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| Thread ID: 146045 | 2018-04-08 02:23:00 | Music/DVD Play | Poppa John (284) | PC World Chat |
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| 1448249 | 2018-04-08 02:23:00 | Hi All Just curiosity really. First we had Records, then tape, then CD/Video of various types. Whot comes next??? PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1448250 | 2018-04-08 02:33:00 | It's already here, digital downloads. Physical media is facing an uphill battle to remain relevant when you can download or stream pretty much anything. And if a digital file is how you have your music then future improvements just become about encoding/decoding & codec improvements, and storage. Actually we don't really need to compress music any more with storage getting as big and as fast as it is. I can see a day coming when music is encoded and stored uncompressed at really high bitrates not because we can hear the difference, but because there's no reason not to when you can carry around terabytes on your phone. I think the beauty is long term compatibilty should be easy when it's just a software player. Finding a way to play an MP3 in 100 years is probably going to be a lot easier than playing a 78 record is now. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1448251 | 2018-04-08 02:34:00 | Youtube. It's all GD ever listens to. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1448252 | 2018-04-08 04:00:00 | But hasn’t digital download been almost replaced as well? By streaming? | psycik (12851) | ||
| 1448253 | 2018-04-08 04:12:00 | It's already here, digital downloads. Physical media is facing an uphill battle to remain relevant when you can download or stream pretty much anything. And if a digital file is how you have your music then future improvements just become about encoding/decoding & codec improvements, and storage. Actually we don't really need to compress music any more with storage getting as big and as fast as it is. I can see a day coming when music is encoded and stored uncompressed at really high bitrates not because we can hear the difference, but because there's no reason not to when you can carry around terabytes on your phone. I think the beauty is long term compatibilty should be easy when it's just a software player. Finding a way to play an MP3 in 100 years is probably going to be a lot easier than playing a 78 record is now. Just don't tell Itunes etc that it should be uncompressed. I refuse to pay for MP3 as I want the original files for my money not some cheap, hollow stripped out file. Hence I still buy the odd CD now and agin when available and rip them myself |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1448254 | 2018-04-08 04:46:00 | But hasn’t digital download been almost replaced as well? By streaming? For some people sure. Maybe if our mobile data plans improve enough it'll make streaming the default choice, but it seems unlikely for the near future. For now it's still more convenient IMHO to put your music collection on a microSD, you get to be in control and there's no worries about data caps or coverage, and it's easily transferred to a new device. As for iTunes, never even looked at it. I have zero interest in proprietary closed off formats. Lossless DRM free would be the Ideal, 320kb MP3 will do if that's all I can get. I have 3 copies of my music collection; A Box full of CD's in storage (because I never use them any more) A folder full of lossless rips of my CDs on my NAS (backed up in 3 locations because who wants to spend days ripping it again) Another folder of 192kb MP3 rips batch converted from the lossless files for use in portable devices I'll be honest, I've tried blind tests on my best audio gear and I honestly can't tell the difference between the 3. But I'm not going to archive my collection in a lossy format regardless. I also have spotify premium because it's free with my plan, use it some times but it's not as convenient and I can't be arsed making up play lists. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1448255 | 2018-04-08 07:20:00 | My system sounds very similar to Dugimodo's. My preference is for classical and I have built up a largeish CD collection over 30 years or so. Now they sit on the shelf and never get played - all have been digitised and stored on a NAS that feeds 2 Western Digital WDTV players (one upstairs and the other down). If I want to play something through a PC I just fire up Winamp. These days I get new stuff on-line. I used to use ClassicsOnline until they folded, now Presto Classical is the source of choice. Reasonably priced, good selection and they offer .flac format on a growing number of their files. One downside is the amount of work required to incorporate new acquisitions into the music library, but it's worth the trouble since I then know what I've got, where it is and how to find it. Streaming? Not really interested, to be honest, I don't see how it fits in with my listening habits. Of course, a certain degree of paranoia is necessary when you have the entire collection in digital files. Raw downloads are stored separately, the library exists as four separate copies store on different drives. I have to say the WDTV players, while good, are not perfect. The interface is a bit clunky at times and an irritating feature is that adding new material frequently requires rebuilding the entire library. Western Digital have stopped supporting these players and I haven't noticed anything better on the market (heven't looked for a while). One grouch I have with the whole digital music thing - why is everything called a 'song', even if there isn't anybody singing? Perhaps one reason is that we don't seem to have a single generic term for a piece of music. |
Jayess64 (8703) | ||
| 1448256 | 2018-04-08 14:33:00 | You can see it now. Its online streaming. No storing. How many songs did you keep in your mobile nowadays. Yes we know we still do it. But some time we depend on music apps. Because they can be vast than our collection. So it is the coming future when no one will store song in mobile and no one will use other device for listening music. | Techguru (17606) | ||
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