[X4U] importing audio CD as AIFF

[Alex]

On Apr 28, 2005, at 10:56, Kirk McElhearn wrote:

> Just turn off your network connection and import a track. Go online, 
> select the track, then Advanced > Get CD Track Names.

You're absolutely right (incidentally, you don't need to turn off the 
network -- just turn the respective pref off in iTunes). I checked it 
out, and, indeed, iTunes adds a tag (which appears to follow the ID3 
format) to ripped AIFFs, and it can add CDDB info to it. Open a ripped 
AIFF with a hex editor and search for "engiTunNORM" to find it. It 
stores the magic number, CD length, lead-in, and track starts, and 
probably other stuff I haven't figured out yet. Interestingly, it 
doesn't appear to do so for WAVEs, at least on the Mac, but I'm still 
digging. To use a hackneyed phrase -- cool! Thanks, Kirk.

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