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those signed herein propose that a quality standard of

--alt-preset standard

using the currently recommended lame compile (by developers/hydrogenaudio.org)
become the new high-quality  standard of the  mp3 scene.  the benefits of  vbr
over cbr regarding  the ratio of quality  to size are now  abundant using this
compile.  this benefits both  the end user  and  the siteop.  since it  is now
commonly known that vbr far outweighs cbr regarding disk usage, bandwidth, and
quality, vbr uses a sites resources to its fullest potential. the end user who
uses a portable device or a personal  computer also benefits  from having  the
smallest possible file size (given the sample complexity) at the highest
possible quality.  the only true concern regarding  vbr  was the  lack of
zipscripts  that support it, but this is no longer  the case since  zip scripts
have been created that fully support vbr.  note that  vbr is _STILL_  a .mp3
file, it just uses different settings than the previous standard.

this current recommended compile of lame can be obtained at the following url:

* http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/files/lame-3.90.3modified.zip
(this zip includes both lame.exe and lame_enc.dll)

while eac remains  the recommended ripping software, we do not propose that it
become a  standard due to hardware  conflicts and  limitations of some drives.

* http://www.exactaudiocopy.de
* http://hqscene.fatty.dk/eaclame1.html

for those that wish to encode to mp3 after ripping the entire cd, razorlame is
recommended.  razorlame is a gui  front-end  for  lame that  works  on windows
platforms.

* http://www.dors.de/razorlame/download.php
* http://hqscene.fatty.dk/razorlame.htm

for a  complete guide  on the encoding with  the alt-presets and  VBR overview
peep the following url:

* http://hqscene.fatty.dk

the public modification/addon for project-zs is available here

* http://www.glftpd.at
* http://zs.fatty.dk

signed by important people of the following groups

0MNi AMOK APC ATM ATR BLA BOS BOSS BPM CHR CMC CMS CR DPS DRUM FKK FNT FSP
FuFFeNS gEm gF gTi HiT2000 hXc iTS JAH JUST KrbZ mbs MIL MiM MnD MNS NVS OSC
pH PMS PsyCZ RAGEMP3 RKS RNS RSD sb SER SiRiON SMS soup SSR TGX TWCMP3 uF
WLM XXL YARD

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