submitted 5 months ago by Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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In the past I've chosen I've often kept AC3 audio tracks thinking that their substantially higher bitrates made them better than the AAC tracks I compared them to. As I've since learned that AAC can be comparable to AC3 at a substantially lower bitrate, to have a means of comparing the two codecs, what would the AAC-equivalent bitrates be for 224kbps and 640kbps AC3?

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[-] Radicaldog@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I'd honestly suggest using your ears and deciding if you can tell the difference. My music library is under 20GB so I do not fuss too much, but I am not truly sure I can tell the difference.