Audials 2025
Just upgraded but the music streaming recording function has become way to complicated and I can't get what I used to from 2024 version.
Basically, in 2024, I can just click on the option to record audio as the same quality as source. and the files were automatically saved as MP3 in that same quality. This was simple and worked fine.
In 2025, even recording the same albums (to compare results), the files are recording often as M4A (Using YouTube Music and I'm assuming that was the source file type), in a different format and bit rate as with 2024 and I have to convert them to MP3 manually. The problem being, there's no option to change the save quality to same as source. Just all the usual MP3 quality settings.
In short, I have no idea what's going on. I just want to record as the same quality as source and save the resulting files also same quality as the source.
Why have they made things so complicated?
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Ja das stimmt was richard 127gm geschrieben hat . Ich hatte den Test mit youtube vernachlässig und muß nun feststellen das es nicht mehr fkt in mp3 das mitschneiden von youtube . gerade getestet konvertieren notfalls hierüber >Online Audio Converter - Einfach in MP3, WAV, MP4, M4A, OGG oder iPhone-Klingeltöne konvertieren (online-audio-converter.com).Meine herunter geladene Datei war in opus . Also bei Audials one 2024 fkt. es mit dem konvertieren siehe Bild.
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This is beyond frustrating. Everything from YouTube Music converts to either M4A or Opus, depending on if you're copying whole albums or individual tracks. Absolutely nothing I change in the Output Format settings has any effect on this. Therefore I have to convert everything to MP3 after it's saved and then Audials converts everything to 256kbs, again, no matter what the settings are. Do Audials monitor these forums? Is there any answer from them? Will this be addressed?
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The upgrade to the 2025 version of the music streaming recording software has introduced unnecessary complexity, especially regarding file format and quality settings. In the 2024 version, recording and saving files at the same quality as the source was straightforward, with files automatically saved as MP3. Now, the files are often saved as M4A, possibly reflecting the source format from YouTube Music, and there is no longer an option to save in the same quality as the source. Checking the settings for hidden or advanced options that allow for format changes at @LiteBlueLogin
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Yes. Absolutely right dgmeinsider. The main problem is that I can no longer trust Audials. I have two accounts. YouTube Music for everyday stuff and Amazon for high-end encoded songs. I usually start out with YT Music but have found that since the end of 2023, they are streaming songs at an appalling 160kps. I could tell this because Audials was telling that was the case when recording was set to "same as source". If that happened, I'd switch to Amazon and record it from there. But now, Audials doesn't give me any idea what's going on. When it records as M4A, I have to convert it to MP3, where it converts everything to 256kbs. Is this real? It might be, but I now have no idea. I think maybe, it always recorded M4A at 128kps, which are natively 128kps on YT Music, and converted them to the "same as source" MP3s. So why is it now converting them to 256kps (no matter what I put in the settings btw)? Got to say that I'll be cancelling my subscription next year if this isn't sorted. I've already paid for this upgrade, so want to get my money's worth.
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Today I received this reply from Audial customer service with respect to this issue:
'Thank you very much for your observation, we will ask our developers to make it much clearer, because indeed right now the way it is listed is very incomprehensible. They will have to fix a bit also the settings because they are not working as it should. This will be done most probably in the upcoming update.'
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