> for streaming you are better off with an optimised lossy codec If you are Spotify, that probably makes sense. But if you are someone with a homelab, you prob

> for streaming you are better off with an optimised lossy codec If you are Spotify, that probably makes sense. But if you are someone with a homelab, you probably have enough bandwidth and then some, so streaming FLAC to a home theater (your own or your friend's) makes sense.