Converting songs in iTunes library to WAV

[admin_exported]

Hi All,

Just got my new iPod Classic 160gb (very exciting) and downloaded the new version of iTunes.

I've noticed there's a feature to convert songs in your library to WAV. Does this work? If the file is already compressed how can it convert to a non-compressed file?

Opinions valued as always!

Alex

 

[Clare Newsome]

You can't replace what isn't there...sorry!

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="fr0g"]
Example the freeware Audio editing application Audacity cannot use most proprietary formats such as AAC / WMA[/quote]

AAC is not proprietary in the same way as WMA and is an international standard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding has some information. However ALE/ALAC is proprietary and it rather confuses matters that Apple stick it in the same .m4a wrapper that they use for AAC.

 

[Alec]

Not exactly on topic (sorry), but could someone expand on the diference between proprietary and, it seems, not so proprietary...?

 

[Alec]

Thanks fr0g! So is that a bit like pcm being used with red book audio and WAV (and others...?)

 

[Alec]

Good idea. Cheers! Sorry for the OT posts folks!