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The current state of the art is Opus, but HE-AAC is also superior, and then there’s always the appeal of lossless which is a lot more practical than it once was
by jchw 5y ago
The current state of the art is Opus, but HE-AAC is also superior, and then there’s always the appeal of lossless which is a lot more practical than it once was.
- hulitu 5y agoA format which cannot deliver quality is not state of the art. Opus is the Internet Explorer 6 of musical and video formats.
- jchw 5y agoAre you mixing up Opus with something else? By many metrics, it is better at delivering quality than just about any other lossy audio codec.
- Thorrez 5y agoOpus is an audio format, not a video format. Opus is better than MP3. Wouldn't MP3 actually be the Internet Explorer 6 of audio formats? https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/26167/opus-vs-mp3-size-quality-comparison https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/26167/opus-vs-mp3-...
- bjoli 5y agoWhat on earh are you talking about? For lossy formats, there is currently nothing better than opus in actual use.
- LinAGKar 5y agoHE-AAC is only useful at low bitrates though (below 64 kb/s), and supposedly never reaches transparency. Above that, you should use AAC-LC (or, of course, Opus if you can). Vorbis is also notable as a better format than MP3, although that too is made obsolete by Opus.