| ▲ | repelsteeltje 7 hours 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 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
> 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 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
You 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 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
There are a ton of older, but still perfectly usable devices that support AAC well but not Opus. | ||