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hextanerf t1_iy6gg4s wrote

That's me, but flacs are for arCHivAL purposes

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KiyPhi t1_iy6l7rh wrote

I unironically started with lossless that way. You used to have devices only support some formats so you had to convert and having lossless to start from meant you had the best conversion. After a while, having a ton on FLAC meant I didn't want anything new to not be FLAC, it wouldn't match the rest!

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neon_overload t1_iy6zvhg wrote

Like how years ago I ripped and converted my DVDs and now I want to rip them all again and keep them in their bit-exact MPEG-2 format for archival reasons

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PersonOfInternets t1_iy7axej wrote

Pretty close!! The only difference is flac is an audio format and I don't know if you're aware but mpeg-2 is a video format, so it's slightly different. Try not to downvote!

Sorry 'try not downvote' is a game I like to play sometime, kinda like those try not to sing along playlists. Everyone thinks they can just not but then when the moment comes it just takes one little click to show me how much I'm getting on your nerves and should just shut up.

Edit: haha I'm winning so much

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UnnecessaryMovements OP t1_iy6gyqb wrote

And I am just too lazy to convert my lossless collection to lossy.

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benfires t1_iy7uy1i wrote

Right click > open with Audacity > export as > FLAC (24 bit)

How hard could it be? /s

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brcnweed t1_iy7glr1 wrote

once i have flac, it becomes impossible to want to delete them

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Mr-Zero-Fucks t1_iy905j2 wrote

Why delete them? storage is cheap af

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brcnweed t1_iy94lco wrote

Cause i don't want to spend more, i have 20 tb but all my drives are red and im running out of things i want to delete.

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Mr-Zero-Fucks t1_iy97t9h wrote

20 tb is enough space for a million lossless tracks, you don't listen to that much music, you're just hoarding shit.

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WhiskeyGnomes t1_iya4gvs wrote

My curated collection is like 4TB, also minus all my physical I don't have in digital yet, which is a lot, and I can't even imagine 20 lmao. I have so much classical even. I could only see 10TB MAX for me without crazy blurays or some shit getting into the mix.

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