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MP3 officially supports up to 320 kbps.

But with the so-called “free format” parameter of the LAME encoder, it can be stored with any bitrate between 8 and 640 kbps.

However, not many systems are able to play “free format” files, especially at higher bitrates.

Try it out on your device.

Command used: lame --freeformat -b640 Memories\ -\ Ehrling.wav LAME640/freeformat/Memories-640K.wav

MP3 officially supports up to 320 kbps. But with the so-called *“free format”* parameter of the LAME encoder, it can be stored with any bitrate between 8 and 640 kbps. However, not many systems are able to play *“free format”* files, especially at higher bitrates. Try it out on your device. Command used: `lame --freeformat -b640 Memories\ -\ Ehrling.wav LAME640/freeformat/Memories-640K.wav`

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Actually, VBR can also be combined with free format! (Just tested it.)

And it shows some bars which display the bitrate spectrum at the current moment.