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Respect to anyone still managing a library of mp3s (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's why you should transcode to 200 or even 160 kbps for your phone.

But the master archive should be in flac if possible.

A 2 TB disk is less than $100 nowadays.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But like, why? I'm going to be listening to the lossy version on my phone 90% of the time anyways, and my headphones are not good enough to truly appreciate lossless either. It doesn't matter that I have over 4tb of storage on my PC, I still don't wanna waste an extra 50GB for no tangible benefit, when I could use the same extra 50GB to more than double my lossy music collection if I wanted.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If you store lossy on your PC you will lose quality if you transcode to a lower bitrate. If you don't transcode, then you will be using more space on your phone.

    That's why.

    If you don't want to transcode and just want to download and play, then full lossy is easier. But you are going to be using more space on your phone.

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