![]() ![]() Fortunately, I don't listen to most of it that often, and my entire "active" collection fits into a 128GB SD-card (as VBR-0 MP3's). I'd like to carry around the whole collection, but it just isn't feasible. But that would involve whittling things down a LOT, and I'd be constantly going, "Hmm, I haven't listened to X in a while. I store FLAC on my server at home, but mobile devices get a 128GB micro-SD card with the collection transcoded to OGG (it barely fits). Then again, I really only play stuff on my computer (Schiit DAC+AMP) and my phone (Android 7.1.2) so I'm generally covered.Īll of my devices understand FLAC. I do have LAME installed somewhere though (which works through Foobar if I want too). For completeness, I don't really convert to MP3 anymore these days. Pfffft at anything in 2017 that doesn't play FLAC. Seems to result in an average bitrate in the 200 kbit/sec range.Īs noted, I prefer OGG (set for 160 kbit VBR) for space-constrained situations. IMO LAME's "standard" preset seems to be more than adequate for any situation where you'd be willing to use MP3 in the first place. If you want to use a ffmpeg commandline for LAME like the one above, just replace -q:b 128k with -q:a 3 to get -V3 VBR 175kbps. But there's no reason to insist on >200kbps anything for listening purposes. If you can't have that, of course you want the highest quality lossy version available for the same purposes. It's worth having a lossless original around for encoding to different settings in the future (or for editing/remixes/etc if you're into that). ![]() Those assumptions have to be adjusted for newer versions of LAME, and they have to be thrown out the window for the best modern codecs like Opus and xHE-AAC/USAC, which sound surprisingly good even at 64kbps. Those are unlikely to really impact your listening, and the way to avoid them is not by asking for 320kbps but by using a better format.Īll across the web, people's feelings about lossy music bitrates seem to be stuck with the assumptions they picked up in the 1997-2002 era. But versions of LAME from the last ten years can do a very decent job with -V5 (variable bit rate 130kbps) and should be practically transparent at -V3 (VBR 175kbps), though the antiquated design of MP3 means a few problem samples can be found. That really isn't enough for LAME to work with. The problem with Jon's command line is that it's CBR 128kbps. ![]()
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