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Posted by Gary G (A) on February 16, 2008 at 18:07:31

Does anyone know if it's necessary to use software such as iTunes to rip an audio CD to a MAC in .aiff format instead of simply dragging the files from the CD on the desktop to a folder on the HD?

And the same question on a PC... is it necessary to rip using a software program such as Audio Grabber and save in WAV when I can simply drag files from the CD to a folder on the HD?

I know that using iTunes when I rip a CD, it has "error correction" which presumably does not occur when simply dragging aiff files from a CD to the HD.

If anyone has experience with this, please share your thoughts.

• RE: Ripping AIFF to Mac - rtarantola 11:20:32 03/03/08 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Ripping AIFF to Mac posted by Gary G on February 16, 2008 at 18:07:31

  I am also wondering about the relative quality of ripped CD's. I'm on a Mac and am ripping CD's in AIFF form. Does the software matter with this (iTunes, Peak) It's just making a copy but there may be differences in error processing? Is AIFF the way to go or would WAV files be more universal?
  
  
  
  

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• RE: Ripping AIFF to Mac - Dawnrazor 23:17:54 02/16/08 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Ripping AIFF to Mac posted by Gary G on February 16, 2008 at 18:07:31

  Those are cda files on the disk.
  

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_Audio_track   (Open in New Window)

  
  

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• RE: Ripping AIFF to Mac - JimOfOakCreek 21:19:28 02/16/08 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Ripping AIFF to Mac posted by Gary G on February 16, 2008 at 18:07:31

  > > simply drag files from the CD to a folder on the HD < < <
  
  Unless I am mistaken, this can't be done because a PC won't recognize the Red Book file. A Red Book file has no header that a PC can recognize.
  
  Audio CDs do not use WAV as their sound format, using instead Red Book audio. The commonality is that both audio CDs and WAV files have the audio data encoded in PCM.
  
  However, I believe a WAV is an exact copy of a Red Book file but with the WAV header added. This enables A PC to recognize the data.
  
  When you rip a CD and save it as a WAV, the ripping software is simply copying the Red Book audio file exactly then adding a WAV header to the data.
  
  

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• RE: Ripping AIFF to Mac - Gary G 19:56:13 02/16/08 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Ripping AIFF to Mac posted by Gary G on February 16, 2008 at 18:07:31

  OK, what I've discovered is that by ripping files directly from the disc to the HD (bypassing iTunes), files are not tagged.
  
  But I'm wondering if there is any difference in sound quality between uncompressed files ripped by copying directly from the disc to HD compared to ripping using a software such as iTunes?
  
  

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