thirsty moore
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iPod and aiff
September 04, 2009 at 03:34 PM UTC
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Many of you have discussed ripping your cd collection and selling the discs in order to save space. I'm considering this as well. However, since my iPod is my stereo, I'm considering ripping the cd's to aiff. Anyone have any positive or negative experiences with this?
Secondly, are there any torrent sites that work only with aiff?
chaz
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 04, 2009 at 03:59 PM UTC
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The obvious drawback to aiff is that the files are big - every minute of music is about 10mb of data. So you wont fit much music on your ipod.
Maybe apple lossless would be better. I'm not aware of torrent sites specific to these codecs, and rarely do I see these file types out in the torrent world.
thirsty moore
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 04, 2009 at 04:15 PM UTC
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Thanks chaz. I saw Apple lossless but was concerned as there were already two lossless files (aiff and wav). Apple lossless looks like it somehow compresses? The details I've found are fuzzy.
chaz
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 04, 2009 at 04:28 PM UTC
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Both apple lossless and flac compress files but are not lossy. Flac is more popular and you'll find tons of flac torrents but it's not supported by itunes.
I've got lots of apple lossless and flac files…flac is the "preferred" lossless codec. I've never done a direct comparison of the two but apple lossless sounds fine to me.
thirsty moore
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 04, 2009 at 04:30 PM UTC
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Since you are the resident audio expert, I trust your opinion.
azaghal1981
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 05, 2009 at 07:52 AM UTC
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Flac torrents are definitely very readily available but I haven't come across much AIFF either. Apple Lossless torrents are prevalent but nowhere near as much as flac.
thirsty moore
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 08, 2009 at 03:38 PM UTC
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Any quality links azaghal?
elj
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 08, 2009 at 03:46 PM UTC
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I still use shn files and will forever. Checksums now, checksums tomorrow, checksums forever!! /curmudgeon
azaghal1981
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 08, 2009 at 05:06 PM UTC
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Sure. Check your PM's.
thirsty moore
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 08, 2009 at 05:24 PM UTC
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My PM cupboard is bare :(
elj
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 08, 2009 at 05:27 PM UTC
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azaghal1981 wrote:
Sure. Check your PM's.
I would reply to your PM, but your box is full. :( :(
azaghal1981
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 08, 2009 at 05:28 PM UTC
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Check your email. The one I used before.
thirsty wrote:
My PM cupboard is bare :(
sweetcell
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 08, 2009 at 05:30 PM UTC
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azag, what's with all the double-posts today?
azag, what's with all the double-posts today?
azaghal1981
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 08, 2009 at 05:33 PM UTC
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sweetcell wrote:
azag, what's with all the double-posts today?
azag, what's with all the double-posts today?
Fixed.
Edit: Inbox space freed up.
thirsty moore
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 08, 2009 at 05:35 PM UTC
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No dice on the email.
azaghal1981
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 08, 2009 at 05:40 PM UTC
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Weird.
I'll try again.
OK check now.
thirsty moore
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 08, 2009 at 05:43 PM UTC
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Got it. Thanks!
thirsty moore
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 09, 2009 at 02:28 PM UTC
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Top for lossless appreciation. Converted some albums over to apple lossless last night. Far better sound coming out of the iPod and sounddock now.
azaghal1981
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 09, 2009 at 03:19 PM UTC
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There are tools that enable you to go flac->apple lossless with the click of a mouse, too. So you could just download flacs (legally, of course), throw them in a prog like DB Poweramp, select "convert to apple lossless" and voila.
thirsty moore
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Re: iPod and aiff
September 09, 2009 at 03:28 PM UTC
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I dl'd some program last night but I forgot what it was called. I'm still surprised at the change in sound quality.