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Originally posted by Stoepsel
And if you think about it, what bitrate SHOULD a client report when dealing with VBR files? There's not much else that would make sense... 
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That's a good point. Even with CBR a high bitrate is not a guarantee of good quality as much depends on the decoder being used but with VBR there are many more variables... I myself would think that highest bitrate being used would be more indicative than the average bitrate of the frames.
If I remember correctly the Nap/OpenNap protocol uses just a single number for bitrate and there is no extra parameter to indicate whether it is CBR/VBR (correct me if I am wrong). Perhaps if you have a VBR with 192 kbs as top bitrate, the client should report it as 191, similarly 256 VBR could be reported as 255. This practice would make a good use of the single figure available...
- tg
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Welcome to the board Stoepsel! 