Does this REALLY improve the sound quality?

[crack_man]

If I have a movie with sound 192kbps and then want to encode it using TMPGenc to mpg so I can burn it to vcd,
I then choose a higher sound kbps and the source.
Example I choose the highest which is 384kbps on the audion bitrate but my source movie only have 192 kbps.
Does it get any better or do I just wasting space?

[EddyH]

Uh? If I understand you correctly, you're asking that if you take a 192k source file, and re-encode it at 384k, will the sound get any better? No. Not a chance. It'll get worse if anything. Do yourself a favour and just mux the original stream.

Unless of course, the original stream is an mp3 and you're enc'ing to mp2, in which case straight bitrate to bitrate will probably do, or maybe the next setting up plus joint stereo (assuming it's not a really wide sound stage). Audio degradation is nearly impossible to avoid, especially from mp3 to mp2, just tolerate it and leave some bandwidth behind for the video! Re-encoding has a magic chance of 0.1% of making it better simply through happy accident, but you're wasting your time trying to make it happen.

The 'standard' 224 is generally good enough (heck 128-160 can suffice for most downloads... people seem to encode their divx mp3s with pretty loose, inefficient 'high speed' settings), unless you've got a really ratty encoder - such as the one built into TMPGEnc. Go find a better one and marvel at the difference you experience and the decent quality available from 192 and 224

[Anonymoususer]

Ok I am making a SVCD...I was using the SVCD Film Template that comes with TMPGEnc and I decided to unlock the template and I was looking at the Audio.

Before

44,100
224
Stereo.

After observing somewhat I decided to change the settings to
48,000
192
Joint Stereo.

Would this be a good Idea? I found out the following information about the audio for my Avi file.

48,000
2 Stereo
16 Bit
PCM Compressed
24000 Samples

Im basically trying to squeeze more bitrate in..but I don't know IF this is a good idea or not..

[Scat]

Most stand alone players like to use 224 kbps audio, anything lower or higher can have a problem, but if you not planning on playing it in a stand alone then I don't think it should make a difference.

[Anonymoususer]

I encoded the movie and on the PC it looks, plays and sounds perfect...I burned and it looks good and sounds good too..so I think I did a good job..