As you suspect, there is no value in losslessly re-encoding something that is already lossy encoded. If the re-encoding process is perfect you'll still just end up with a perfect copy of the original lossy recording.
Using youtube-dl with appropriate parameters should get you as good as you can get. Same with JDownloader2. -vvv > On Sep 21, 2020, at 5:56 PM, budge <aje...@errichel.co.uk> wrote: > > Please forgive the OT question but I am seeking advice on sensible download > format for saving the audio from youtube videos which are available to > supplement specific items from my early music collection. > > My preferred solution is to download the audio using youtube-dl and I know I > could then encode the file as a flac file but this creates huge files, albeit > lossless, so my question is, is there any point in doing this if the initial > audio quality is limited by the youtube video recording system bit rate? > Also, as a more senior citizen, I believe I am unlikely to be able to hear > the difference between the flac and other options. > > I know there are members in this group who have significant knowledge and > experience in these matters and I am hoping for suggestions for the best > format for my purposes. > > Budge. > > > _______________________________________________ > get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
