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These days I just search the music I want on youtube and then youtube-dl it. Things youtube don't have (I am french and I know that a lot of french punk/rock/m

by Iv 7y ago

These days I just search the music I want on youtube and then youtube-dl it. Things youtube don't have (I am french and I know that a lot of french punk/rock/metal I like is not easily found) Spotify is unlikely to have either.

noisem4ker 7y ago
YouTube probably has the best catalogue of electronic music too, but since they removed the 256Kbps AAC format, we're stuck with the audibly lousy, frequency-limited 128Kbps crap. Well, it was good till it lasted.
- clarry 7y ago
  What frequency limit do you see? Opus is transparent at that rate. Heck it's virtually transparent at 96 kbps, and does a great job at 64 kbps.
  - bscphil 7y ago
    They're probably getting mp3 streams I would imagine. Definitely not transparent at 128 kbps. I'm not sure who Youtube streams Opus to, I should look into that.
    - Iv 7y ago
      On a random electro-swing video I get the following choices in youtube-dl: audio only DASH audio 53k , opus @ 50k, 1.01MiB audio only DASH audio 69k , opus @ 70k, 1.34MiB audio only DASH audio 130k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k, 2.63MiB audio only DASH audio 136k , vorbis@128k, 2.59MiB audio only DASH audio 140k , opus @160k, 2.69MiB Seems pretty decent to me.
      - bscphil 7y ago
        Yes, I'm actually quite impressed that they offer opus @160k. The real issue with Youtube is that you never know what the source was. If they're reencoding that from a 128 kbps mp3, that suddenly becomes much less impressive.
rakoo 7y ago
I don't even bother with youtube-dl anymore, I just use newpipe and listen on the go. YouTube's catalogue is quite unmatched.
- stOneskull 7y ago
  thanks for your comment. i didn't know about newpipe.
- Iv 7y ago
  Problem is that its content can disappear and frequently does. Most of the playlists I have made are 50% "unavailable" after a year or two.
  - rakoo 7y ago
    I have used it for about the same amount of time and haven't seen any songs removed, but I guess it depends on what we're listening to. Newpipe also has the ability to download music for offline listening as well, that's a pretty good backup plan

by Iv 7y ago

noisem4ker 7y ago

YouTube probably has the best catalogue of electronic music too, but since they removed the 256Kbps AAC format, we're stuck with the audibly lousy, frequency-limited 128Kbps crap. Well, it was good till it lasted.

clarry 7y ago
What frequency limit do you see? Opus is transparent at that rate. Heck it's virtually transparent at 96 kbps, and does a great job at 64 kbps.
- bscphil 7y ago
  They're probably getting mp3 streams I would imagine. Definitely not transparent at 128 kbps. I'm not sure who Youtube streams Opus to, I should look into that.
  - Iv 7y ago
    On a random electro-swing video I get the following choices in youtube-dl: audio only DASH audio 53k , opus @ 50k, 1.01MiB audio only DASH audio 69k , opus @ 70k, 1.34MiB audio only DASH audio 130k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k, 2.63MiB audio only DASH audio 136k , vorbis@128k, 2.59MiB audio only DASH audio 140k , opus @160k, 2.69MiB Seems pretty decent to me.
    - bscphil 7y ago
      Yes, I'm actually quite impressed that they offer opus @160k. The real issue with Youtube is that you never know what the source was. If they're reencoding that from a 128 kbps mp3, that suddenly becomes much less impressive.

rakoo 7y ago

I don't even bother with youtube-dl anymore, I just use newpipe and listen on the go. YouTube's catalogue is quite unmatched.

stOneskull 7y ago
thanks for your comment. i didn't know about newpipe.
Iv 7y ago
Problem is that its content can disappear and frequently does. Most of the playlists I have made are 50% "unavailable" after a year or two.
- rakoo 7y ago
  I have used it for about the same amount of time and haven't seen any songs removed, but I guess it depends on what we're listening to. Newpipe also has the ability to download music for offline listening as well, that's a pretty good backup plan