I checked them when I transferred them to my harddrive/sansa clip, and that's when I found they'd been ripped in aiff format, which I find really strange, considering the fact that "mp3 decoder," was checked. So then I had to go back and convert them all to mp3 format, and now for some reason, when it comes to one of the albums, the next to last track just sits and won't convert, which doesn't make sense either, because the disc isn't scratched, and I played the song before I tried converting it, and it played fine, so have no idea what to make of this. On May 16, 2013, at 9:36 PM, Esther wrote:
> Hi Jessica, > > Did you check the format of any of your ripped tracks in iTunes before > transferring them to the Sansa Clip Zip? Select one of these tracks in > your iTunes library, press Command-I to "Get Info", and navigate to > the "General Tab". The track should be identified with information > like "Kind", "Size", "Bit rate", and "Sample Rate". So my mp3 files > will have "Kind: MPEG audio file", while my AAC files may have "Kind: > AAC audio file" or "Purchased AAC audio file". Do these files show > Kind to be "AIFF"? Alternatively, if you don't use Command+I, you can > press Command+Shift+R once you've selected a track, and display that > track in Finder. Mp3 files will have a ".mp3" extension, AAC files > may have a ".m4a" extension, and AIFF files should have a ".aiff" file > extension. > > If you want to change the format of the file used when you rips your > CDs, bring up your preferences menu in iTunes with Command+comma, > navigate to the "General" tab (which should show up by default, or > else you can press Command+1 to go to the "General" tab). Then > navigate to the section for "When you insert a CD:" and navigate to > the second pop up menu button, which is for "Import Settings". VO > +space on this button, then on the "Import Settings" window, VO+Space > on the pop up menu button following "Import using:" and select the > format you want (e.g. "AAC encoder", "AIFF encoder", "Apple Lossless > encoder", "MP3 encoder", "WAV encoder") You can also choose the > quality setting in the next pop up button. Then choose the "OK" > button to leave the "Import Settings" window and choose the "OK" > button to leave the General preferences tab and close your preferences > window. > > By the way, I looked up the Sansa Clip Zip specs, and it states: > "Compatible with a Variety of Formats > The Sansa Clip Zip MP3 Player is compatible with a wide range of audio > formats, including MP3, WMA, secure WMA, AAC (for playing back DRM- > free iTunes music), Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and Audible. You'll be able to > enjoy music in crisp fidelity without having to compress or convert > your files". > > Normally, the default setting for iTunes is to import to AAC, which > should also work for the Sansa Clip Zip. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On May 16, 1:32 pm, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've converted I don't know how many CD's into Itunes, then loaded them on >> to Hannah's Sansa Clip Zip, only for them to not play, thinking they were in >> mp3 format, sense it was set to that by default. >> However, when I got ready to play the file on the clip-zip, it read it as >> an aiff file, and refuses to play it. Does anyone have any idea why this is >> going on? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
