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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lynne@mk.pars.ee ("Lynne") wrote:
ULTIMATE audio compression codec vs chance to find something good to listen to.
WMA: Someone ripped a CD using WMP on Windows XP. Probably bootleg country music. Rubbish.
APE: A Russian ripped this in 2008 and uploaded it to a torrent site. Probably pop music from the 90's. Meh.
WavPack: A Russian ripped this in 2011. Probably pop music from the 2000's. Meh.
Vorbis: Probably ripped from a game or an internet radio. Probably because it sounds alright. Highest chance of finding something good yet.
WAV: Ripped from a game, or someone ripped using EAC but forgot to change options, so they just zipped it. Probably some artist you haven't heard of before. Could be alright.
AIF: Master tracks from some OSX editor. Probably bad garage music.
RealAudio Cook: Vintage porn. Slap bass. Could be good.
WMA Voice: Podcasts from the 90's. If it's about freemasonic Lizard Aliens living in the sewers ruling the world, score. But its likely just the news.
Siren/G.722.1: Music videos from 1997. Probably Song 2, even. Good chance it'll be good.
AC3: Surround sound from a DVD album. Probably pop. Could be good though, just uplug the center speaker to mute the terrible singer.
AAC: Some ancient iTunes rip. Probably Rebecca Black or Justin Bieber. Treat it like a hazard.
MP2: Broadcast rip. Probably Eurovision. Rubbish.
DTS: Higher quality surround sound rip from a DVD. Probably classic music. Could be good if its a cover of rock songs.
ALAC: iTunes rip, so likely 2010's pop. Cover your ears and get beneath the table.
ATRAC: Mini-disc bootleg music. Could be rare. Someone put some effort to make it. Good chance its decent.
ATRAC9: Video game music. Decent chance its good.
Speex:
TrueHD: 96khz DVD-A rip. Those are hard to make. Could be good.
TAK: T stands for Touhou, so of course its guaranteed to be either tolerable or literally the best thing you've heard.
DSD: Pink Floyd. Yeah, but, you know, you could listen to it, or listen to something more modern that builds upon or breaks their sound.
Module (XM/Mod): Yes, it's good, open it up in Milkytracker and start jamming along with it.
MP3: Could you get more vanilla than this? In the grand scheme of things, probably meh.
Opus: Youtube rip. "Couldn't find a better version", so good chance its very good if someone ripped it.
FLAC: Someone ripped it, and someone downloaded it. Might be good, but in the grand scheme of things, probably meh.