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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What is the best program for encoding mp3s
| quote: | Originally posted by D.Edge
which, by the way, is wrong. even LAME does it:
http://lame.sourceforge.net/tech-FAQ.txt
although it's possible to reduce the delay at the start to zero, the technical FAQ explains why this is not done.
(i hope this isn't too complex for you to understand). |
The FAQ states:
"LAME embeds the amount of padding in the ancillary data of the
first frame of the MP3 file. (LAME INFO tag). The LAME decoder
will use this information to remove the leading padding of an MP3 file."
So although the files do have 528 samples added to the beginning, these are removed again when decoded by the LAME decoder, and so when converting back to wav to burn as an audio CD these will be automatically removed to burn a seamless CD. Also, when playing back these files, providing the LAME decoder is used, the padding would also be skipped, and so, although theres technically 528 zero'd samples at the beginning, they're always skipped and as such are not really 'added silence'. Its possible though that the encoder included in whatever software he uses to burn the CDs does not recognise the LAME INFO tag and therefore does not correctly strip the silence when decoding, leaving a slight pause.
I must admit, I wasnt aware of these added samples, so I do stand corrected in regard to these, the main thing that threw me was this statement by you:
| quote: | | i would have thought the silence corresponds to the mp3 header. |
Which seems entirely meaningless to me. The header is added file information before the audio stream, and does not contribute to any extra silence included in the audio stream itself...
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