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wv ,ape convert to wav

post #1 of 6
7/25/11 at 9:31am
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one question (im new here and unexperienced)

i have anyaudioconverter on my pc

if i convert some music files which are in lossless formats like ape,flac and wv in

wav format, will the quality of this music be the same like it was in the former (ape,flac,wv)

formats or will the quality of sound of that music be different when i convert that music in wav

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post #2 of 6
7/25/11 at 9:47am

It should still be the same.

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post #3 of 6
7/25/11 at 10:42am
Thread Starter 

i ask that because one music album which was in wv file i have converted in wav format,

and when i listen to this album in wav on my pc i think i hear more murmur of the sound than it was before the converting

is it possible that he problem is the software-anyaudioconverter ?


Edited by petro - 7/25/11 at 10:44am
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post #4 of 6
7/27/11 at 7:37pm

I personally have never heard of the "wv" format you're talking about.

 

AIFF and WAV are at the top of the pyramid. Completely uncompressed and are also, the largest file size. Songs that are in this format are typically 35 - 40MB each depending on length. Not sure about AIFF, but I know that WAV doesn't support metadata.

 

ALAC, FLAC, APE, etc, are compressed lossless files. You can convert back and forth from AFF/WAV to any of these all day long and you won't loose any sound quality. You won't gain anything though either. Files sizes are about 12 - 18 MB each.

 

MP3, OGG, etc. These are lossy. Anything under 320KB/s is crap, IMHO. If you have these, it'll do you no good converting to any of the previously mentioned file types. Once the data is gone, it's gone.

 

 

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post #5 of 6
7/30/11 at 4:15pm

WV FORMAT

i have many music albums in wv format

i tested those albums with audiochecker and it was written that the tracks are 100%cdda


Edited by pixote - 7/30/11 at 4:16pm
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post #6 of 6
7/30/11 at 4:55pm

wave, wavpack (wv) and flac are all lossless. just take care, flac cant do 32-bit float (at least not normally, afaik), but wave and wv can. so if your source should be 32-bit float, you cannot use flac it you want pure bit-perfection

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