Re: compressing aiff files
- From: matt@xxxxxxxxxxx (matt neuburg)
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:39:27 GMT
Leo <leo_bloom476@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm shifting some of my old audio cassettes to cd and find that some of
them are just a little long to squeeze onto a cd. Is there any way of
compressing an aiff file (just a little! the sound quality loss isn't a
problem since the cassettes aren't perfect to start with) to burn on a
cd that will work in a regular cd player?
No, not with a "regular cd player". Some cd players can now also play
mp3s, though, in which case you could burn an mp3 cd using iTunes or
Toast and that would work. There would be some reduction in quality, but
since you are starting with audio cassette, this might not be
noticeable, as you say yourself. Check your cd player's specs to see if
it can play mp3 cds.
What I do in this case, however, is use the computer as the cd player.
(I have a computer which serves this purpose only; it is hooked right
into my stereo system.) This means that I can use other formats. There
is a format called FLAC that compresses with *no* loss of quality; it
doesn't compress very much, but it can be just enough to fit a whole
opera on a CD. And there is of course also mp3. m.
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