transcoding parameters per user/player

[rwagter]

So I have this default lame transcoding:
lame -V4 -b 96 -B192 -q2

but I just discovered jukebox. When running in jukebox mode I really do not want to transcode to -V4 but I seem I can't override this by user or player, it would be great to do that.

I'm aware I can set the max bitrate by user but that will mean I've got to use the more inefficient CBR ;-(

Oh by the way, can we get this feature implemented as a special privilege.

[sindre_mehus]

You can specify max bitrate per player rather than per user.

[rwagter]

yes I know but that would mean I would have to use the %b variable in the default downsampling string.
That would mean I'd have to use the default:

lame -b %b (which is CBR)

I would like to use:
lame -V1 -q2

for my (local) jukebox player and

lame -V4 for all the other (online) players, since quality matters less there

another way of achieving this would be to have a overriding downsample field for step2 (flac, ogg, etc) and override step1 for mp3 per player