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Also I can shrink my FLACs into 256kbps OPUS and store ~9 hours of audio in 1GB. I cannot (easily) shrink my physical books into microfilm and read them. The b
by tourmalinetaco 2y ago
Also I can shrink my FLACs into 256kbps OPUS and store ~9 hours of audio in 1GB. I cannot (easily) shrink my physical books into microfilm and read them.
The better comparison is PDF + OCR’d text VS Kindle.
- GrantMoyer 2y agoAn aside: for stereo audio, even 128kbps OPUS is probably overkill[1]. [1]: https://wiki.xiph.org/Opus_Recommended_Settings https://wiki.xiph.org/Opus_Recommended_Settings
- snvzz 2y agoOPUS is great for low-bandwidth situation. The best. But it is lossy, and thus not a good archival format. At some point, there'll be better lossy formats than OPUS, and then we'll need the lossless source again.