Lame 3.97b1 has apparently been deemed “usable” by the crew at Hydrogen Audio. Well, let’s run through the same tests we did last time.
G5 Optimized (3.96.1)
preset standard – 0:16 (204.7 kbps)
preset fast standard – 0:11 (226.0 kbps)
preset extreme – 0:15 (249.3 kbps)
preset fast extreme – 0:11
preset cbr 128 – 0:12
preset cbr 192 – 0:12
preset 128 – 0:13 (125.5 kbps)
preset 192 – 0:11 (191.8 kbps)
G5 Optimized (3.97b1)
preset standard – 0:15 (219.0 kbps)
preset fast standard – 0:13 (219.4 kbps)
preset extreme – 0:15 (263.3 kbps)
preset fast extreme – 0:13 (259.0 kbps)
preset cbr 128 – 0:13
preset cbr 192 – 0:12
preset 128 – 0:13 (121.5 kbps)
preset 192 – 0:12 (182.7 kbps)
Plus a second here, minus a second there. Not really much change in encoding times, there is a strange, non-consistant fluctuation in the kbps column though. Maybe this is a tuning issue for the better? Not really my department 🙂