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<blockquote data-quote="-Manfred-" data-source="post: 371626" data-attributes="member: 50850">Couple of notes:MP3 is using VBR (variable bit rate) ~190kb setting and thus can show different coding speeds per file. It is much more efficient and has better quality than CBR (constant bit rate) at the same bit rate. In next version you can select the encoding quality from three different options: VBR 190, VBR 240 and CBR 320. If you really need a high quality rips you should use lossless format (FLAC).Mencoder is for making DivX rips from DVDs. It will not make size of 700MB files but around 1.4GB with AC3 sound without resizing. High quality is what we are after.I can not reproduce path and CD ripping problems. Path is constructed for all DVD ripping methods the same way so if one of the ripping methods is working all should be fine. CD cover art grab is using MP's internal functions and should be the same for this plugin and MP's music section. I'll try to find time and post a test version where is logging added to find out what is happening there.And please post logs in debug mode if you have problems.Also it would be nice to know if you have been able to fix a problem you previously posted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="-Manfred-, post: 371626, member: 50850"] Couple of notes: MP3 is using VBR (variable bit rate) ~190kb setting and thus can show different coding speeds per file. It is much more efficient and has better quality than CBR (constant bit rate) at the same bit rate. In next version you can select the encoding quality from three different options: VBR 190, VBR 240 and CBR 320. If you really need a high quality rips you should use lossless format (FLAC). Mencoder is for making DivX rips from DVDs. It will not make size of 700MB files but around 1.4GB with AC3 sound without resizing. High quality is what we are after. I can not reproduce path and CD ripping problems. Path is constructed for all DVD ripping methods the same way so if one of the ripping methods is working all should be fine. CD cover art grab is using MP's internal functions and should be the same for this plugin and MP's music section. I'll try to find time and post a test version where is logging added to find out what is happening there. And please post logs in debug mode if you have problems. Also it would be nice to know if you have been able to fix a problem you previously posted. [/QUOTE]

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