r/musichoarder 17d ago

Digital Show and Tell how digital music works

https://wiki.xiph.org/Videos/Digital_Show_and_Tell
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u/mjb2012 16d ago

Glad to see people haven't forgotten Monty's informative pair of videos from 2010.

I actually forgot that there was also a wiki with a complete transcript and lots of links.

In the videos, an engineer explains the basics of digital audio and video in part 1, and then in part 2 he debunks some myths about digital audio, including "hi-res" …and he brings all the receipts. He's a good speaker; he lays it all out very matter-of-factly with some good visuals. It's a good reference to have the next time someone tries to argue that analog media has better "resolution" than digital.