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- <H1>Built-in presets</H1>
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- <p>Lame features some built-in presets. Those presets are designed to provide
- the highest possible quality.<br>
- They have for the most part been subject to and tuned via rigorous listening
- tests to verify and achieve this objective. These are continually updated to
- coincide with the latest developments that occur and as a result should provide
- you with nearly the best quality currently possible from LAME.</p>
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- If your goal is quality, these presets are highly recommended over any custom
- set of parameters you might use. To activate presets, you should use:<br>
- <tt>lame --preset preset_name</tt><br>
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- <h2>VBR modes</h2>
- <h3>--preset medium</h3>
- <p>This preset should provide near transparency to most people on most music.<br>
- The resulting bitrate should be in the 150-180kbps range, according to music
- complexity.</p>
- <h3>--preset standard</h3>
- <p>This preset should generally be transparent to most people on most music and
- is already quite high in quality.<br>
- The resulting bitrate should be in the 170-210kbps range, according to music
- complexity.</p>
- <h3>--preset extreme</h3>
- <p>If you have extremely good hearing and similar equipment, this preset will
- provide slightly higher quality than the "standard" mode.<br>
- The resulting bitrate should be in the 200-240kbps range, according to music
- complexity.</p>
- <p>Any of those VBR presets can also be used in fast mode, using the new vbr algorithm.
- This mode is faster, but its quality could be a little lower. To enable the
- fast mode, use:<br>
- <tt>lame --preset fast preset_name</tt></p>
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- <h2>CBR 320kbps</h2>
- <h3>--preset insane</h3>
- <p>This preset will usually be overkill for most people and most situations, but
- if you must have the absolute highest quality with no regard to filesize, this
- is the way to go. This preset is the highest preset quality available.</p>
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- <h2>ABR modes</h2>
- <h3>--preset <kbps></h3>
- <p>Using this preset will usually give you good quality at a specified bitrate.
- Depending on the bitrate entered, this preset will determine the optimal settings
- for that particular situation.<br>
- While this approach works, it is not nearly as flexible as VBR, and usually
- will not reach the same quality level as VBR at higher bitrates.<br>
- If you need CBR encoding, those presets can also be used in CBR mode by using:<br>
- <tt>lame --preset cbr <kbps></tt></p>
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