On 8/23/2015 12:26 PM, James Knott wrote:
On 08/23/2015 03:19 PM, John Andersen wrote:
But jeeze, disk is cheap these days, so why bother chasing smaller files?
Computer disk space is cheap, but not so in tablets and smart phones. In those devices, there is a hard limit, which cannot be expanded (many devices no longer have SD card slots. My phone is 16 GB and tablet 32, IIRC. at the moment, my music collection is about 3 GB.
Well, with either IOS or Android, you don't HAVE to have all your music on the device. (Unless you are trapped in a stingy data plan). Anyway, Jeff Attwood did a often cited Bitrate Experiment, whic gives clues for encoding: http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-great-mp3-bitrate-experiment/ -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org