Problem with EAC and LAME DLL

I’m using EAC v0.95b3 and this is what it says in the Compression Options/Wave Format pulldown menu:

LAME MPEG Layer-3 Encoder v3.97 DLL v1.32

I encoded and tested three mp3s with the following LAME settings (in the Sample Format menu):

1. 192kbps 44100 Hz Stereo
2. Preset CBR 192 kbps
3. Preset Standard

MrQuestionMan showed this:

1. 192 kbps MPEG 1 Layer III LAME 3.97
2. 32 kbps MPEG 1 Layer III FhG
3. 133 kbps MPEG 1 Layer III LAME 3.97bv2: preset standard

What's with the 32 kbps and FhG? The mp3s ended up 32 kbps no matter which resolution Preset CBR setting I chose.

I then tested a LameDrop mp3 with the CBR 192 kbps setting and got this:

192 kbps MPEG 1 Layer III LAME 3.97b cbr 192

So maybe the LAME DLL is just quirky with EAC and doesn't allow the Preset CBRs to work properly?

 

FhG is a dreadful encoder. I wouldn't recommend using it.

 

That's the problem - I didn't use Fhg as an encoder, I used LAME and it turned out as an FhG mp3. Weird, huh?