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Subject: Re: WAV vs FLAC vs AIFF - msg#00032List: music.equipment.slimdevices.ripping1) Is there any way to convert the WAV files to FLAC or AIFF and have the file information used for tagging? On windows, Flacfrontend will read the file directory structure and put in the appropriate OggVorbis tags (which is what Flac uses). 2) Which would be the best format to convert to. (AIFF is supported by Slimserver and Itunes but I'm not sure it's truly lossless) I would recommend FLAC, and then use one of the many flac2mp3 utilities to make mp3 files for your iPod and otherplayers. YMMV, and all that. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html Thread at a glance:
Previous Message by Date: click to view message previewWAV vs FLAC vs AIFFI ripped my entire music collection to WAV using EAC. EAC labels the files with artist and CD title information. I know this isn't the best way but I did it before I found out about lossless formats like Flac and AIFF. Anyway slimserver has had no trouble organizing these files by artist and CD title so I've been happy. That is, I've been happy untill I bought an Ipod and tried improrting these files to Itunes. The files can be transferred but there is no way to organize them once in the itunes library because the file information gets lost. I'm not sure why slimserver handles the files OK and Itunes doesn't but the question is: 1) Is there any way to convert the WAV files to FLAC or AIFF and have the file information used for tagging? 2) Which would be the best format to convert to. (AIFF is supported by Slimserver and Itunes but I'm not sure it's truly lossless) -- gdg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gdg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1122 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25333 Next Message by Date: click to view message previewCan one build a library with different formats?I have my CDs ripped to WAV but if I'd like to begin ripping to FLAC or AIFF is that going to create a problem for Slimserver? Also is AIFF lossless and of the same quality as WAV? Gerry -- gdg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gdg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1122 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25336 Previous Message by Thread: click to view message previewWAV vs FLAC vs AIFFI ripped my entire music collection to WAV using EAC. EAC labels the files with artist and CD title information. I know this isn't the best way but I did it before I found out about lossless formats like Flac and AIFF. Anyway slimserver has had no trouble organizing these files by artist and CD title so I've been happy. That is, I've been happy untill I bought an Ipod and tried improrting these files to Itunes. The files can be transferred but there is no way to organize them once in the itunes library because the file information gets lost. I'm not sure why slimserver handles the files OK and Itunes doesn't but the question is: 1) Is there any way to convert the WAV files to FLAC or AIFF and have the file information used for tagging? 2) Which would be the best format to convert to. (AIFF is supported by Slimserver and Itunes but I'm not sure it's truly lossless) -- gdg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gdg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1122 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25333 Next Message by Thread: click to view message previewRe: WAV vs FLAC vs AIFFI have a high end sound system and I use my Ipod with very good hifi headphones. I want max sound quality. That's why I bought the 30 gig ipod (so that I could store full rez files). Gerry Ps I'm not asking which is the best format, but if and how I can can convert WAV files that have file information attached. -- gdg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gdg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1122 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25333 Loading Comments...
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