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I have a folder of MP3s, some of which date back to 1999, just a few years after the format was popularised. Most of them have utterly terrible names (think RIDEONAM.MP3). I think at this point they might even survive the heat death of the universe. And they'll still be terribly-organised.

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[–] ZiemekZ@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You guys still use MP3? Come on, Vorbis and Opus exist.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Please explain how transcoding to ogg would be in any way helpful for a poorly-named untagged MP3 from 1999

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm an audiophile, you wouldn't get it.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm just not sure how transcoding an existing MP3 file to ogg would restore its quality given that the bits are already gone, is all

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You just need special ears like mine.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe you're right, I don't get it. Because from where I'm sitting, ears don't have anything to do with it, any loss in quality already happened when the music was encoded as an mp3. You can't magically restore the missing bits by transcoding it to a different format, even if that format is lossless, because the loss already happened.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I can hear the missing bits. I use Monster Cables.