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General => General Discussions => Topic started by: Will on August 14, 2017, 03:42:54 AM
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Personally, I rip MP3 VBR V0, buy V0 from Amazon, and get 320k from JunoDownload (and every once in a while FLAC from them).
Which format do you prefer?
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FLAC at home
If I need lossy for potable use, I'll convert to AAC when necessary (typically I only go lossy for albums with low dynamic range)
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While I actually like M4A over MP3 due to it's general advancement in size:quality ratio...am I finding that now since I don't have a Mac anymore, most files are coming to me in MP3 or I have to encode in MP3 and to be honest its not a big deal. Quality is the same.
I do like FLAC for its quality, but since my music lives on a NAS that can is sometimes used by a few devices w/ DLNA (PS4, TV, Blu-Ray Player etc.), some of these devices are limited in what formats they support so I chose MP3 320 for compatibility's sake...and it won't break the bank for storage on portable devices.
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Flac
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What about the other options not listed in the poll? Where is AAC or WMA? Are polls on the board software limited in the number of choices you can list?
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AAC 265kbs
I'm too old to notice differences to FLAC, a hearing test showed roll-of at about 10kHz.
Would take too long to re-rip to FLAC then probably fill up my HDD ;D
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MP3 V0 is the perfect combination (for me) of size, quality and compatibility.
If you have a large collection, the space wasted for no benefit in using 320 CBR over V0 VBR is staggering.
I keep backups of my physical collection in FLAC for security in case anything happens, but in my listening situation I've seen no benefit ever to listening to it over V0 VBR.
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Just thinking about converting my CD collection to ALAC (so I can stick 'em in the loft and free up some physical space). Use iTunes for easy syncing (and device backup) so seems the sensible option over FLAC.
I assume that MusicBee plays back ALAC files OK? Can't find any reference to it anywhere.
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Ditto Frank
MP3 V0 is the perfect combination (for me) of size, quality and compatibility.
If you have a large collection, the space wasted for no benefit in using 320 CBR over V0 VBR is staggering.
I keep backups of my physical collection in FLAC for security in case anything happens, but in my listening situation I've seen no benefit ever to listening to it over V0 VBR.
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Personally I rip to Opus 1.2.1 at 160k for building my PC playlists, which I have found to be transparent for my own ears. Am converting some old flac's to same as well to save space. I understand the concerns of others with this codec as far as device compatibility, but feel it's here to stay in the long run.
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I prefer the MP3 VBR V0 :-*
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There isn't an easy answer for me, I prefer MP3 over any others because of its ID3v2 tagging system both work on everything and it's very mature and well documented, but when I ripped all my CDs I chose ALAC for two reasons, 1. it's lossless because I never want to go through and rip them again and if ALAC fades away I can convert them to another lossless format with no problem, and 2. I chose ALAC over FLAC because in my testing before I started the ripping I much preferred the MP4 tagging system over FLACs and also it displayed the metadata in the File Explorer of Windows 7 at the time (although Windows 10 can now display FLAC metadata as well).
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Flac is the best music format I would like to choose when I listening to Music on My PC or My Smartphone. It makes me Enjoyable and kind of bit professional. 8)
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FLAC is first choice, anything MP3 in descending order of quality, then, anything else.
No, I can't tell the difference between FLAC and MP3, 320. But, I have a bit-perfect and playable backup of my CD, and it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that my source isn't my limitation.
Maybe in the next 10 years they figure out how to augment human hearing. I can check out my old FLAC files and hear what I've been missing. MP3 People get to buy "The White Album" again. Besides, drive space is cheap.
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Undoubtly FLAC for storage
High-quality, also supports ID3 tagging quite well, while WAV or APE both sucks in tagging.
But it REALLY costs time to download Hi-Res music online...
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Undoubtly FLAC for storage
High-quality, also supports ID3 tagging quite well, while WAV or APE both sucks in tagging.
Hi Gellan and welcome, just curious as to why you would use ID3 tags for FLAC when Vorbis is that format's standard? From the xiph.org FLAC FAQ:
"FLAC has it's own native tagging system which is identical to that of Vorbis. They are called alternately "FLAC tags" and "Vorbis comments". It is the only tagging system required and guaranteed to be supported by FLAC implementations.
Out of convenience, the reference decoder knows how to skip ID3 tags so that they don't interfere with decoding. But you should not expect any tags beside FLAC tags to be supported in applications; some implementations may not even be able to decode a FLAC file with ID3 tags."
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Undoubtly FLAC for storage
High-quality, also supports ID3 tagging quite well, while WAV or APE both sucks in tagging.
Hi Gellan and welcome, just curious as to why you would use ID3 tags for FLAC when Vorbis is that format's standard? From the xiph.org FLAC FAQ:
"FLAC has it's own native tagging system which is identical to that of Vorbis. They are called alternately "FLAC tags" and "Vorbis comments". It is the only tagging system required and guaranteed to be supported by FLAC implementations.
Out of convenience, the reference decoder knows how to skip ID3 tags so that they don't interfere with decoding. But you should not expect any tags beside FLAC tags to be supported in applications; some implementations may not even be able to decode a FLAC file with ID3 tags."
OOOOOOH it seems that I made a boo-boo... I used to call all kinds of tagging system as "ID3" for it's easy to read and memorize especially for a non-native English speaker.
It's high time to change my term using...
Anyway, I think FLAC is a very friendly format for us users.