Whatr format to Rip to iTunes?

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  • atchudy
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2007
    • 135

    Whatr format to Rip to iTunes?

    My computer has plenty of storage, so what is best format for quality?
  • kmcheng
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2008
    • 253

    #2
    Apple Lossless

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    • Tommy
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2006
      • 110

      #3
      I second Apple Lossless.

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      • RebelMan
        Ultra Senior Member
        • Mar 2005
        • 3139

        #4
        Uncompressed - AIFF
        Compressed - Apple Lossless

        Advantage AIFF - Multi-platform compatibility.
        Advantage Apple Lossless - 50% Less storage consumption.

        Common to Both - Metadata support for embedded album art, etcetera.
        "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

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        • PewterTA
          Moderator
          • Nov 2004
          • 2901

          #5
          What?? No love given to FLAC? :P

          I recommend FLAC.
          Digital Audio makes me Happy.
          -Dan

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          • littlesaint
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2007
            • 823

            #6
            Originally posted by PewterTA
            What?? No love given to FLAC? :P

            I recommend FLAC.
            iTunes doesn't natively support FLAC. I believe it can be added through plug-ins, and possibly to the iPod as well, but if ripping to iTunes, I'd go with Apple Lossless. BTW, Apple Lossless decoding has been in libavcodec for some time now, so VLC player and MPlayer should both be able to play it as well.
            Santino

            The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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            • catacon
              Member
              • May 2007
              • 47

              #7
              I personally use Foobar2000 as my media player because it has better sound quality and it is not iTunes. It has the ability to rip/play a lot of formats (FLAC, MP3, OGG, etc.). I usually rip in FLAC even though it takes up a lot of space, it's nice not loosing quality.

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              • mjb
                Super Senior Member
                • Mar 2005
                • 1483

                #8
                If you are using iTunes, have plenty of disk space, and are after maximum quality, then Apple Lossless is the only choice. It will reduce a CD by about 50%, and it's totally lossless. I guess thats why they called it so.
                - Mike

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                • alexcd
                  Member
                  • Feb 2006
                  • 30

                  #9
                  I wish it were easier to use FLAC in iTunes but it's not so I would go with Apple Lossless in hindsight of ripping my entire collection to FLAC then buying an iPOD

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                  • littlesaint
                    Senior Member
                    • Jul 2007
                    • 823

                    #10
                    Do you have a Mac or PC?

                    On a Mac there are tools like Audacity that can convert FLAC to ALAC. I'm sure there are some for the PC as well. Saves you from having to rip everything again.
                    Santino

                    The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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                    • Chris D
                      Moderator Emeritus
                      • Dec 2000
                      • 16877

                      #11
                      But if you use other players, like Windows Media, should you use AIFF then, instead of Apple Lossless?
                      CHRIS

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                      • impala454
                        Ultra Senior Member
                        • Oct 2007
                        • 3814

                        #12
                        Originally posted by mjb
                        If you are using iTunes, have plenty of disk space, and are after maximum quality, then Apple Lossless is the only choice. It will reduce a CD by about 50%, and it's totally lossless. I guess thats why they called it so.
                        Just curious, how is it lossless and reduces a CD by 50%?
                        -Chuck

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                        • littlesaint
                          Senior Member
                          • Jul 2007
                          • 823

                          #13
                          Originally posted by impala454
                          Just curious, how is it lossless and reduces a CD by 50%?
                          50% is a little optimistic. I usually get around 60 to 70% compression. Just like a ZIP file, lossless audio codecs take the data, and using an algorithm compress it down in such a way that it can be decompressed back to its original state.
                          Santino

                          The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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                          • impala454
                            Ultra Senior Member
                            • Oct 2007
                            • 3814

                            #14
                            Weird
                            -Chuck

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                            • mjb
                              Super Senior Member
                              • Mar 2005
                              • 1483

                              #15
                              Chuck, it works the same as say ZIP, non-destructive file compression that can be expanded back to the original with no data loss.
                              - Mike

                              Main System:
                              B&W 802D, HTM2D, SCMS
                              Classé SSP-800, CA-2200, CA-5100

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                              • joetama
                                Senior Member
                                • May 2006
                                • 786

                                #16
                                I've been playing around with that Foobar2000, pretty cool program.


                                The only time I don't listen to CD or Vinyl is when I have my iPod. I have tooo much stuff to use lossless on it (can it even play lossless?) But I use Exact Audio Copy with the Lame VBR program.
                                -Joe

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