > > hm. oh, yeah, my new box has to have a superior soundcard. and > i'll pony up for even better speakers too. (so when i'm ready, > i'll ask what's best. maybe find something on ebay.) > > my hearing is exceptionally good and while call myself an > audiophile, having all my tunes right here at fingertips is i don't call myself audiophile (rather opposite, but i have normal hearing), just wanted to point out how much is really enough. do use -h -V 3 when compressing. > a major win. having said that, can you point me to a basic > tutorial on lame? i've got 1581620 blocks of mp3 @ 128kbit. > lectures. when i tried to cut the quality even by a bit it was > evident immediately. rar compresses these file to > 1482404 blocks very very slowly. it probably makes sense to just > burn the mp3 files to a dvd and be safe. > > > > > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix > http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org > The 2.23a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php > >