[X4U] importing audio CD as AIFF

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Apr 28, 2005, at 7:08 PM, DZ-Jay wrote:

> Because of this, most software that copy Audio CDs merely decode  
> the data and encode it into a different format that can be  
> interpreted easily by other standard audio applications, such as  
> MP3, Apple Lossless, WAV, and AIFF.  Then, in order to burn a new  
> copy, it is necessary to decode the new file and re-encode it into  
> a stream of samples of the audio signal to put on the CD.

That's not entirely true, at least as far as WAV and AIFF files are  
concerned. These files are merely wrappers for the actual audio  
content, so nothing is re-encoded when you burn an audio CD from  
these formats. However, you'll lose whatever gaps were between files  
(you can generally set this in burning software, but it may not  
correspond to the original gaps, which can be from nothing to a lot),  
as well as all the other info that an audio CD includes.


Kirk

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