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using cdex with lame.exe - on the fly?

when using cdex 1.50b3 or 1.40 (volcano modified) with lame 3.91 & 3.92.  is on the fly encoding recommended or not? 

it seems you would only need to use this as a command line
--alt-preset extreme %1 %2 
but if you look in the cdex help under external encoder, it states this:

"On The Fly encoding):

Since CDex beta 9, there is an option to use on the fly encoding (thanks to Egor Duda). If the On The Fly option is enabled, CDex does not generate a file, but outputs the stream data (raw image data, 16 bits 44100 Hz 2 channels without a WAV header) to a pipe. In order to use this option, your external encoder should have an option to accept data coming from the standard input stream. So, for example to use lame as an external encoder, you should use the following parameter string:

-v -V4 -ms -b%4 -x - %2

This - before the %2 specifies that standard input stream will be used."

can someone clarify what this means, if it is necessary, or what i need to do to encode propery using lame.exe within cdex.  (yes i know eac is better but it can be frustrating to use at times).

thanks,
dave

using cdex with lame.exe - on the fly?

Reply #1 –
i use beta2 with lame 3.02. i use on the fly encoding and select --alt-preset standard from the dropdown list. get great results.
Murali

using cdex with lame.exe - on the fly?

Reply #2 –
You type a "-" for the filename, and that tells LAME to read from Standard Input (which is the out end of the pipe).
All other command options are the same as usual LAME usage.

using cdex with lame.exe - on the fly?

Reply #3 –
If typing it in manually, you need the -x too.  Try:

--alt-preset standard -x - %2

That should do it.

using cdex with lame.exe - on the fly?

Reply #4 –
In cdex 1.50b3 the alt presets are available with the internal Lame encoder (3.93 alpha) - just select the one you want in the 'quality' list and check 'on the fly encoding'

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using cdex with lame.exe - on the fly?

Reply #5 –
on the fly?...scary

my .02
mike

using cdex with lame.exe - on the fly?

Reply #6 –
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Originally posted by xmixahlx
on the fly?...scary


Lame is pretty fast these days - with 3.92 I can directly encode the audio stream from D-Sat radio using high quality VBR settings on a lowly K62/400 system.
I've also tried with Ogg and MPC at their default settings - but they both fall over

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