the bastards save space by recompressing old videos with the result being that all music videos that aren't recent sound like AM radio
those morons also aren't bright enough to differentiate between videos and music ... this from a company that is investing into AI
are artists supposed to reupload music videos every year so that there are 20 versions of every video each with its own comments links etc ?
the scary thought is the average person is even stupider than the ones that work for Google - luckily i don't often have to deal with average people.
i used to do cardio by biking on a trail that goes around Google and i swear all their employees looked like they have been dropped on the head a few too many times.
and Spotify is not much better. it set my playback quality to "low" by default even though i am on 400 mbit connection and premium plan. pretty sure i have set it to "very high" several times before. i think every time it installs update or i switch devices it keeps resetting to "low"
but at least with Spotify you can change it back in the settings. with YouTube they just keep sucking life out of old music videos and there is nothing you can do to stop those rat bastards.
those morons also aren't bright enough to differentiate between videos and music ... this from a company that is investing into AI
are artists supposed to reupload music videos every year so that there are 20 versions of every video each with its own comments links etc ?
the scary thought is the average person is even stupider than the ones that work for Google - luckily i don't often have to deal with average people.
i used to do cardio by biking on a trail that goes around Google and i swear all their employees looked like they have been dropped on the head a few too many times.
and Spotify is not much better. it set my playback quality to "low" by default even though i am on 400 mbit connection and premium plan. pretty sure i have set it to "very high" several times before. i think every time it installs update or i switch devices it keeps resetting to "low"
but at least with Spotify you can change it back in the settings. with YouTube they just keep sucking life out of old music videos and there is nothing you can do to stop those rat bastards.
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I noticed the degradation of sound quality in youtube videos as well and the first time, couldn't believe my ears. Then I looked up an mp3 file converted from a youtube video in my collection and that sounds OK. Next, checking what happened to the video and sure enough, on youtube it now sounds awful, as if it has been run through a crossover semiconductor device like 2 unbiased antiparallel germanium diodes.
Some YouTube vids sound horrible so it's not your system incase you were thinking that.
Some sound like 32 kbit
Some sound like 32 kbit
You've found lots to hate lately. Life will be a lot more enjoyable for you if you seek out things to love, rather than hate.
YouTube is a huge platform that costs a fortune to operate and generates tons of money in ad revenue.
It’s free to the vast majority of its users.
YouTube Music is their solution for music. I hear it’s pretty good, but I don’t use it.
It’s free to the vast majority of its users.
YouTube Music is their solution for music. I hear it’s pretty good, but I don’t use it.
I love youtube. there is music there that is almost un-findable anywhere else. I don't care about the quality; I'll gladly take music I love in substandard quality any day. Mal Waldron played on whatever piano was available, often out of tune and created some of the most incredible music I've heard.
i wonder if there is a good way to rip youtube videos and swap the audio with some clean source
i mean obviously there is a way but if there is an easy way is what i mean
also is there a way to buy specific tracks in lossless format ? i don't need losselss for 99% of my listening ( i just use spotify ) but it would be cool to create a few demo music videos for a system using ripped YT video and lossless audio.
i mean obviously there is a way but if there is an easy way is what i mean
also is there a way to buy specific tracks in lossless format ? i don't need losselss for 99% of my listening ( i just use spotify ) but it would be cool to create a few demo music videos for a system using ripped YT video and lossless audio.
I get lots of musical enjoyment from Tidal.
Discussions about ripping YT content will likely not be allowed in this forum. That bit is up to you.
Discussions about ripping YT content will likely not be allowed in this forum. That bit is up to you.
well i am not a lawyer i don't know if that is legal or not.
if it's illegal then i don't advocate it LOL.
but i am not trying to steal anything. quite the contrary - i would pay for music i already have on both Spotify and YouTube just to get it in proper quality for speaker demo purposes.
there is not enough HF in older youtube music videos for even my Bose headphones, let alone Ribbon tweeters.
Uncompressed. The artists receive a lot more money per stream, too.
From Royalty Exchange:
TIDAL: $0.01284 per stream (highest)
Spotify: $0.00318 per stream (average)
YouTube Music: $0.00200 per stream (lowest)
From Royalty Exchange:
TIDAL: $0.01284 per stream (highest)
Spotify: $0.00318 per stream (average)
YouTube Music: $0.00200 per stream (lowest)
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My Spotify(paid) has never changed my settings always set at max, sounds fine to me
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