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thirsty moore

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iPod and aiff
« on: September 04, 2009, 11:34:04 am »
Many of you have discussed ripping your cd collection and selling the discs in order to save space. I'm considering this as well. However, since my iPod is my stereo, I'm considering ripping the cd's to aiff. Anyone have any positive or negative experiences with this?

Secondly, are there any torrent sites that work only with aiff?
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chaz

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2009, 11:59:15 am »
The obvious drawback to aiff is that the files are big - every minute of music is about 10mb of data.  So you wont fit much music on your ipod.

Maybe apple lossless would be better.  I'm not aware of torrent sites specific to these codecs, and rarely do I see these file types out in the torrent world.
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thirsty moore

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2009, 12:15:17 pm »
Thanks chaz. I saw Apple lossless but was concerned as there were already two lossless files (aiff and wav). Apple lossless looks like it somehow compresses? The details I've found are fuzzy.
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chaz

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2009, 12:28:19 pm »
Both apple lossless and flac compress files but are not lossy.  Flac is more popular and you'll find tons of flac torrents but it's not supported by itunes.

I've got lots of apple lossless and flac files...flac is the "preferred" lossless codec.  I've never done a direct comparison of the two but apple lossless sounds fine to me.
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thirsty moore

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2009, 12:30:30 pm »
Since you are the resident audio expert, I trust your opinion.
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azaghal1981

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2009, 03:52:52 am »
Flac torrents are definitely very readily available but I haven't come across much AIFF either. Apple Lossless torrents are prevalent but nowhere near as much as flac.
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thirsty moore

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2009, 11:38:33 am »
Any quality links azaghal?
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Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2009, 11:46:35 am »
I still use shn files and will forever. Checksums now, checksums tomorrow, checksums forever!! /curmudgeon
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azaghal1981

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2009, 01:06:52 pm »
Sure. Check your PM's.
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thirsty moore

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2009, 01:24:57 pm »
My PM cupboard is bare :(
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Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2009, 01:27:00 pm »
Quote from: azaghal1981 on September 08, 2009, 01:06:52 pm
Sure. Check your PM's.

I would reply to your PM, but your box is full. :( :(
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azaghal1981

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2009, 01:28:52 pm »
Check your email. The one I used before.
Quote from: thirsty moore on September 08, 2009, 01:24:57 pm
My PM cupboard is bare :(
« Last Edit: September 08, 2009, 01:33:24 pm by azaghal1981 »
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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2009, 01:30:24 pm »
azag, what's with all the double-posts today?

azag, what's with all the double-posts today?
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azaghal1981

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2009, 01:33:53 pm »
Quote from: sweetcell on September 08, 2009, 01:30:24 pm
azag, what's with all the double-posts today?

azag, what's with all the double-posts today?

Fixed.

Edit: Inbox space freed up.
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thirsty moore

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Re: iPod and aiff
« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2009, 01:35:47 pm »
No dice on the email.
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