Lame 3.97b1 has apparently been deemed “usable” by the crew at Hydrogen Audio. Well, let’s run through the same tests we did last time. G5 Optimized (3.96.1) preset standard – 0:16 (204.7 kbps) preset fast standard – 0:11 (226.0 kbps) preset extreme – 0:15 (249.3 kbps) preset fast extreme – 0:11 preset cbr 128 – [...]
Continue Reading...LAME is my perferred MP3 encoder, but it’s kind of slow, even on my dual-cpu G5. Now, the G4 and G5 processors have a special instruction set called Altivec which should, in theory, speed up certain tasks. Photoshop, Final Cut Pro and even Apple’s own iTunes take advantage of this. LAME does not, but I [...]
Continue Reading...Right, so I’m a month late. But I finally figured out that iTunes could make me a list of what really were my favorite songs of 2004. Just create a smart playlist with Year=2004 limit to 10 songs sorted by most often played. Rob Gordon would be so proud. 10. Verse Chorus Verse (Outtake, 1991) [...]
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