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[Original Lossless Audio] │ ▼ (Uploaded to YouTube) [YouTube Compression: AAC / Opus] <-- Max 160-256 kbps (Lossy) │ ▼ (Processed by "YT to FLAC" Converter) [Upscaled FLAC File] <-- Large file size, but identical to the lossy source 1. YouTube Transcodes All Audio yt flac
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