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Posted by: Trond Sep 2 2008, 06:22 AM
Wouldn't it save lots of space with VBR possibility?

What program does other people use when they can use the VBR ability?

I thought VirtualDub was the best encoding program for XviD and MKV.

Posted by: Barough Sep 2 2008, 02:33 PM
VDub already have internal support for VBR MP3 Audio Streams

Posted by: Trond Sep 2 2008, 04:06 PM
It doesn't say CBR or VBR.

The highest I have is:

"MPEG Layer-3 56 kBit/s, 24,000 Hz, Stereo 7KB/s".

Therefor I installed LAME.

Posted by: Placio74 Sep 2 2008, 05:27 PM
QUOTE (Trond @ Sep 2 2008, 06:06 PM)
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The highest I have is:

"MPEG Layer-3 56 kBit/s, 24,000 Hz, Stereo 7KB/s".
...

It looks just as default system MP3 codec.
Fraunhofer MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codec for MSACM - advanced version (l3codeca.acm).
"... this advanced version encodes up to 56kbps, and decodes as above."

It's not relate with VirtualDub.


Instead, can use Lame MP3 ACM codec or...

... Fraunhofer profesional version (l3codecp.acm), if have installed WMP10.

Simply trick...
"Just go to c:\windows\system32 and rename l3codeca.acm to l3codeca.bak. Then copy l3codecp.acm to l3codeca.acm (swaps the professional one in place of the old advanced one)."


QUOTE (Trond @ Sep 2 2008, 08:22 AM)
...
What program does other people use when they can use the VBR ability?
...

Example Lame encoder with some GUI.

QUOTE (Trond @ Sep 2 2008, 08:22 AM)
...Is There Mp3 Vbr Plugin For Virtualdub?...

No.
Because VD just use installed codecs to encoding A/V.

Posted by: phaeron Sep 3 2008, 05:28 AM
To be more specific, VirtualDub has support for importing VBR MP3s -- if you compress to .mp3 and then bring it in via Audio > Audio from other file, you will get the option to select VBR mode. It doesn't have support for encoding to VBR because the installed codecs in Windows generally don't support it and the Windows codec API doesn't support it either.

Posted by: Trond Sep 3 2008, 07:10 AM
Is there a program that will let me make a VBR out of the MP3 CBR I export from VirtualDub and then import back to VirtualDub? Or are there no supporting saving modes for VBR? Would saving audio Direct Stream do that or is this kind of like saving as wav?

Posted by: Placio74 Sep 3 2008, 08:10 AM
QUOTE (Trond @ Sep 2 2008, 08:22 AM)
Wouldn't it save lots of space with VBR possibility?

Lots? Don't expect lots...

QUOTE (Trond @ Sep 2 2008, 08:22 AM)
What program does other people use when they can use the VBR ability?

Just used external audio converters.

QUOTE (Trond @ Sep 3 2008, 09:10 AM)
Is there a program that will let me make a VBR out of the MP3 CBR ...

Example BonkEnc and many other audio converters.

QUOTE (Trond @ Sep 3 2008, 09:10 AM)
... I export from VirtualDub and then import back to VirtualDub?

Yes.

To export: File > Export > Raw audio...
(Use Save WAV..., if audio is PCM.)

To import: Audio > Audio from other file...

Actual VirtualDub support VBR audio.


However i'm not see sense for recompress MP3 CBR>VBR.
Loss quality and not much saving space (comparing to video stream).

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