Happybottle
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Hey guys, not really sure which forum to put this, I'm going to try this one
I've been buying a lot of used CDs off amazon lately and I can't help but wonder if perhaps some of the people are sending me copies of their original CD, quite possibly at a lower, lossy bitrate. The CDs always look legit but I know a lot of people that do a really good job with disc labels and I'm a paranoid conspiracy theorist soo...
Anyhow, I was curious, if I tell iTunes to rip using Apple Lossless encoder and the CD is actually, let's say, 192kbps will iTunes complain? Will it encode the album at the highest bitrate possible, 192kbps in the example above? I guess more importantly, is there a way I can test the bitrate of the CD before I rip it? I'm sure there's something for that. If so, I am using a Mac so pls keep that in mind when offering suggestions.
Anyhow, thanks for listening to my paranoid delusions and for any fuel you can throw on this fire
I've been buying a lot of used CDs off amazon lately and I can't help but wonder if perhaps some of the people are sending me copies of their original CD, quite possibly at a lower, lossy bitrate. The CDs always look legit but I know a lot of people that do a really good job with disc labels and I'm a paranoid conspiracy theorist soo...
Anyhow, I was curious, if I tell iTunes to rip using Apple Lossless encoder and the CD is actually, let's say, 192kbps will iTunes complain? Will it encode the album at the highest bitrate possible, 192kbps in the example above? I guess more importantly, is there a way I can test the bitrate of the CD before I rip it? I'm sure there's something for that. If so, I am using a Mac so pls keep that in mind when offering suggestions.
Anyhow, thanks for listening to my paranoid delusions and for any fuel you can throw on this fire