mp3 export reduced to 64 kbit in rc
Dear All,
in beta 2, the mp3 export produced sufficient sound quality. In RC the bitrate was reduced to 64 which does not sound good. Would it be possible to return to the old setting or maybe even add a control or make it read an optional settings file?
Thanks so much for the great work so far!
Cheers
Markus
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Others complained that the mp3 files are too big...
But yes, being able to set this in preferences or via a command line switch would be good
In reply to Others complained that the by Jojo-Schmitz
As I mentioned before when this came up....
64kb/s is FM radio quality which ranges from gritty to downright distorted.
The minimum default compression should be 128kb/s
If users wish to compromise sound quality in for the sake of size then that should be up to them.
Those of us who do care about acceptable sound quality should not have an unnacceptable bit rate forced upon us.
In reply to As I mentioned before when by ChurchOrganist
Nothing is forced. Just export to FLAC or WAV and use an external converter to MP3 if you wish.
Let's open a feature request for more control of MP3 export parameters, including metatag in 2.1 if you wish.
In reply to Nothing is forced. Just by [DELETED] 5
See #50926: Allow setting preferences for the quality and bitrate of mp3 produced by MuseScore...
In reply to Nothing is forced. Just by [DELETED] 5
Then how about putting the default bitrate back to 128kb per channel before the full release to satisfy the original request? 128kb is the minimal MP3 bitrate for an acceptable quality audio.
In reply to Then how about putting the by schepers
I'm not an audio expert, but increasing the bitrate might be the right solution - see this problem about the sound on musescore.com.
In reply to I'm not an audio expert, but by chen lung
And also see my comments on the same subject in a similar post in the Soundfonts forum....
http://musescore.org/en/node/50776
In case you missed it, this was dealt with in Issue #50776, comment 14 . Instead of going back to 128kbps, which is still pretty bad, he decided to use LAME's VBR preset 2, which targets around 190kbps. Seeing as that's also LAME's default, and they know a bit about making high quality MP3s, that seems like the best option.*
The other part of this Issue is dealt with in Issue #50926: Allow setting preferences for the quality and bitrate of mp3 produced by MuseScore
*Or, at least, that's supposed to be the case, but my use of 2.0 outputs 128kbps. I've not yet exported an MP3 with the latest version.