requesting mp3 vbr mux tool

[TheUnforgiven]

can sombody make a commandline tool out of nandub able to mux vbr mp3s ,1 or 2 audio tracks, to an avi file.
i am not good in C but this should be easy and will help automisation.

[destemido]

i think you can use Besweet to do that.
i think that tool can be found here or if not... try searching the web or the audio forums.

[Emp3r0r]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38855&highlight=avimux

I kept finding the GUI but maybe a commandline version of avimux exists. Good luck.

[alexnoe]

Yes, the command line version exists.

I've developed this one to have a faster testing utility when the AVI writing class was still under developement, the time when I spent 8-12 hours a day on the basics of AVI-Mux GUI (remember that all operations on media files are based upon standard windows file operations, and no vfw or ds stuff).

At the moment the AVI writing of standard AVI files worked, I stopped the command line version and started with the GUI.

I have never released the command line version, so I doubt you will find it :)

Making a proper command line version is already on schedule, but not before my last exame of this semester ;)

[Belgabor]

People, please stop using vbr mp3 in avis. Its really not a good idea.
(See here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40725) for an explanation)

[alexnoe]

Muxing MP3 VBR into an AVI file is an idea as bad as using bidirectional encoding for AVI files...but people use it :D

The thread you've linked doesn't contain new information (for me), it just explains why VBR audio is not AVI compliant and needs special support by muxer and player.

Since not even Microsoft is able to create AVI files compliant to their own specs (the AVI write filter of DirectShow creates broken OpenDML files), i don't care too much as long as it works.

[TheUnforgiven]

@destemido
besweet cant do muxing it can do encoding only.
@emp3ror
thanks for ur suggestion and for bringing alexnoe here :D
@belgabor
i use vbr mp3 cuz it gives much better quality and it always works for me.
i dont mind using hacks and i use bidirectional encoding in the alpha unstable xvid too. lol
@alexnoe
great news man. i really look forward the commandline version. meanwhile i'll spend more time testing avimux.
good luck in the exams.

[ArdenDag]

To this date I have yet to see VBR MP3s in my .avi files fail.

Oh well, thanks for the warnings :)

[Belgabor]

I had several files that showed divx3 freeze frames but were perfectly ok when the vbr mp3 audio was removed, go figure.

The real problem is (imho) it works now. As soon as M$ changes the rounding function in their avi parser from ceil to something else, it will stop working, so it relies on something which our beloved master might change with your next update.

I say "no, thanks".

And if you want vbr audio, use ogm as container.

[ArdenDag]

eh, I'm too lazy and too simplistic to start using a new container/format for my encodes... If Microshitter wants to change something, I'll take the quality loss and go to CBR, won't notice much difference between 192 VBR and 192 CBR :)