Are the M4A files mostly for audio books? I have limited experience with ITune stuff. ----- Original Message ----- From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:44 PM Subject: RE: Converting Itunes files
> They can't be any better than they are and Itunes has converted them > considerably. Also, wave files are huge. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of G. McFarlane > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:27 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Converting Itunes files > > Hi Gary > itunes files are m4a files - not sure what is at the root of that. I'm sure > you're right - to convert them to mp3 must involve some loss. I really was > asking if the highest setting 320 is 'perfect' as Sound Taxi says, or if I > could maintain the original quality by converting the itunes file to wav. > Regards. > gordon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary G Schindler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 3:56 PM > Subject: Re: Converting Itunes files > > >> Aren't the ITunes files AAC files? it seems to me that you would have >> some loss converting to MP3 no matter what the bitrate is. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "G. McFarlane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC-Audio" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 6:34 PM >> Subject: Converting Itunes files >> >> >>> Hi >>> Using Sound Taxi am I right in saying that converting Itunes files, I >>> would be better to use the MP3 320 bit rate setting rather then >>> anything lower, for example 192 which some of the files are >>> downloaded at. I don't suppose it will improve the quality but will >>> it maintain it? (I'm kind of assuming that as Sound Taxi re-records >>> the file that it re-compresses it.) When 320 is claimed by Sound Taxi >>> to be 'Perfect' would it be as good as using the wav conversion? >>> Finally >>> would I just be best to use the wav conversion of the files to >>> maintain the original standard? >>> The answer's probably obvious but I just wanted clarification in >>> order to keep the files at the best possible quality. >>> Thanks. >>> Gordon McFarlane >>> >>> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -- >> This email has been verified as Virus free. >> Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net >> > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]