What is an encoder, and what does it means to "encode an mp3 file"?
Since the'90s, when starts the boom of
MP3 format, it has become the standard format. Although there are many other audio formats
available, the mp3 is being used heavily in audio playback devices, laptops, Mp3 Normalizer computers, car sound devices, etc.
Basically an
encoder is a software program that is responsible for
encoding an original
wav audio file in a smaller file.
This is done so that the compression process maintains the highest possible quality.
To compress any audio file it is necessary to "rule out" some amount of information. If we lose any amount of information, we will lose
quality. This is an absolute rule.
The method of compression known as MP3 has been so successful because it’s based on an algorithm quite "smart", just getting to
"discard" or "lost" information that was redundant or imperceptible.
Not all mp3 compression maintains the same level of quality. That explains why when you play different mp3 files, the sound quality is
uneven.
Mp3Doctor PRO offers the function to encode or compress your audio files to mp3 format, maintaining the highest
quality audio possible. It is also possible that Mp3Doctor PRO corrects and standardizes the quality of audio files that you already have.
The noticeable difference when playing audio files are due not only to a different volume level between the different mp3 files. Too often
there is also a noticeable difference in quality.
In this case, is not only necessary to standardize or normalize the volume between different mp3 files, will also be necessary to
standardize the quality of each.
Mp3Doctor PRO provides not only standardization or normalization of volume levels; it also has the function available to
standardize the Equalization and audio quality.
All this can be processed in batch mode (process many mp3 files at once) or just one file, as you prefer. You only need to press one
button to completely normalize mp3 files. By this way you will standardize the equalization, the audio quality and will
normalize the volume level of each mp3, all at once with a single button click.
The encoding (wav to mp3) and decoding (mp3 to wav) is possible to perform separately if, for any reason you wish to do so.