I'll probably try it soon, to prepare for an Atmos streaming 101 video.
Is there any data regarding stream quality between the services? They aren't exactly the same?
As prep homework, Baggy, you should slog through that 4-1/2 hour panel discussion that was mentioned yesterday.
Lots of discussion throughout about Apple's outsized role in driving Atmos, including some discussion of the tech specs imposed upon mixers and labels. (And
lots of grousing about Atmos-for-Headphones....) I listened to the whole thing, broken up into a few increments over the course of the day as I was doing housework, and I think I found it more compelling than
@fredblue did



). Andrew Scheps is good at clearing up confusion about terminology, there's some talk about the complications introduced by the "Apple Spatial" format, repeated complaints about the volume levels problem, and
lots of discussion about the business of Atmos: who (if anyone) is making or stands to make money off it and how, who is getting paid (and how much), quality control, etc., etc. I don't remember anything specific about streaming bitrates, and unfortunately there's no transcript. (I asked.) But I found it as fascinating at times--okay, and also as tedious at times--as the
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