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If you don’t control both the encoding and playback ends, you have to accommodate legacy decoders. Podcasts use constant bitrate MP3 because it’s the lowest com
by supertrope 3y ago
If you don’t control both the encoding and playback ends, you have to accommodate legacy decoders. Podcasts use constant bitrate MP3 because it’s the lowest common denominator. Even though iPods popularized AAC, there are millions of clip-on MP3 players and car head units that don’t decode AAC and might even choke on variable bitrate MP3. Spotify still hasn’t migrated from Ogg Vorbis to Opus.