+ // Lame's default encoding mode is JOINT_STEREO. This subtracts signal
+ // that is "common" to left and right (within some threshold) and encodes
+ // it separately. This improves quality at low bitrates, but hurts
+ // imaging (channel separation) at higher bitrates. So if the bitrate
+ // is suffeciently high, use regular STEREO mode.
+ if ( audio->config.out.bitrate >= 128 )
+ lame_set_mode( pv->lame, STEREO );
+