[Libav-user] Audio quality loss while encoding

[Claudio Freire]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> It does happen to me with "ffmpeg" (the tool - no code of mine), when
>>>> encoding to AAC. And the symptom is very similar to that sample
>>>> output.
>>>
>>> Plese open bug report, with exact step to reproduce bug.
>>
>>
>> Revisiting this issue, it doesn't sound at all like the previously
>> linked example output. I was confused, it's similar, but seems to be
>> related to quantization rather than buffer misalignment. It sounds as
>> if some components were allocated too few bits, in spite of a
>> relatively high bitrate selection (256k).
>
> Note that native aac encoder is experimental and mostly useless.

I see...
...I always understood "experimental" as "immature" but "will get
there someday". I'm guessing I misunderstood?