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[Ecrofirt]

ok, so it's question time at GAF.

What's the difference between:
Stereo
Joint Stereo
Forced Joint Stereo
Dual Channel

All you crazy iPod folks should be able to help me out.

 

[Ecrofirt]

surely one of you fellows knows the answer to this question.

 

[Particle Physicist]

no one likes you.























i lie i lie


maybe you are invisible today ?

 

[Ecrofirt]

maybe everyone is green with envy because my my shenanigans with Paris.

 

[Error Macro]

Stereo = encodes each l/r channel seperately with full bitrate, but is not as efficient with bits as JS
Joint stereo = able to allocate more bits where it needs them, due to encoder throwing away monotonous information that is shared across both channels

I would guess that Force Joint Stereo... forces joint stereo. Dual Channel, I don't know what they are referring to.

Joint Stereo is the one you want. It allows more bits to go to the channel that needs it the most, and consequently, your sound quality should improve, theoretically.

 

[Jotaro]

Use the LAME mp3 encoder, others are bad, mmm'kay?

Consult this site to discover the whole truth about audio encoding:

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org