Time Offsets for Various Codecs

Notes by ff123

 

These are the time offsets for various codecs I have tested. A positive offset means that the codec has extra time at the beginning compared with the original wav file.

 

Encoded with Decoded with Offset (milliseconds)
lame 3.92 --alt-preset standard lame 3.92 --decode 0
Blade 0.94.2, 256 kbit/s lame 3.92 --decode 0
Thompson mp3pro 1.04, 64 kbit/s Thompson mp3pro 1.04 105
MMJB 7.2 mp3pro, 64 kbit/s MMJB 7.2 79
wm8eutil 8.0.0.0343, 64 kbit/s in_wm.dll from Winamp 2.6 46
oggenc 0.9 (rc3), (-q 3) in_vorbis.dll from Winamp 2.80 0
mppenc 1.04 (--standard) mppdec 1.04 0
Quicktime 6 AAC, 64 kbit/s Quicktime 6 66

 

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