[LAU] What is the best MP3 encoder?

[Jostein Chr. Andersen]

On 03/28/2013 05:01 PM, Brett McCoy wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Jostein Chr. Andersen <jostein at vait.se> wrote:

> Soundcloud will encode to their own standard, which I think is
> 128kbps. They even have this disclaimer:
>
> "Sometimes our transcoding system can create audio artifacts, as we
> transcode all tracks to 128 kbps mp3 for streaming playback. Uploading
> a lossless or high-quality lossy file will usually reduce these to a
> minimum, but unfortunately there's not much we can do for the handful
> of individual tracks that are still affected."

Thanks for checking it and writing about it, Brett, that's helpful, then 
I don't have to make my hands dirty and try it! :-)

Jostein