Did Nullsoft ban mp3pro stations?

Peter Tate · 7th March 2004, 01:28

Guys I'm of the school of thought that when using low bitrates you don't try and do a half arsed job of encoding the tops. So for me when encoding for 56K modem people I think AM radio specs for all compression settings etc.

Whilst mp3pro does work nicely for people on modems. I find that when listening to a pro enabled stream on a default Winamp it is a bit more shimmy than the normal mp3. Also when you do install the plugin you get your top end back BUT it sounds like a reconstructed replica of it. Funny that's what it is!!! You can take milk turn it into powdered stuff then add the water later to get milk agian but it tastes like POWDERED MILK!

So for me mp3pro is not the go! If bandwidth is the the issue that makes it work for you then, concider this--

mp pro is concdered to be of benefit for streams below 64K with no real benefit to those up higher. For me it makes sense to run a 64K mono stream sampled 44khz. This would be better as it is full quality at that bitrate.

Hey everyone accepts 128k 44khz stereo as FM quality! Well let's keep that as the benchmark so 64k mono on a normal stream sounding shmick is the go!

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7th March 2004, 01:28	#1
Peter Tate Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 37	Guys I'm of the school of thought that when using low bitrates you don't try and do a half arsed job of encoding the tops. So for me when encoding for 56K modem people I think AM radio specs for all compression settings etc. Whilst mp3pro does work nicely for people on modems. I find that when listening to a pro enabled stream on a default Winamp it is a bit more shimmy than the normal mp3. Also when you do install the plugin you get your top end back BUT it sounds like a reconstructed replica of it. Funny that's what it is!!! You can take milk turn it into powdered stuff then add the water later to get milk agian but it tastes like POWDERED MILK! So for me mp3pro is not the go! If bandwidth is the the issue that makes it work for you then, concider this-- mp pro is concdered to be of benefit for streams below 64K with no real benefit to those up higher. For me it makes sense to run a 64K mono stream sampled 44khz. This would be better as it is full quality at that bitrate. Hey everyone accepts 128k 44khz stereo as FM quality! Well let's keep that as the benchmark so 64k mono on a normal stream sounding shmick is the go!