13.08.2021, 02:29
(12.08.2021, 19:43)b0red Wrote:(12.08.2021, 16:58)TheJ Wrote:(12.08.2021, 11:52)b0red Wrote: The rest of the non-proprietary format world moved to using Opus.
"AAC starts sucking with lower bitrates"
which is exactly the point, to fit 8mb videos on Discord
Discord uses Opus as it's default audio codec (specifically a sub 64kbps subset from memory), ditto for WebM videos (which hybrid can also make). It performs better at low bitrates than AAC.
Not specifically sure if every version of discord plays videos the same but all the modern web browsers and OS's discord runs on have it either built-in or support it.
Opus at very low bitrates sound extremely distorted, you can't even hear anything. AAC on the other hand sounds muffled but you can make out the sound of it