Thanks Kevin and Dane It's good to know that I won't lose anything between wav and another lossless format - it's tempting to believe that there must be some loss somewhere. I'm not sure what you're suggesting Dane - the file is in wav format just now with the Itunes library holding all the tags in full. If I were to convert to Apple lossless or just leave it in wav is there a way of adding a conversion codec to Itunes to make it a different format like flec or Windows Media format? Regards. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:54 PM Subject: COVERTING AND DEALING WITH LOSSLESS FORMATS
> Ok, well if I may throw mmy 2 cents in here. Itunes should allow the > conversion of Apple Lossless (or AAC Lossless if you prefer) to Wav > but the next step will require another application to convert that > wave audio to FLAC, nothing that an Apple Script cannot automate of > course. > > On 19/07/2007, at 5:32 AM, Kevin Lloyd wrote: > > Hi Gordon. > > You won't lose any quality converting from WAV to apple lossless. > Assuming > that you then have all ID3 tags intact, if you can find a program to > convert > from apple lossless to FLAC or lossless WMA, then again there won't > be any > loss in quality. > > Regards. > > Kevin > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G. McFarlane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: Putting LP's on the Computer > > >> Hi >> I have just a query based on your reply. >> I ripped all my large record collection to wav before I realised >> that the >> ID >> tags would not be preserved. I did so in ITunes and so because the >> Tags >> are >> in the library all the details remain. If I export to any of the >> Itunes >> formats supported than the tags go with it however if I try to use >> an;y >> other program only the name of the song and artist are copied from >> the wav >> file. >> My question is: I can use the Apple lossless codec in itunes to >> keep the >> wav >> lossless, or can I? Would this conversion result in a loss of quality, >> however small, converting from wav to Apple? Alternatively is it >> possible >> to >> add formats to Itunes so that the wav files might be exported from >> Itunes >> with their tags, ideally like a flec or lossless windows media format? >> Thanks for any response. >> Gordon McFarlane >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:55 PM >> Subject: Re: Putting LP's on the Computer >> >> >>> The only thing I'd add to this note is that you have more choice >>> these >>> days >>> than ripping to WAV format to get true CD quality results. >>> Lossless WMA >>> and >>> FLAC are two formats that come to mind. Both of these formats >>> will give >>> you >>> identical results to the original CD and WAV file but will yield >>> slightly >>> smaller files. Both will also provide ID3 tag support which WAV >>> files >>> will >>> not. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> Kevin >>> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jerry Richer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 7:21 PM >>> Subject: Re: Putting LP's on the Computer >>> >>> >>>> Kris: >>>> >>>> Of course you won't be interested in MP3 or any other >>>> compression >>>> schemes. You will want to record your collection as wave files. >>>> Any >>>> compression scheme results in lost quality which is noticeable by >>>> people >>>> who >>>> really appreciate listening to music. >>>> You can record at most any quality you like. CD quality is good >>>> enough >>>> for most people. You can record with higher quality but I dare >>>> say that >>>> most people could never tell the difference. If you want better >>>> than CD >>>> quality then you may need to get a new sound card. but then again >>>> maybe >>>> your >>>> Sound Blaster does support some of the higher quality >>>> specifications. I >>>> would stick with my Sound Blaster. There are purportedly better >>>> sound >>>> cards >>>> on the market for this purpose. But the fact is that analogue to >>>> digital >>>> converters are very well understood these days and even the cheap >>>> sound >>>> cards have good ones. >>>> It doesn't matter what program you use. If two programs >>>> record at >>>> the >>>> same sampleing frequency and the same bit resolution then the two >>>> applications will give identical results. The magic is in the sound >>>> card. >>>> The recording program only needs to support the capabilities of the >>>> sound >>>> card. I make my recordings at CD quality, 44,100 Samples Per >>>> Second and >>>> bit >>>> resolution of 16 bits per sample in Stereo. 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