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It seems the quality of many of the songs are sub-optimal. Would be nice to have some sort of bit rate indicator in the GUI so that I could skip the 128kbps son

by tpio 12y ago

It seems the quality of many of the songs are sub-optimal. Would be nice to have some sort of bit rate indicator in the GUI so that I could skip the 128kbps songs. Other than that it seems to have everything I've looked for

giulivo 12y ago
quality indeed is my main concern too ... I haven't started using any of the cloud services simply because none (that I know) provides lossless music.
- bmaland 12y ago
  WiMP recently launched a lossless streaming service (http://wimpmusic.com/ http://wimpmusic.com/). It's not available in the US though.
  - giulivo 12y ago
    thanks, they seem to be looking for how much people is waiting for the service to be available in other countries ... so I just registered!
  - glomph 12y ago
    Also Qobuz.
- runeks 12y ago
  > quality indeed is my main concern too ... I haven't started using any of the cloud services simply because none (that I know) provides lossless music. Have you tried performing an A/B test to see if you can tell the difference between lossless CD audio and 192 kbit AAC (the format used for 720p video on YouTube)?
  - giulivo 12y ago
    hi, no I haven't A/B tested those but I'm sure the videos sound very good. The hifi equipment is probably far more important than the quality issues of a 192AAC vs the CD. Yet, I think you're looking at it from the wrong perspective, let me give you an argument. Keeping the sound of good quality while lowering the bandwidth is an issue; the 192bit AAC is a great achievement in that regard. Recording and reproducing music with highest quality is another; the CD itself is not entirely lossless in this context. So I just think for a music streaming service it would be nice to not diminish the music quality at the source of reproducing chain.
higherpurpose 12y ago
They should allow you to choose the "preferred quality" in Settings. Show you say the 192kbps songs first, and if they can't find that song of that quality, then show you the ones in lower quality, in descending order.
runeks 12y ago
As far as I can see, they prefer 128 kbps Vorbis (but I'm not that good with Coffee script): https://github.com/hiphopapp/hiphop/blob/master/coffee/_player.coffee#L4 https://github.com/hiphopapp/hiphop/blob/master/coffee/_play...

by tpio 12y ago

giulivo 12y ago

quality indeed is my main concern too ... I haven't started using any of the cloud services simply because none (that I know) provides lossless music.

bmaland 12y ago
WiMP recently launched a lossless streaming service (http://wimpmusic.com/ http://wimpmusic.com/). It's not available in the US though.
- giulivo 12y ago
  thanks, they seem to be looking for how much people is waiting for the service to be available in other countries ... so I just registered!
- glomph 12y ago
  Also Qobuz.
runeks 12y ago
> quality indeed is my main concern too ... I haven't started using any of the cloud services simply because none (that I know) provides lossless music. Have you tried performing an A/B test to see if you can tell the difference between lossless CD audio and 192 kbit AAC (the format used for 720p video on YouTube)?
- giulivo 12y ago
  hi, no I haven't A/B tested those but I'm sure the videos sound very good. The hifi equipment is probably far more important than the quality issues of a 192AAC vs the CD. Yet, I think you're looking at it from the wrong perspective, let me give you an argument. Keeping the sound of good quality while lowering the bandwidth is an issue; the 192bit AAC is a great achievement in that regard. Recording and reproducing music with highest quality is another; the CD itself is not entirely lossless in this context. So I just think for a music streaming service it would be nice to not diminish the music quality at the source of reproducing chain.

higherpurpose 12y ago

They should allow you to choose the "preferred quality" in Settings. Show you say the 192kbps songs first, and if they can't find that song of that quality, then show you the ones in lower quality, in descending order.

runeks 12y ago

As far as I can see, they prefer 128 kbps Vorbis (but I'm not that good with Coffee script): https://github.com/hiphopapp/hiphop/blob/master/coffee/_player.coffee#L4 https://github.com/hiphopapp/hiphop/blob/master/coffee/_play...