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ryran:
Not the point, I know, but why anyone would use q9 or [especially] q10.. is beyond me. Blows my mind.

Obviously it makes no difference to me how others encode their music, but when I run into people using [what I consider] excessive encoding settings, I have to wonder if they've ever done a single blind listening test in their life. ;)

ts-x:

--- Quote from: da_grudge on August 17, 2006, 10:50:36 AM ---Does anyone know if ogg at q7 or q8 works without any skipping probs?
Thank you

--- End quote ---

It depends on the specific player, target type (ARM v. Coldfire), and the options that are enabled (eq, crossfeed, peak meters in WPS, complicated WPS, etc).  On my iRiver H340 (no eq, no crossfeed), q9's do not skip at all with a non-graphically intensive WPS.  When using an album art based WPS, ~1% of them will skip.

You should probably run some serious listening tests to see if you really need to go as high as q8.  I would think most people could probably get away with q6 or q7.  To be honest, if I could do it all over again I would probably drop back to that level.  IMHO the differences beyond that point are negligible at best, and it takes a serious audio setup and a keen ear to notice them.

ryran:
Funny..there was just a discussion over at HA about high bitrate ogg... well, I suppose there always is.

Deano:
Well, this is as usual when it comes to people's opinions on audio formats. A lot of people seem to "over-encode" their music, namely due to the fact they *think* they can tell the difference.

However, sometimes people just plain don't have time to sit there and thoroughly ABX themselves on music. I know I sure don't, namely why I use -V 2 --vbr-new. It's probably overkill, but gives me the results without me *ever* having to worry about those ABX tests.

Some people just need quick solutions because they don't have time to find their own. ;)

ryran:
Indeed.
I do it too. Suppose I'm just [stupidly] balking at what I perceive as undoubtedly unnecessary wastefulness, vs the somewhat wasteful over-caution that I engage in. Meh. I guess we're all pretty much the same.

Well. Except that ogg -v10 really is stupid. I'm not budging on that one. :D

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