zenfant, 1 year ago

@Mehrad I think the standard answer is that when converting from one lossy format to another, you should expect a big loss in quality.

Also:

“Xiph.Org has stated that the use of Vorbis should be deprecated in favor of the Opus codec” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis

Mehrad, 1 year ago

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kunde_x, 1 year ago

@Mehrad @zenfant

In a similar way I converted all my #mp3 audio belongings to #opus, just for the sake of open source :-)

One line of code. Some time.
No drawbacks.

zenfant, 1 year ago

@kunde_x @Mehrad Well, if you delete the original mp3’s, the audio quality of your transcoded collection will then certainly be at most equal to what it was (and almost certainly lower). I would call this a drawback.

Mehrad, 1 year ago

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zenfant, 1 year ago

@Mehrad @kunde_x Now I’m wondering if DVDs can possibly be cheaper or safer for storing data than HDDs...

ramin_hal9001, 1 year ago

@Mehrad @zenfant
I agree, do not convert lossy to lossy. What I try to do as often as I can: rip to FLAC on my workstation, convert to Ogg for copying to mobile. Leave MP3s alone if that is all you have.