In my experience the container format is kinda irrelevant, the important questions are : Is it lossy or lossless ? What’s the bitrate ?
Having listened to Spotify and Apple Music Lossless, there is definitely a noticeable difference. I have blind tested myself with the help of family members and I can always tell which is which after like 30 seconds, and I have terrible ears (tinnitus since birth)
Yes, Ogg Vorbis’s sucessor is Opus, which is amazing at low bitrates. That’s why they used 75 kbit/s Opus for all file with popularity = 0 opposed to the original 160 kbit/s Ogg Vorbis for all files with popularity > 0.
But are the files high quality, or is it the same low bitrate garbage they send to their users ?
In between
It’s not in MP3, it’s Ogg vorbis and I don’t have equipment and time to have an informed opinion about how good Ogg vorbis is at any given bit rate.
They claim usual people can’t tell between what they do and better bit rates. I know I’m picky so I know I’ll notice something.
Remembering t this is Anna’s archive. The goal is preservation of human culture, not pirating.
In my experience the container format is kinda irrelevant, the important questions are : Is it lossy or lossless ? What’s the bitrate ?
Having listened to Spotify and Apple Music Lossless, there is definitely a noticeable difference. I have blind tested myself with the help of family members and I can always tell which is which after like 30 seconds, and I have terrible ears (tinnitus since birth)
I remember hearing something about Ogg vorbis being outmoded by some other Ogg? I don’t know I’ve moved from mp3 to FLAC personally.
Yes, Ogg Vorbis’s sucessor is Opus, which is amazing at low bitrates. That’s why they used 75 kbit/s Opus for all file with
popularity = 0opposed to the original 160 kbit/s Ogg Vorbis for all files withpopularity > 0.Spotify has bitrate options
They’re talking about the files Anna’s archive is torrenting.