Why are people still using MP3?

[Sprung]

Yeah, no. MP3 is an accepted format. Look at the problems MKV causes for video...

[Gypsy]

Yeah, no. MP3 is an accepted format. Look at the problems MKV causes for video...

MKV is fine what are you talking about?

Also as Ragnar added it's the most compatible format, I know there are better quality codecs but if I lose a little bit in size to compensate in quality I don't mind that much, or even if the codec snips a little bit of the file and there's a slight decrease in quality I'll accept it. Also, I have no choice when some music I want is hard to find.

I got one discography in .FLAC format and honestly I couldn't notice the quality difference, perhaps my headphones or computer setup weren't good enough but they seemed similar to me.

Could depend on the rips too but yeah your equipment definitely matters. I upgraded heaphones recently (paid too much money ) and I definitely notice a difference between flac and mp3s or....God forbid wmas.

But yeah, like Ragnar said people upload to MP3 because it plays nicer with a lot of things.