Not a fans of VBR MP3. VBR is great. But as some has shared maximum compatibility is much more important.
Let's do some maths ( Correct me if I am wrong )
At 128Kbps that is 1MB per minutes, an hour would means 60MB. Since most podcast uses 64Kbps we are talking about 30Mb, a saving of 20% means 6MB per client, 10,000 listeners saves you 60GB per episode, assuming a Weekly episode, that is 240GB....... on an 2015 Est of ATP listeners around 80,000, that is ~ 2TB of Transfer. That is the transfer a $10 Linode would give you.
So is it really worth the risk of VBR concern on a little saving worth $10 to $20?
Since i didn't exactly listen to the podcast, I wonder what problem does he has with AAC. Because the argument about most having a newer devices with proper support for VBR MP3 also works for AAC. And AAC sounds A LOT better.
At 128Kbps that is 1MB per minutes, an hour would means 60MB. Since most podcast uses 64Kbps we are talking about 30Mb, a saving of 20% means 6MB per client, 10,000 listeners saves you 60GB per episode, assuming a Weekly episode, that is 240GB....... on an 2015 Est of ATP listeners around 80,000, that is ~ 2TB of Transfer. That is the transfer a $10 Linode would give you.
So is it really worth the risk of VBR concern on a little saving worth $10 to $20?
Since i didn't exactly listen to the podcast, I wonder what problem does he has with AAC. Because the argument about most having a newer devices with proper support for VBR MP3 also works for AAC. And AAC sounds A LOT better.