this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2024
332 points (97.7% liked)

Memes

45619 readers
1537 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not just mp3, all lossy audio formats use psychoaccoustic analysis. That's how they figure out which data to throw out.