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The lossless-only requirement is actually a positive for this use case (nothing is lossy-transcoded on the way in), but the 'no multi-channel / no mono' rule rejects perfectly good files, and a release is public the moment it's published — there is no private/unlisted storage mode.","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"One page read moves it to documented.","evidence":[{"url":"https://get.bandcamp.help/en/articles/15263336-what-s-the-maximum-upload-size","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'It starts out at 291MB per track'; 'we increase the max per-track upload size to 600 megs'; 'There is no limit on the size of albums'; 'up to 2 GB by subscribing to Bandcamp Pro'"},{"url":"https://get.bandcamp.help/en/articles/15263088-how-do-i-upload-music","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Your audio files must be at least 16-bit, 44.1 kHz lossless files (WAV, AIFF, or FLAC), in stereo (no mono- or multi-channel audio)'"},{"url":"https://get.bandcamp.help/en/articles/15263341-what-is-the-maximum-video-upload-size","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'The max upload size for videos is 500MB' (paid tier)"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"291 MB per track to start ('It starts out at 291MB per track ... 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