The mpegEncoder F.A.Q.

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	written and maintained by SoloH
	dated: 02-22-1998

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Q001	I've just tried to convert a .wav to an .mp3.  The resulting file
	plays really fast......like its on mega-fast forward!
	What am I doing wrong??

A001	Your wave-file isn't recorded with the correct sample rate.
	For layer 1, 2 and 3 you can encode wave-file with sample rates of:
        38000 Hz, 44100 Hz or 48000 Hz.
	For layer 1 and 2 you can also use 16000 Hz, 22050 Hz or 24000 Hz.
	You can view the sample rate of a wave-file by using explorer and
	right-clicking on the wave-file and choosing the properties
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Q002	Why does encoding of a .cda file (cdrom) not work?

A002	This .cda file is some sort of windows shortcut to show audiotrax.
	The .cda file is very short and contains no wave-data.
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Q003	According to notes on your website, v0.06 should encode directly
	from cd...but when I attempt this, I get the message that
	'Encoding from cd is not supported'.......

A003	v0.06
	You'll have to select a scsi cdrom device in the source
	drive combo. Don't select the drive letter, but the ha:id:lun.
	You'll see a track-list displayed. If you have a mp3 codec (like
	opticom's mp3 producer) you can select one or more tracks and
	press the left-pane top-most button to encode. This is just a
	test version, that's why the encode button is on a different
	place.
	Options, like bitrate, don't work when using the codec. It will
	use the best settings the codec supports.
	If you don't see scsi addresses in the source drive combobox,
	then your cdrom isn't supported with my encoder.
	If you don't have a codec than no cd-trax will be encoded.
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Q004	When trying to encode from a cd.. nothing happens..

A004-1	You're probably trying to encode the *.cda files which are only
	windows shortcuts to audio trax. It's not a wave-file.

A004-2	v0.06: You either don't have a scsi cdrom or don't have a
	       mp3-codec (or both).
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Q005	I saw something about codec support, but I couldn't seem to get it
	to work.

A005	v0.06 shows an option to select codec support, but this is not
	functionally. It will be removed in newer versions, because I'm
	going to build a seperate encoder with only codec support. Some
	sort of front-end.
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Q006	v0.06 will not rip any CD-DA tracks beyond track 09.

A006	There is a bug, so you can't encode CD-DA track 10, but you can
	do a second run in which you can select CD-DA tracks > 10.
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Q007	There is no help, will there be one in the future?

A007	Yes, but how soon...:(
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Q008	I just realised that your app does MPEG-II, not MPEG-I.

A008	Wrong. The mpegEncoder does encode MPEG-I and MPEG-II, but doesn't 
	support layer-3 with MPEG-II. (see Q009)
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Q009	What's the main difference between MPEG-I and MPEG-II?

A009	Standard sample rates for MPEG-I are 38000, 44100 and 48000 Hz.
	MPEG-II is designed for lower sample rates, which are 16000, 22000
	and 24000 Hz.
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Q100	What is the structure of audio mpeg files?

A100	You can look it up in the file "mpeg-AFS.txt"
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Q101	How can you calculate the duration of a audio mpeg file?

A101	DurationInSec =  (FileLength * 8) / (TotaleBitRate * 1024)
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