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Topic: AIFF -> WAV using RazorLame (LAME v3.96.1) (Read 4017 times) previous topic - next topic
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AIFF -> WAV using RazorLame (LAME v3.96.1)

Hi All.

Could someone please tell me what exactly happens during the process described in the title here - decoding AIFF files to WAV files using RazorLame/LAME v.3.96.1.

The resulting output files seem to only be 2kb smaller than the originals; so am i right in assuming that it is simply a straight conversion with no alteration to the sound/quality at all, but only maybe 2kb of header info lost or something?

Many thanks in advance!

Ed.

AIFF -> WAV using RazorLame (LAME v3.96.1)

Reply #1 –
WAV and AIFF are both simply container formats (typically for uncompressed PCM), so converting between the 2 is simply a matter of re-wrapping the contained audio data.  Thus there's no loss in quality, the size difference is in the way the audio data is stored.

AIFF -> WAV using RazorLame (LAME v3.96.1)

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Remedial Sound on
WAV and AIFF are both simply container formats (typically for uncompressed PCM), so converting between the 2 is simply a matter of re-wrapping the contained audio data.  Thus there's no loss in quality, the size difference is in the way the audio data is stored.


Thank you!

AIFF -> WAV using RazorLame (LAME v3.96.1)

Reply #3 –

AIFF -> WAV using RazorLame (LAME v3.96.1)

Reply #4 –
I had no idea RazorLame could convert AIFF to WAVE. I have converted AIFF to WAVE a few times using SOX from the command line.