Xing

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The Xing (pronounced "zing") MP3 encoder has, for a long time, held the crown of being one of the fastest MP3 encoders. Of course that comes with a price, and quality isn't on par with other - slower, but tuned for quality instead of speed - encoders like FhG Slowenc (Audioactive) and LAME.

While Xing has always been considered an encoder with terrible quality, that rumour was proven untrue after a listening test compared an old version of it against other MP3 encoders and it ended up not even close to last place.

Features

  • Encodes .wav to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 layer 3 audio
  • Encodes bitrates ranging from 28 to 320 kbps
  • Variable Bitrate (VBR) encoding support
  • High Frequency Encoding support (up to 20 kHz)
  • Low data rate support
  • Several times faster than most popular encoders
  • Automated batch processing
  • MP3 playback capabilities
  • GUI based and command-line encoder front ends

Helix MP3 Encoder

In 2005, RealNetworks — owners of the Xing assets after they bought that company — decided to release the Xing encoder under an open source license, with the new name Helix mp3enc. It is part of the Helix datatype project, a collection of code libraries intended to support the Helix DNA Server. The new version of the encoder is a library and has a command-line interface, but no GUI.

Screenshot

Xing Mp3 Encoder

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