OT Question on audio downloads from youtube

[Chris Brady]

Another link

https://appuals.com/why-converting-youtube-to-320kbps-mp3-is-a-waste-of-time/

CJB

On 22/09/2020, Chris Brady <chrisjbrady at gmail.com> wrote:
> Try
>
> https://superuser.com/questions/846842/how-to-get-best-quality-audio-using-youtube-dl
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> CJB
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> On 21/09/2020, budge <ajebay at errichel.co.uk> wrote:
>> Please forgive the OT question but I am seeking advice on sensible
>> download format for saving the audio from youtube videos which are
>> available to supplement specific items from my early music collection.
>>
>> My preferred solution is to download the audio using youtube-dl and I
>> know I could then encode the file as a flac file but this creates huge
>> files, albeit lossless, so my question is, is there any point in doing
>> this if the initial audio quality is limited by the youtube video
>> recording system bit rate?  Also, as a more senior citizen, I believe I
>> am unlikely to be able to hear the difference between the flac and other
>> options.
>>
>> I know there are members in this group who have significant knowledge
>> and experience in these matters and I am hoping for suggestions for the
>> best format for my purposes.
>>
>> Budge.
>>
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