I found out a long time ago that I can’t hear the difference between compression levels starting at 192kbps. So there really isn’t any use for lossless for me.
It is, but it probably shouldn’t be any more.
WebP has good support everywhere now and is slightly better than JPEG and PNG combined.
(Better lossy compression than JPEG, plus transparency support, and better lossless compression than PNG).
But even WebP is considered lame these days compared to the new crop.
E.g., JXL (JPEG XL) is much better WebP and is supported by everyone except Google (which is ironic since Google helped create it).
Google seems to want AVIF to be the winner for the new image format, but not many others do.
Anyway, until the Google JXL AVIF hissy fit is dealt with, at least we’ve still got WebP.
It’s not super great, but it’s at least better than JPEG and PNG.
A lot of web developers are stuck in their old JPEG PNG mindset and are being slow to adapt, so JPEG is still hanging around.
Are jpg’s still used today for most things? Or did they quietly die like mp3 did
Somewhat. I’ll often share a JPG over a PNG if the filesize is massive as the compression isn’t too bad these days.
Although everything is moving over to WebP I think, but it’s not as widespread yet.
I think both of those are still used extensively.
When did mp3 die?
I remember reading that they stopped supporting it a couple years back
The infamous they.
Um excuse me m8 could you please find me three peer reviewed journals that prove to me that mp3 is still supported
All my songs still are mp3.
At one point i reripped my entire CD collection to lossless only to find out my infotainment system in my truck does not read anything but mp3.
I found out a long time ago that I can’t hear the difference between compression levels starting at 192kbps. So there really isn’t any use for lossless for me.
How large is your collection? Did you end up converting all the files, or just buy a different truck?
It is, but it probably shouldn’t be any more. WebP has good support everywhere now and is slightly better than JPEG and PNG combined. (Better lossy compression than JPEG, plus transparency support, and better lossless compression than PNG). But even WebP is considered lame these days compared to the new crop.
E.g., JXL (JPEG XL) is much better WebP and is supported by everyone except Google (which is ironic since Google helped create it). Google seems to want AVIF to be the winner for the new image format, but not many others do.
Anyway, until the Google JXL AVIF hissy fit is dealt with, at least we’ve still got WebP. It’s not super great, but it’s at least better than JPEG and PNG. A lot of web developers are stuck in their old JPEG PNG mindset and are being slow to adapt, so JPEG is still hanging around.