What sample rate mixcloud streams at?

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What sample rate mixcloud streams at?

Curious if mixcloud streams at the sample rate you uploaded the mix or if it compresses down to an even lower rate to stream. I want to avoid a double compressed mix.

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good question
i would say install an audio recorder that just records anything coming across your soundcard.

play / record something you uploaded

and then check the properties of said recording you just made

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I would assume based on how it sounds likely decent quality… I no longer load mixes on phone and just stream over data when in vehicle and quality sounds nice but I do upload 320k versions

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Soundcloud, YouTube, Spotify, Mixcloud, Mixify, etc all playback at 128kbps

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Bitrate != sample rate. The sample rate will almost certainly be 44100Hz on streaming sites.

Bitrate is often 128kbps, but not always. HD Youtube videos (720p+) have 44.1kHz 192kbps AAC audio which sounds pretty decent.

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Really… :+1:

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Yup, it’s also AAC rather than MP3, which is supposed to perform better at lower bitrates.

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Well I’ve been doing 256K AAC but I just got word from Mixcloud that they recommend 192K MP3. I believe that is the max stream quality they use and doesn’t have them recoding your mix down from whatever. Wish they’d put it in their FAQ: For max quality upload 192K MP3 else we recompress to fit.