[iTunes] LAME for iTunes

Bill Morse willym at bellatlantic.net
Fri May 30 16:04:48 PDT 2003


Is it possible to use VBR encoding with AAC files?

Bill

on 5/30/03 1:31 PM, Video International wrote:

> Just wanted to make sure you audiophiles out there are aware of the
> LAME mp3 encoder plugin for iTunes.
> <http://www.blacktree.com/scripts.html>
> <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8837>
> 
> According to a few comparison sites, the overall sound quality of mp3s
> encoded with LAME is
> superior to AAC, though the encoding time is slower and you are still
> stuck with larger files. It
> was pretty unanimous that LAME is better than the Fraunhofer mp3 codec
> that iTunes uses.
> 



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