• SanctimoniousApe@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    128kbps files are roughly 90% compression from raw, so not comparable. I’ll admit that I haven’t bothered with FLAC much, but in my limited experience it generally is pretty rare to see much above 50-55% compression from raw.

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      2 days ago

      Anything that requires remuxing multiple times pretty much requires lossless compression. Else it’d become like screenshots of memes because the compression adds up.

      That being said, last time I was working with professional audio people, they still preferred WAW as their intermediary format.

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        2 days ago

        they still preferred WAW as their intermediary format.

        Probably because of habit?

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      2 days ago

      Thing is, storage isn’t at a premium anymore, so there’s no reason not to use lossless even if you can’t hear the difference.

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        2 days ago

        Thing is, storage isn’t at a premium anymore,

        U sure about that?

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            15 hours ago

            Good for you, i had one of those.
            Now go check the storage prices now and please define what “premium” is, 'cos last i checked they’re being overhyped - not as much as RAM, but on a similar trend.