[vhobhstr]

What do you think of Core Audio's aac true vbr encoder? It's available through programs like XLD.

X Lossless Decoder: Lossless audio decoder for Mac OS X

With my equipment the encoder (at a target quality value of 127) sounds transparent. Can anyone hear the difference between this and lossless?

 

[shigzeo]

the vbr in itunes works pretty well too. i generally use max.app instead - it does cd paranoia as well as encode into native quicktime files as well as other codecs that are external or application supported.

most of my files i encode at vbr 225 but, that is only because i want peace of mind. when i use 128 vbr generally i never find problems but every encoder has problem samples that i may never overcome.

aac is a good codec and the quicktime encoder does a very good job. enjoy

 

[kain]

anyone else>?

 

[DocterD]

Afaik the VBR from iTunes is in reallity only a ABR Implementation. Apple introduced some months ago now real VBR with an QuickTime Update. You can access it by using XLD.app for example. But there are reports from Hydrogenaudio, that it has some problems with transparency.

Personal iTunes 7.5 AAC Problem Track Test - Hydrogenaudio Forums

 

[bigshot]

I used to encode at AAC 256, but 192 VBR AAC does just as good.

See ya
Steve

 

[ljs]

I also use XLD, mainly for converting my flac files (home setup) to aac (iphone use) and it does a great job in 192 VBR AAC.

 

[TSi]

my friend said hes tried using vbr (i forgot if its mp3 or aac)... but then since he listens to a lot of classical music, he said that vbr is horrible for classical.