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Itunes and WAV conversion

post #1 of 5
11/9/11 at 9:00am
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I ripped all my CDs into Itunes using Apple lossless. If i change my import settings to WAV, make all the setting AUTO, itunes gives me the option to convert ALAC files into WAV files. If I do that, will I lose any quality + will the song still remain lossless. Do I have to change anything on the import setting for WAV, or should I just leave them all on AUTO.

 

Thank you for your time.

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post #2 of 5
11/9/11 at 4:19pm

You can import, converting to wav; but, your file size will be bigger. What would be the point since wav does not sound better. When you burn a CD, from wav, AAC, ALAC, or AIFF file, the files will be converted up or down to 16/44. 

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post #3 of 5
11/9/11 at 6:33pm
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I wanted to convert from WAV to FLAC. If I did the original way though, i wouldn't lose any data, right?

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post #4 of 5
11/9/11 at 6:38pm

You don't lose any data going from lossless compression (ALAC, FLAC, etc.) to WAV or back.

 

Lossless compression is basically a ZIP file for audio. The data going in is the same as the data going out, just smaller (or bigger in some cases).


Edited by Head Injury - 11/9/11 at 6:39pm
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post #5 of 5
11/9/11 at 9:59pm
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Originally Posted by sandaz93 View Post

I wanted to convert from WAV to FLAC. If I did the original way though, i wouldn't lose any data, right?



You've lost me. You want to convert ALAC to wav, and then, wav to flac, is that right? You could just convert ALAC to flac . Of course then the files would no longer play in iTunes, since iTunes does not support flac. Interestingly, since many of my hi-rez downloads are in flac, which I cannot play in iTunes, I convert them to ALAC.

 


Edited by sterling1 - 11/9/11 at 10:01pm
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