nkotb
Joined: August 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 09, 2009 at 03:30 PM UTC
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Did you convert the already ripped MP3s up to loseless? How did that work?
thirsty wrote:
Top for lossless appreciation. Converted some albums over to apple lossless last night. Far better sound coming out of the iPod and sounddock now.
thirsty moore
Joined: January 11, 2000 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 09, 2009 at 03:33 PM UTC
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Unfortunately you can't convert mp3 to lossless. I ripped some cds of mine in apple lossless and then loaded them on my iPod.
elj
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 09, 2009 at 03:40 PM UTC
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thirsty wrote:
Unfortunately you can't convert mp3 to lossless.
Oh no, you can. It's the quickest way to get booted off any torrent network.
azaghal1981
Joined: June 17, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 09, 2009 at 03:41 PM UTC
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No. Once that data has been stripped away with a conversion to mp3, it's impossible to bring it back.
nkotb wrote:
Did you convert the already ripped MP3s up to loseless? How did that work?
thirsty wrote:
Top for lossless appreciation. Converted some albums over to apple lossless last night. Far better sound coming out of the iPod and sounddock now.
nkotb
Joined: August 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 09, 2009 at 03:43 PM UTC
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Yeah, I didn't think so.
azaghal1981 wrote:
No. Once that data has been stripped away with a conversion to mp3, it's impossible to bring it back.
nkotb wrote:
Did you convert the already ripped MP3s up to loseless? How did that work?
thirsty wrote:
Top for lossless appreciation. Converted some albums over to apple lossless last night. Far better sound coming out of the iPod and sounddock now.
elj
Joined: October 09, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 5970
Re: iPod and aiff
September 09, 2009 at 03:47 PM UTC
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Technically you can. There are programs (and why they'll exist I'll never know) that will take the mp3 back to wav and then automatically make a flac of it. It, of course, retains the quality loss of the original mp3 file.
This transcoding is more commonly seen on networks (like the old oink) that have bitrate requirements and someone trying to re-encode 128kbps mp3s up to 192 or whatever. The double mp3'ing of the music actually, in that case, has a multiplier effect on the quality loss.
nkotb
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 09, 2009 at 03:50 PM UTC
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Right, I knew that it was
technically possible. I just came into this topic late and only read his comment about "converting" and thought it was some newfangled technology that you kids were into.
Julian, wrote:
Technically you can. There are programs (and why they'll exist I'll never know) that will take the mp3 back to wav and then automatically make a flac of it. It, of course, retains the quality loss of the original mp3 file.
This transcoding is more commonly seen on networks (like the old oink) that have bitrate requirements and someone trying to re-encode 128kbps mp3s up to 192 or whatever. The double mp3'ing of the music actually, in that case, has a multiplier effect on the quality loss.
thirsty moore
Joined: January 11, 2000 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 17, 2009 at 07:24 PM UTC
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Top. This stuff only gets better with age. Halfway through my music collection. Tonight I might tackle Sonic Youth.