commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoNearly all of Spotify has been scraped and is available via torrentswww.soundguys.comexternal-linkmessage-square177fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.12Karrow-down1external-linkNearly all of Spotify has been scraped and is available via torrentswww.soundguys.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square177fedilink
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·9 hours agoIn 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.
minus-squareNewNewAugustEast@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoogg is better than mp3 at lower bit rates. As they increase in bit rate they become indistinguishable. That said, this stuff is way too low quality to care about.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoI remember hearing something about Ogg vorbis being outmoded by some other Ogg? I don’t know I’ve moved from mp3 to FLAC personally.
minus-squareSockenklaus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoYes, 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.
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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.
ogg is better than mp3 at lower bit rates. As they increase in bit rate they become indistinguishable.
That said, this stuff is way too low quality to care about.
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.