Ok, now that I know what VBR is (hehe... was asking this in another post until I saw your post and then I deleted my other one)... What are some good encoders that can do VBR?

I'm happy with AudioCatalyst. It uses the Xing encoder. Xing loses to Fraunhofer in quality tests at 128k fixed bitrates, but the VBR encoding more than makes up for it. Fraunhofer can't do VBR to my knowledge. Plus, Xing's encoder is lightning-fast.

Audiocatalyst's "Audiograbber" ripping engine isn't as good as some, but it gets the job done for most people.

Tony Fabris
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