Copyright: ©2004. Sony Pictures Digital Inc.
Citation: ©2004. Sony Pictures Digital Inc.


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Revised October 12, 2004


Save ID3 tag to file
Save both ID3 version 1 and ID3 version 2 tags to file

Select this check box to save both versions of ID3 tags to your rendered file. When this check box is selected, the remaining boxes on the ID3 Summary tab are enabled.


Title

Enter a title for your MP3 audio file. This field is limited to 30 characters for ID3 version 1 tags.


Artist

Enter the artist for your MP3 audio file. This field is limited to 30 characters for ID3 version 1 tags.


Copyright

Enter copyright information for your MP3 audio file.


Album

Enter the album information for your MP3 audio file, if applicable. This field is limited to 30 characters for ID3 version 1 tags.


Year

Enter the year information for your MP3 audio file.  This field is limited to four characters.


Comments

Enter any comments about your MP3 audio file. This field is limited to 30 characters.


Evaluation encodes remaining

This number indicates the number of free evaluation encodes you have remaining on the MP3 Plug-In. If you want to encode additional files beyond your initial twenty, you can obtain more information about purchasing the MP3 Plug-In by clicking the Purchase… button to the right.


Purchase

Click this button to view more information about purchasing the MP3 Plug-In. You can obtain a registration key to unlock your copy of the Plug-In by purchasing over the telephone or from our Web site.


Bit rate

Specify the appropriate bit rate for the intended target audience of your MP3 audio file. The general connection speed of your audience determines the data transfer rate (bit rate). You should select a bit rate for encoding that is at or below your target audience’s data transfer rate. Sound quality can be affected at lower bit rates.


Quality

Drag the slider to determine the overall quality of the encoded MP3 file.

If you drag the slider toward the left, or Fastest setting, the encoding process will be completed more quickly, but the sound quality of your MP3 file may be slightly degraded.

If you position the slider button toward the right, or Highest quality setting, your MP3 file will sound better, but the encoding process may take longer.


Genre

Specify the appropriate genre for your MP3 audio file, if desired.


Copyright
Copyrighted

Select this check box if you want to identify your MP3 audio file as copyrighted material. This data is for informational purposes only and can be displayed by MP3 players.


Original
Original Material

Select this check box if you want to identify your MP3 audio file as original material. This data is for informational purposes only and can be displayed by MP3 players.


Private

Select this check box if you want to identify your MP3 audio file as private material. This data is for informational purposes only and can be displayed by MP3 players.


VBR
VBR Quality

Select this check box to enable variable bitrate (VBR) encoding. During encoding, the bitrate is automatically adjusted to give you higher-quality sounds and smaller file size.

The bitrate is generally greater during complex passages (when many instruments are playing), and lower during quiet or simple passages. The MP3 VBR Quality slider enables you to choose a VBR setting between 1 and 100. A value of 100 produces a file with the highest sound quality, but takes the longest to record.


VBR Quality

Drag this slider to choose a variable bitrate (VBR) setting between 1 and 100. A value of 100 produces a file with the highest sound quality, but takes the longest to record.

The bitrate is generally greater during complex passages (when many instruments are playing), and lower during quiet or simple passages.


Mono

Select this radio button if you want to encode your MP3 audio file as a single monaural channel. This conversion is only available if your original audio is stereo (two channels), and can improve sound quality for lower bit rates.


Dual channel

Select this radio button if you want to encode two independent channels. This mode is useful for encoding signals where the right and left channels are independent, such as encoding bilingual material with one language in each channel.


Stereo

Select this radio button if you want to encode your MP3 audio file as a two-channel stereo file.


Joint stereo

Select this radio button if you want the encoder to be able to take advantage of the similarity between the two channels of a stereo file. Joint stereo encoding is useful when you want to create a stereo file but require a relatively low bit rate.

When the radio button is selected, select or clear the Intensity stereo or MS (mid/side) stereo check boxes to indicate which encoding methods will be used.


IDH IDC CHK INTENSITY STEREO
Intensity stereo

In this mode, the encoder can take advantage of the fact that the human ear does not distinguish location information for low frequencies as well as it does for higher frequencies. For high frequencies, magnitude and spatial information is encoded. For low frequencies, only magnitude and phase are encoded.


IDH IDC CHK MID SIDE STEREO
MS (mid/side) stereo

In this mode, the sum and differences of the left and right channels are encoded.