Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] limit/transcode mp3 bitrate to portable devices

[Jonathan Matthew <jonathan d14n org>]

On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 06:54:46PM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> I wonder if there has been any progress on RB's ability to transcode
> (i.e. mp3) to lower bitrates for portable players.
> 
> I noticed the message in the archive about this particular topic at
> http://www.mail-archive.com/rhythmbox-devel gnome org/msg05309.html and
> was wondering if anything had changed in this regard.

Nothing has changed.

The audio encoding profile system isn't up to the task.  HAL is more or
less irrelevant here - this is about user preferences, not the
capabilities of the device.