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		sigmar on June 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Floppycasts – 1.44MB Podcasts he used the opusenc setting "tuned for speech" and music sections (like :22) sound awful. would like to know what it would sound like without that mode turned on, as it also surprises me how bad opus sounds vs mp3.

ajroach42 on June 25, 2019 [–]

The opus file is at 6kbps, the mp3 at 8.

Opus file is tuned for speech, mp3 isn't.

The opus file sounds unbearable when the music is playing, but is clearer otherwise.

Double the bitrate and opus is way ahead.

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