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[swneily]

I installed MC21 when it was first released but I had to uninstall it because even though I had the MP3 encoder set to constant bit rate of 320 kbps, Media Center encoded at a variable bit rate of about 157 kbps.

I reinstalled version 20 and the MP3 encoder worked as expected.

I just installed the latest version MC21 but still have the same problem.

What am I missing?  Is anyone else having this problem?

[BradATIMA]

I haven't had any problems with this, but I've only tried it with converting formats. It works fine if I select the CBR/ABR Encoding and then select the box to restrict the encoder CBR encoding. You could try deleting the Media Center 21 MP3 encoder, if you haven't already. It will download a new one the next time you try to use it. It's usually located in a directory like this: C:\Users\<User Name>\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 21\Plugins\mp3_encoder. Just delete the mp3_encoder folder.

[swneily]

I deleted the mp3_encoder folder.  Media Center did Not create a new folder or download the lame file after I converted a file.

Next I deleted the in_mp3.dll file from Media Centers Plugins folder.

Even without these 2 files Media Center was able to encode the file to an .mp3.  Unfortunately the bit rate was the same as before, 157 kbps.