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[–] 29 points 3 years ago (17 children)

Mp3s from YT are garbage quality, it's double transcoding from YT's already low quality input.

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  • [+] 12 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)
  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

    Torrents mostly have pop music ime.

    (Popular music trendy, ie Brittany Spears, Eminem, etc.)

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    You can download audio from YouTube as 160kbps opus files, which aren't lossless sure but it's the highest quality you can get from YouTube if alternate means aren't an option.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    And that's trusting that whoever uploaded the track had a good quality source. And it's still double encoded.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Well if you save the opus or aac it's only single lossy compression, not double unless the uploader used a lossy file as their input. But if that was the case, ripping mp3 would be triple lossy compression...

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I haven't noticed any quality issues and I only listen to mp3s from youtube

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Then you probably don't know any better because the vast majority of YT uploads are terrible quality. If you have anywhere near decent headphones/earbuds you can hear the difference immediately.

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