OT: How to use Fraunhofer-Codec in Wavelab4

Steve-o · Post by **Steve-o** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 4:40 pm

WL3 used Fraunhofer Codec, WL4 uses Lame. If you want to use Fraunhofer in WL4 (without buying it from Steinberg) just follow this posted in Cubase.net:

posted 17 July 2002 06:03
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There is a way: copy/replace the file mp.dll from the WL3/system folder to the WL4/system folder.

Philippe
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Maybe somebody needs that...
Greetz to all, Steve

sandrob · Post by **sandrob** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 5:24 pm

i didn't do direct compairson and i didn't know that about encoders, but seems to me that wl4 do bettr encodin to mp3 than wl3.
i tried few encoders for audiograber and finaly i leave lame. sounds to me better than others.

Steve-o · Post by **Steve-o** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 6:54 pm

Sandro: YOU'RE DOING GOOD BECAUSE THE TRICK DOESN'T WORK! WL crashes! I didn't test ist before cause a Steinberg member posted it - sorry! Do not use it!
I just uploaded a piece of my music (Harvey's Ride) encoded with lame. Maybe you like it...

John Cooper · Post by **John Cooper** » Mon Oct 07, 2002 11:34 pm

Since this sounds like it turned out to be NOT a tip, I'll move it to general discussion

-John

remixme · Post by **remixme** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 5:02 am

LAME is currently the best encoder to use for mp3 encoding, with fraunhoffer a quite close second, they both have the better physco-acoustic models than encoders such as XING, which is terrible.
Oh and if you can, remember to use VBR where possible, to encode your mp3's

valis · Post by **valis** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 7:16 am

Actually some say VBR is inadvisable and claim to be able to hear it 'switch' bitrates.

Some also claim to be able to hear 'intensity encoding' ie. 'joint stereo' switching modes.

Personally I leave both off when quality is a concern (and do a bare minimum of 196k as well).

remixme · Post by **remixme** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 7:44 am

Well like all forms of compression its a trade off between filesize and quality.

A good quality encoder, and careful settings should minimise the effects you mentioned there valis, but they can still occur, everything tends to have a downside.

But the context I mentioned VBR was for internet broadcast/download, where vbr tends to sound better than vanilla 96k/sec or 128.

My advise is see which one works better for you.