# LAME Settings

This is the settings page for the LAME encoder. All mp3 encoding settings are listed here.

Encoding Quality
Can be one of "fast", "standard" and "high". Default is "standard". This option is the same as the LAME command line options "-q 7" or "-f" (fast), and "-q 2" or "-h" (high). The "standard" encoding quality is automatically chosen by LAME when omitting -f, -h or -q.

Mono Encoding
When specified, LAME creates a mono mp3 file. If a stereo input file is used, both channels are combined into one channel. This option is the same as the LAME command line option "-a" (LAME then automatically chooses to do "-m m" then, too).

Bitrate
Chooses bitrate mode instead of quality mode. In bitrate mode you can provide a bitrate that should be used, either in ABR (average bitrate) or in CBR (constant bitrate) mode. If you want CBR mode, check the "Constant Bitrate" mode. Note that ABR mode is recommended. In LAME the CBR mode is the command line option "-b {bitrate}", ABR mode is "--abr {bitrate}".

Quality
Chooses quality mode instead of bitrate mode. In quality mode you can provide a VBR quality level that is used for encoding (quality mode actually means VBR mode). Quality levels range from 0 (high quality, large file) to 9 (bad quality, small file). In LAME the VBR quality value can be set with "-V x" (where x is the quality value).

Variable Bitrate Mode
In quality mode you can also set a VBR mode that is used for encoding. The available modes are "standard" (recommended) and "fast". In LAME the "standard" mode is enabled with "-v" or "--vbr-old" (default when not specified), and the "fast" mode is enabled with "--vbr-new".

Possible next pages: Encode Page.

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