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What bitrate do you use? (2011), MP3, AAC, Vorbis, MPC and others.

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What bitrate do you use? (2011)

MP3

~100 kbps or less	[ 10 ]	[2.09%]
~130 kbps	[ 32 ]	[6.69%]
~145 kbps	[ 12 ]	[2.51%]
~160 kbps	[ 28 ]	[5.86%]
~180 kbps	[ 45 ]	[9.41%]
~200 kbps	[ 66 ]	[13.81%]
~225 kbps	[ 38 ]	[7.95%]
~260 kbps	[ 60 ]	[12.55%]
320 kbps	[ 62 ]	[12.97%]
I don't encode to MP3	[ 125 ]	[26.15%]

Post-MP3 codecs: AAC, Vorbis, MPC etc...

~100 kbps or less	[ 32 ]	[6.82%]
~130 kbps	[ 56 ]	[11.94%]
~160 kbps	[ 58 ]	[12.37%]
~180 kbps	[ 36 ]	[7.68%]
~200 kbps	[ 45 ]	[9.59%]
~225 kbps	[ 25 ]	[5.33%]
~260 kbps	[ 32 ]	[6.82%]
~320 kbps	[ 22 ]	[4.69%]
More than 320 kbps	[ 19 ]	[4.05%]
I don't use these codecs	[ 144 ]	[30.70%]

Total Votes: 520

IgorC View Member Profile	Feb 17 2011, 07:50 Post #1
Group: Members Posts: 1315 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Argentina, Bs As Member No.: 18803	It was a long time since poll like this. It will be interesting to see what bitrates people use in 2011. Please, move this topic to the poll section. This post has been edited by IgorC: Feb 17 2011, 07:56

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IgorC What bitrate do you use? (2011) Feb 17 2011, 07:50

The Seeker Ogg Vorbis, q5.0 (LancerMod SSE3). Feb 17 2011, 08:10

Nick.C I would rather target a quality than a specific bi... Feb 17 2011, 08:28

kwanbis QUOTE (Nick.C @ Feb 17 2011, 07:28) I wou... Jun 5 2011, 01:34

krazy hm.. I answered ~180 for MP3 because that the aver... Feb 17 2011, 08:50

IgorC The complicated thing is that if options would be ... Feb 17 2011, 09:10

DARcode Where's guru and the 2011 ripping/encoding gen... Feb 17 2011, 12:31

marc2003 ogg vorbis @ q5 (~160kbps). i've never bothere... Feb 17 2011, 12:31

dutch109 I was using Vorbis at q 4 previously but found sev... Feb 17 2011, 15:25

zver I was encoding @mpc-q5 till 2006,switched to oggV ... Feb 17 2011, 17:14

HisInfernalMajesty I use LAME V6 for the portable as well as AAC at a... Feb 17 2011, 17:25

guruboolez AAC (Nero or QuickTime) at VBR around 130 kbps. Qu... Feb 18 2011, 00:43

yourlord I rip only to FLAC so bitrate is pointless to argu... Mar 2 2011, 23:31

B7k aoTuV Beta6.02 @ q5 still sound transparent in my ... Mar 3 2011, 00:34

Zarggg I use NeroEnc -q 0.45 when I need lossy files, whi... Mar 3 2011, 01:49

_Raziel-BG Vorbis @ q6 here. Mar 3 2011, 03:05

Destroid Non-losslessly speaking, still using Musepack --st... Mar 4 2011, 04:31

Destroid QUOTE (Destroid @ Mar 4 2011, 03:31) Why ... Jun 5 2011, 03:18

SonicBooom! In terms of lossless, I use FLAC so bitrates are, ... Mar 4 2011, 08:36

AllanP I have start to encode in Nero AAC q 0.45 (~150 kb... Mar 5 2011, 18:59

antman Lame V3 (Voted ~180 kbps). I used V5 for the long... Mar 13 2011, 04:49

kode54 I use FLAC or WavPack for ripping, but if I need l... Mar 13 2011, 07:56

Yaztromo Since large storage is cheap I just rip to Wavpack... Mar 13 2011, 12:09

Sebastian Mares 256 kbps AAC at home, 128 kbps AAC for my iPhone a... Mar 13 2011, 12:22

Sylph QUOTE (Sebastian Mares @ Mar 13 2011, 12... Mar 14 2011, 16:28

skexu QUOTE 64 kbps mono MP3 okay... For lossy neroaac... Mar 16 2011, 21:54

falco98 My lossy compression of choice is Ogg (AuToV which... Jun 4 2011, 18:03

pcourtney1 Musepack SV8 Standard Bitrate when used in conjun... Jun 4 2011, 18:32

kornchild2002 I switched computing platforms from Windows to Mac... Jun 5 2011, 01:49

C.R.Helmrich Looking at the results of this and a previous poll... Jun 5 2011, 11:51

kwanbis QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Jun 5 2011, 10:51) ... Jun 5 2011, 19:33

IgorC QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Jun 5 2011, 07:51) ... Jun 15 2011, 05:48

DonP Just a thought on the choices. Though the result... Jun 15 2011, 11:30

Martel I just started using MPC extreme (~200 kbps) on my... Jun 15 2011, 22:34

Satellite_6 ~260, although I only use lossy on my underused DA... Jun 15 2011, 23:46

dsimcha On my PC, where storage is unbelievably cheap, I r... Jun 16 2011, 04:24

Diow I'm using MP3 for my "high-end" equi... Jun 16 2011, 05:11

K-Meleon LAME 3.98 -v5 or QuickTime AAC q65 (which usually ... Jun 16 2011, 06:13

Engelsstaub FLAC w/cue sheets for archival/storage purposes. ... Jun 16 2011, 06:21

probedb I don't encode to a bitrate, it's whatever... Jun 16 2011, 11:07

Andavari Like others I also don't encode to a bitrate. ... Jun 16 2011, 14:06

LANjackal I use LAME -V0, which I think puts me in the ~260k... Jun 16 2011, 16:48

lowerstreet QUOTE (LANjackal @ Jun 16 2011, 08:48) I ... Aug 24 2011, 22:29

orchid I use lossless (TAK) and convert to MP3 VBR V2 for... Jun 16 2011, 17:36

krafty I have been using LAME 3.98.4 at -V0, which is aro... Jun 16 2011, 20:19

d_headshot I use LAME 3.98 with V0. I can't tell the diff... Jun 24 2011, 23:13

Meeko Home computer - FLAC Portable Player - MP3 @ -V0 ... Jun 27 2011, 19:11

Mr. Molly I didn't realize lossy formats were still this... Aug 16 2011, 00:47

kwanbis Lossy formats are much more popular than non lossy... Aug 16 2011, 01:34

godrick LAME v0, mostly for for PC and ipod FLAC , mostly ... Aug 16 2011, 04:03

SoNic67 FLAC all the way... On my home digital receiver. I... Aug 20 2011, 13:07

motion_blur At PC with studio headphones: FLAC or MP3 320 kb/s... Aug 20 2011, 22:37

Martel It depends on the genre you mostly listen to. Some... Aug 25 2011, 07:28

start78 FLAC for my archive, mp3 -V4 for mobile use. Avera... Sep 6 2011, 10:29

marcusm This has kept me happy. Music: Archive to Flac,... Oct 9 2011, 06:53

felix26591 All my CD collection is duplicated in FLAC and all... Oct 9 2011, 07:35

Musique-Rabbit foobar2000: qtaacenc --cvbr 64 --he - %d Oct 9 2011, 13:04

2304p Celt 0.11.2 with fb2k celtenc --bitrate 64 %s %d ... Oct 9 2011, 23:44

tawd AAC: Qaac @ (~100kbps) for my phone Lossless: Zip... Oct 10 2011, 04:10

musicfan321 I know this thread is old, but here's what I u... Jan 3 2012, 02:30

GeSomeone QUOTE (musicfan321 @ Jan 3 2012, 03:30) I... Jan 4 2012, 12:28

IgorC OK, make considerations, something that will be us... Jan 4 2012, 13:32

MahFlac I use 320 mp3. mp3 is compatible with everything ... Jul 25 2012, 16:01

JJZolx QUOTE (MahFlac @ Jul 25 2012, 09:01) I us... Jul 25 2012, 18:09

MahFlac QUOTE (JJZolx @ Jul 25 2012, 13:09) QUOTE... Jul 25 2012, 19:54

JJZolx QUOTE (MahFlac @ Jul 25 2012, 12:54) I do... Jul 25 2012, 20:00

MahFlac QUOTE (JJZolx @ Jul 25 2012, 15:00) QUOTE... Jul 25 2012, 20:48

JJZolx You just got done saying "storage is so cheap... Jul 25 2012, 21:02

greynol QUOTE (MahFlac @ Jul 25 2012, 12:48) Plus... Jul 25 2012, 21:06

MahFlac Eh, the way I do it makes sense for me and makes m... Jul 25 2012, 22:02

MahFlac QUOTE (JJZolx @ Jul 25 2012, 16:02) You j... Jul 25 2012, 22:05

AliceWonder QUOTE (MahFlac @ Jul 25 2012, 14:05) And ... Aug 4 2012, 12:25

Porcus I have actually experienced file corruption when o... Jul 25 2012, 23:00

MahFlac QUOTE (Porcus @ Jul 25 2012, 18:00) But t... Jul 26 2012, 01:52

AliceWonder Not really sure how to answer. I mostly use ogg -... Aug 4 2012, 12:20

smok3 for stereo movie soundtracks (sharing edits (for p... Aug 4 2012, 15:30

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