mp3 lossless

[killerhex]

is there a such thing mp3 lossless the whole point of mp3 is compression and quality but has can mp3 be lossless

[Kurtnoise]

Nope...mp3 can't be lossless by definition but :
With some mp3 encoders, you can encode your files with a bitrate around 320 kbps. Might be transparent for almost people.
Lame provides also a switch to go up to 640 kbps (--freeformat) but all mp3 decoders aren't able to decode this kind of stream properly.

[killerhex]

thanx can you tell me how to switch to up to 640kbps[--freeformat]

[chros]

thanx can you tell me how to switch to up to 640kbps[--freeformat]
:) I think, Kurtnoise13 has meant that you should use this command line parameter: --freeformat .
See the switchs.html which comes in the lame package.

From lame 3.97b2 package - switchs.html:
"--freeformat free format bitstream

Produces a free format bitstream. With this option, you can use -b with any bitrate higher than 8 kbps.

However, even if an mp3 decoder is required to support free bitrates at least up to 320 kbps, many players are unable to deal with it.

Tests have shown that the following decoders support free format:

FreeAmp up to 440 kbps
in_mpg123 up to 560 kbps
l3dec up to 310 kbps
LAME up to 560 kbps
MAD up to 640 kbps"