#1093705 ripit: mp3/lame backend: 128kbs is a bad default

Package:
ripit
Source:
ripit
Submitter:
Jonathan Dowland
Date:
2025-01-21 17:39:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1093705#5
Date:
2025-01-21 17:01:43 UTC
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To:
ripit seems to default to

    lame -b 128 -q 5

This is a bad default IMHO. Better would be --preset standard, which is
described as

    This preset should generally be transparent to most people on most
    music and is already quite high in quality.

which sets VBR and an average bitrate about 185kb/s.