
What does a soft track mean? – Oddschecker Stats
A soft track is one that's been compressed, for the main reason of removing the hard, gritty edges of sound. This usually results in a higher quality sound. A soft track is used in many cases (especially in low bit rate video) where compressed, high quality sound is not really desirable or practical. However, it is also used when there's also an additional cost to be saved by using a soft track. This can include more expensive digital effects and tools which add more weight to the sound. (The following table compares low and high bit rate video codecs and soft tracks. If this doesn't make sense, please refer to this article where you will see a complete listing of all audio codecs, with their respective soft tracks) Example –…