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XingMP3 Encoder is a high performance conversion tool that encodes WAV audio files into MP3 files. Based on the XingMPEG Encoder engine, the XingMP3 Encoder processes files up to 8 times faster than other encoders.
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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]].
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While Xing has always been considered an encoder with terrible quality, that rumour was proven untrue after a [http://www.rjamorim.com/test/ listening test] compared an old version of it against other MP3 encoders and it ended up not even close to last place.
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==Features==
 
==Features==
* Encodes .wav to MPEG-1 layer 3 audio
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* Encodes .wav to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 layer 3 audio
* Encodes .wav to MPEG-2 layer 3 audio
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* Encodes bitrates ranging from 28 to 320 kbps
* Encodes 28.8 Kbps - 320 Kbps bitrates
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* Variable Bitrate (VBR) encoding support
 
* Variable Bitrate (VBR) encoding support
 
* High Frequency Encoding support (up to 20 kHz)
 
* High Frequency Encoding support (up to 20 kHz)
 
* Low data rate support
 
* Low data rate support
* 8X faster than most popular encoders
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* Several times faster than most popular encoders
 
* Automated batch processing
 
* Automated batch processing
 
* MP3 playback capabilities
 
* MP3 playback capabilities
 
* GUI based and command-line encoder front ends
 
* GUI based and command-line encoder front ends
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Recently, Real Networks - owners of the Xing assets after they bought that company - decided to release the Xing encoder under an [[open source]] license.
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https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/cgi/viewcvs.cgi/datatype/mp3/codec/encoder/
  
  

Revision as of 03:08, 18 July 2005

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

Recently, Real Networks - owners of the Xing assets after they bought that company - decided to release the Xing encoder under an open source license. https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/cgi/viewcvs.cgi/datatype/mp3/codec/encoder/


Screenshot

Xing Mp3 Encoder


Additional Reading

MP3