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Why not use a lossless codec if you care about quality? Or use Opus, descent for specht and works pretty much anywhere these days.
by repelsteeltje 3mo ago
Why not use a lossless codec if you care about quality? Or use Opus, descent for specht and works pretty much anywhere these days.
- CharlesW 3mo ago> Why not use a lossless codec if you care about quality? (1) Lossy codecs are transparent at half the file size (or less) of FLAC/ALAC. (2) AAC (strictly, AAC-LC) is universal, where FLAC and Opus are not yet there.
- ksncksmckwkf 3mo agoYou can care about quality to the extent that a lossy codec allows. Lossless is not always necessary or wanted. This is like saying “why care about transcoding quality when you can keep the video as is?”. There’s a myriad of use cases and preferences at play here.
- cosmic_cheese 3mo agoThere are a ton of older, but still perfectly usable devices that support AAC well but not Opus.
- Fnoord 3mo agoBecause almost all people cannot hear the difference between a high quality lossy codec versus lossless in a double blind test. They think they do, but they don't.