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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1560647" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi <strong>Seacliffe...</strong> - ya know all of this can be easily 'googled' by yourself, BUT I'll just put together my thoughts quickly (seen in the quoted listing below), and also make some general comments - for more specifics, just do some web searching.</p><p></p><p>There are two general categories of audio codecs: 1) Lossless; and 2) Lossy - Lossless codecs duplicate the CD audio data exactly - WAV is simply a way of putting your CD music onto a HD (or elsewhere) as an exact copy, BUT the size is the same as on a CD (about 10 MB/min); AIFF is Apple WAV so like CD-A (CD Audio), i.e. LARGE files; NOW, FLAC is probably the most popular lossless and compressed choice around - free open source, however, not all software and/or hardware will support playback; FLAC is a great choice to rip your music w/ no loss of information but a smaller file size; of course, the FLAC files can be converted to lossy formats, such as MP3 to put on portable devices (my iPod Touch has all MP3 files).</p><p></p><p>Lossy audio formats drastically reduce file size, so ideal for small portable players; however, the quality of the sound is also affected and can be regulated by bit rates chosen - for myself I rip CDs to MP3 using bit rates of 192 or 256 kbps - at these rates the music quality is similar to CDs (of course, many would argue one way or the other). MP3 (MPEG Layer 3) is more popular, used by many online music DL sites, and compatible w/ many portable players. AAC is Apple's equivalent to MP3 and is more efficient. WMA is a less used choice.</p><p></p><p>NOW, if I were ripping my CD collection (don't want to because it is over 4K @ the moment), I would likely do FLAC for archived lossless storage, and then use a converter program to MP3 files as needed - these can be put onto portable devices or 6-8 hrs. of music put onto a CD-R.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps - Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1560647, member: 234411"] Hi [B]Seacliffe...[/B] - ya know all of this can be easily 'googled' by yourself, BUT I'll just put together my thoughts quickly (seen in the quoted listing below), and also make some general comments - for more specifics, just do some web searching. There are two general categories of audio codecs: 1) Lossless; and 2) Lossy - Lossless codecs duplicate the CD audio data exactly - WAV is simply a way of putting your CD music onto a HD (or elsewhere) as an exact copy, BUT the size is the same as on a CD (about 10 MB/min); AIFF is Apple WAV so like CD-A (CD Audio), i.e. LARGE files; NOW, FLAC is probably the most popular lossless and compressed choice around - free open source, however, not all software and/or hardware will support playback; FLAC is a great choice to rip your music w/ no loss of information but a smaller file size; of course, the FLAC files can be converted to lossy formats, such as MP3 to put on portable devices (my iPod Touch has all MP3 files). Lossy audio formats drastically reduce file size, so ideal for small portable players; however, the quality of the sound is also affected and can be regulated by bit rates chosen - for myself I rip CDs to MP3 using bit rates of 192 or 256 kbps - at these rates the music quality is similar to CDs (of course, many would argue one way or the other). MP3 (MPEG Layer 3) is more popular, used by many online music DL sites, and compatible w/ many portable players. AAC is Apple's equivalent to MP3 and is more efficient. WMA is a less used choice. NOW, if I were ripping my CD collection (don't want to because it is over 4K @ the moment), I would likely do FLAC for archived lossless storage, and then use a converter program to MP3 files as needed - these can be put onto portable devices or 6-8 hrs. of music put onto a CD-R. Hope this helps - Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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