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Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks

(arstechnica.com)
431 points dangle1 | 5 comments | 16 Oct 24 16:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.26s | source
1. jfvinueza ◴[16 Oct 24 19:16 UTC] No.41862752[source]▶
The article mentions how deeply compressed the files we played were back then, but I'm pretty sure nowadays it's even worse.
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2. EmilyHughes ◴[16 Oct 24 19:42 UTC] No.41863048[source]▶
Not at all. Any song on youtube uploaded in the last 5-10 years is as good as a 320 kbit mp3. Why would it be with the bandwidth anyone has to today?
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3. hedgehog ◴[16 Oct 24 19:54 UTC] No.41863150[source]▶
Even limiting the scope to MP3 at the same bitrates modern encoders are much better than what we had back in the 90s.
4. jccalhoun ◴[16 Oct 24 21:43 UTC] No.41864148[source]▶
I think the poster is confusing/conflating dynamic range compression with file compression
5. shiroiushi ◴[17 Oct 24 05:07 UTC] No.41866587[source]▶
Obviously you've never listened to SiriusXM.

But seriously, the poster is probably complaining about how most modern music is heavily compressed in dynamic range, so that it sounds better on crappy earbud headphones and smartphone speakers.