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Ripping and converting audio files

Does anyone know if you lose anything by ripping from a CD to .aif format, then converting that file with say Apple Lossless or WMA 9 lossless? Rather than ripping from CD directly into Apple Lossless or WMA 9 lossless format ? I have a bizillion files already on a hard drive in .aif format. 

Ripping and converting audio files

Reply #1 –
I am not familiar with "aif" at all.  I assume it to be some sort of Apple format.  If it is lossy it will never sound better by converting it to lossless.  It will, however, be able to take up more space on your drive(s), if that is a plus.  Lossless to lossy conversions do work better than lossy to lossy, which introduce some degradation.  Lossy to lossless improves nothing.  It can never sound better than it source.

Happy Trails.   
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Ripping and converting audio files

Reply #2 –
.aif is the extension itunes gives an AIFF file after its ripped from CD as AIFF. So I want to convert a AIFF file using Apple lossless or WMA 9 lossless. Does this lose any quality?

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I am not familiar with "aif" at all.  I assume it to be some sort of Apple format.  If it is lossy it will never sound better by converting it to lossless.  It will, however, be able to take up more space on your drive(s), if that is a plus.  Lossless to lossy conversions do work better than lossy to lossy, which introduce some degradation.  Lossy to lossless improves nothing.  It can never sound better than it source.

Happy Trails.   
 

Ripping and converting audio files

Reply #4 –
AIFF is comparable to WAV: It's all raw PCM...
It's due for a good DEGAUSSIN'

Ripping and converting audio files

Reply #5 –
The flies on my drive are AIFF. I know what AIFF is. I know what Apple lossless and WMA 9 lossless is. I don't know if converting from a file on my hard drive that was ripped in AIFF to Apple lossless or WMA 9 lossless will decrease quality. Help answer this question.

Ripping and converting audio files

Reply #6 –
When converting from lossless to lossless, there is no loss in quality, hence the name.

Ripping and converting audio files

Reply #7 –
No matter how many lossless processes you apply to something, there will be no loss.

Ripping and converting audio files

Reply #8 –
Easy answer: No loss of quality.

Logical answer : encoding digital data with a lossless compressor doesn't alter the data once it is decoded again.

Addenum : the only "loss" you can have is coming from a bad rip, (which, of course, could have happened doing it the straight way too)


Note: I never tried it, but WMA 9 Lossless might not accept AIFF as input. Apple Lossless should.