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  1. landroni
    landroni
    If I need lossy, I do Ogg Vorbis with 'extreme' quality flag. But I find the space optimization vs FLAC is minimal, so I simply keep things lossless.
    May 10, 2017
  2. Poleepkwa
    Poleepkwa
    Seems like Ogg gives great qaulity.
    May 10, 2017
  3. Priidik
    Priidik
    From portable devices I barely notice the difference. I go for LAME MP3 because everything will play it. Ogg might be better quality, but it's not so universal. AAC is stupid, too many apps/devices are not compatible.
    May 10, 2017
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  4. landroni
    landroni
    @Priidik Yup, Ogg Vorbis is for those with masochistic tendencies, like die-hard Linux users... Vorbis support is historically patchy but seems to become more universal of late, and if your hardware supports that I suppose it should work fine for most.
    May 10, 2017
  5. Poleepkwa
    Poleepkwa
    My usage in this case is portable. I tried AAC, but MP3 is much more universal in that case. Decided to stick with LAME V0. Would be interesting to know which one hits battery life the hardest. I noticed most DAPS show playtime for MP3.
    May 10, 2017
  6. Cspirou
    Cspirou
    AAC is what works for me. I haven't run into anything yet that doesn't play AAC and I find it better than MP3 in terms of quality.
    May 10, 2017
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  7. %20 Oddity
    %20 Oddity
    I don't think MP3 is going anywhere for the general public. Though if you're a person who already ponders the best choice for lossy transcoding, I think AAC is the general choice
    May 10, 2017
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  8. Poleepkwa
    Poleepkwa
    I have understood that AAC is better at lower bitrates than MP3, but pretty even at higher bitrate.
    May 10, 2017
  9. DigMe
    DigMe
    mp3
    May 10, 2017
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  10. Azteca
    Azteca
    May 10, 2017
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  11. Poleepkwa
    Poleepkwa
    @Azteca . Any reason you prefer AAC over MP3?
    May 10, 2017
  12. Azteca
    Azteca
    Compared to MP3, It is significantly better at the same bitrate or equal at lower bitrates. It is MP4, built to improve on MP3 in many many regards.
    Don't take my word for it, look at some results:
    http://listening-test.coresv.net/results.htm
    Note that MP3 has an extra ~30kbps to work with and still loses.
    May 10, 2017
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  13. Poleepkwa
    Poleepkwa
    I hve been using the winamp AAC encoder. I will try the Apple version next and get the Foobar ABX Comparator for a some fun.
    May 10, 2017
  14. Poleepkwa
    Poleepkwa
    May 15, 2017