My collection is still made exclusively of MP3, mainly because it's a large-ish collection of pretty high quality files (mostly LAME V0) with all the tags just right (Picard+beet and a ton of work).

I curated this over the years, it sounds more than good enough on my hardware, and I don't feel like throwing the whole thing away because something a little fancier came along, especially if in this day and age it still means taking a loss in terms of compatibility.

Both with the car, and with my Yahama network receiver/amplifier. The car is relatively new (2020) the amplifier is a little more seasoned, but it can direct play mp3, while I'd have to transcode opus.

Someone shoot me the day I change HiFi hardware over codecs.

With this being said, I'm not sure I'd transcode Opus into MP3 on purpose.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io -1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Given you can buy a car made in the 1950s in 2020, that statement is worth about as much as the dump I just took

[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Only if you think I'm here to screw you over.

It was a new car. A Skoda Fabia. Ordered in January, delivered in May after the first lockdown. The autoradio supports AAC, MP3, FLAC, WMA and vorbis.

And I do use the SD slot, with a dozen GB of MP3. Anything fancier does not make much sense in a car.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

And I do use the SD slot, with a dozen GB of MP3. Anything fancier does not make much sense in a car.

I guess my American is showing here, but, do you not want a better stereo in what is arguably one of your most expensive purchases? Your Skoda is just a VW Polo under the skin, and lots of aftermarket headunits are available. I've replaced the headunit in most of my vehicles over the years. Worth it every time, plus it's one of the easier ways to modernize an older vehicle (even my 2008 Toyota Sienna got a new headunit).

[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago

I don't think any car can ever have the acoustic qualities needed to tell the difference between FLAC 192/24 and a decent MP3. Assuming that's possible at all, but that's a different discussion.

I don't think I'd care to go through the trouble of replacing the headunit (which already supports Android Auto) to optimize for codec selection. If anything I'd replace the speakers.

But I don't use the car so much on local movement (german city, plenty of other options) and on the highway I think the noise is bit too loud to be worth it. I'll probably just wait until the current ones age enough to annoy me, then buy a nicer set.