hi,

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|the linux version still has a problem : |resampling does not work, |you have to use 44100 Hz.

which might be a problem for lower bitrate streams? 96kbit did still work with 44.1 samplerate, but i think below that the encoder soon requires lower samplerates as well.

i did some more testing with shoutcast~. in fact, the situation's not so bad, resampling will work for the values accepted by lame, these allowed combinations of samplerate/bitrate are :

ALLOWED SAMPLERATE/BITRATES

MPEG-1 layer III sample frequencies (kHz): 32 48 44.1 bitrates (kbps): 32 40 48 56 64 80 96 112 128 160 192 224 256 320

MPEG-2 layer III sample frequencies (kHz): 16 24 22.05 bitrates (kbps): 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 80 96 112 128 144 160

MPEG-2.5 layer III sample frequencies (kHz): 8 12 11.025 bitrates (kbps): 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 80 96 112 128 144 160

be aware that if you use higher samplerates, you'll need more CPU power.

Also, about quality factor, here are the values to use :

ALLOWED QUALITY FACTOR :

-q <arg>        <arg> = 0...9.  Default  -q 5 
                -q 0:  Highest quality, very slow 
                -q 9:  Poor quality, but fast 
-h              Same as -q 2.   Recommended.
-f              Same as -q 7.   Fast, ok quality

so, -f stands for quality 7, and the higher is this factor, the poorer is the quality.

these informations are taken from lame's 3.89 man page.

cheers,

Yves/

PS : these informations should be added to the readmes ( for Windows and Linux ).