@JigglyWiggly_ said:
@KHAndAnime said:
@JigglyWiggly_ said:
...? What?
Are you just basing that off anecdotal evidence?
There's definitely not a big difference between 320kbps and FLAC in sound, but I typically experience that MP3 files corrupt and degrade on the hard drive over time compared to FLAC
Life must be so confusing when you can't read :( I didn't once talk about quality loss. I said the data degrades (corrupts), causing them to become unplayable. If you get confused, best to read and reread. These Zunes were disk drives (32gb) and I filled each one to the brim with 128kbps and 256kbps. It was *a lot* of music. And as I said, mp3 files went bad gradually on each device, different ones. Same thing on my upstairs computer, where I store 250+ gb of music. Tons of bad Mp3 files (haven't bothered to replace them) since I downloaded them, but all the lossless music works perfectly.
Different file types do not have different data integrity.
.rar files don't work at all if a checksum doesn't match - other filetypes potentially can. Not sure if this is the same case for what I'm describing - I have no idea what causes it. All I'm simply saying is I've experienced a few dozen cases of me having to replace MP3 files because they don't work anymore or begin to skip, and I've never had to replace a lossless file once in my life. It's something I've simply experienced which causes my preference for lossless music for long-term storage. If you can't accept this, then I don't know what to tell you :\ Maybe the boogieman went through my files and rewrote them? Can't say.
There is no distinction by the OS or HD about file types.
I'm not saying there is, I'm saying file types have different amounts they can corrupt before they are unusable by a program. OS has nothing to do with it.
What you are describing is anecdotal , you are not backing up any of your claims
No shit? Obviously this is anecdotal. I never laid claim to concrete evidence or theory that this happens, as you are making this conversation out to be. All I've done is I was explain my experience with MP3 files going bad. All I can back up my claims with 12+ years of storing MP3 files on hard drives, as I've mentioned before. If you haven't been storing MP3 files for a long time, it's not likely you'd experience it, but I've had discussions with multiple people who claim in the past that this has happened to them too.
.rar files are the same way, the os does not care about its extension. Winrar the program cares about the file and does a checksum first. What does that have to do with anything?
You're completely misinterpreting what I'm trying to say. I'm not necessarily saying MP3 files decay faster. Their rate of corrupting beyond usability is what decays faster. Once an MP3 begins to differ from the checksum even slightly - I'm guessing the files are less likely to work than if a FLAC file began to differ in checksum. Similar to the example of a .rar file. There's a reason why .rar files do a checksum - there's no saving a .rar file once it begins to corrupt. MP3 files and FLAC files can still work, but my guess is that MP3 files go completely bad with the least amount of file corruption.
To counteract your argument, I've never had a mp3 file go bad.
If you're not utilizing aging hard drives, I doubt you'd have much experience with many files going bad. I keep my current collection on a much newer, nicer HDD, utilize flash storage and I stream my music so I don't really have any chance at experiencing any more file corruption anymore. Were you collecting many thousands of MP3s on a somewhat older hard drive, while consisting using the hard drive? That's precisely when it would happen to me.
I've had a few inexplainable incidents with audio (such as many of my files magically being converted from FLAC to MP3 from a mere drag'n'drop). Just because I can't explain it doesn't mean I'm going to deny it happened.
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