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MP3 Decoder Review - MP3
Decoder v.1.41 +1.45
MP3
Decoder by HPL Software
-- Review
courtesy of David Robinson
| Decoder
Source: |
HPL Software http://www.hplsoft.com/
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| Version: |
v1.41 + v1.45
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| Settings: |
none
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| Similar
products: |
not known
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| Verdict: |
Terrible |
| VBR: |
some |
| Full
file: |
Always |
| Major
Flaws: |
Destroys
audio below 700Hz on left channel |
| Minor
Flaws: |
that's
enough! |
| Output
level: |
correct |
| 1-bit
relative accuracy: |
Fair |
| 1-bit
absolute accuracy: |
Fair |
"mp3 decoder is a stand alone mp3 decoder
(cunning product naming here!) It's shareware, and a program that's
grown out of someone programming the thing out of interest, not for
profit. However, it has the most serious decoding bug on test. It's not
subtle. Many mp3 files of real music will be audibly ruined by this
decoder. The following signal is a 100Hz sine wave, encoded using CEP
FhG, and decoded using mp3 decoder.
The top trace shows the left channel, the
bottom shows the right. THEY SHOULD BOTH BE THE SAME!!! It's worth
noting that mp3 producer doesn't do such drastic things to every mp3
file, just many of them. It also crashes at the end of attempting to
decode some VBR files, so if you've placed one in the middle of a list
of files to convert, it won't convert the rest. If you're using this
software, stop!"
--
Review courtesy of David Robinson
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