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A comment on Effects of MP3 Compression on Perceived Emotional Characteristics in Music. Parent comment

Re:Effects of MP3 Compression on Perceived Emotional Charact... by leeoniya on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:01PM (#18957002)
> For someone out of the music codec game, is Opus generally the best codec to go with these days?

not for compatibility. mp3 is ubiquitous. my 2017 VW can play mp3 and even flac from an sd card. i doubt it even knows what opus is.

i think you'd be hard pressed to tell a difference between a well-encoded (flac source) 192kbps vbr mp3 and 160 kbps opus. the file size of the latter will be 30% smaller.

> What software do you use to listen to music on your computers?

on windows, foobar2000. it's superb, no bs and has tons of optional plugins.

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Re:Effects of MP3 Compression on Perceived Emotional Charact... by vonseel on Monday January 21, 2019 @07:05AM (#18959780)
> on windows, foobar2000. it's superb, no bs and has tons of optional plugins.

Old school. I was using that back in the early 2000s. Had a lot of fun with it. But, I've been over in Apple-land for years now... and mostly Spotify for music.

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Re:Effects of MP3 Compression on Perceived Emotional Charact... by teknico on Monday January 21, 2019 @09:43AM (#18960651)
foobar2000 is excellent on Android too.
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