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Re: aiff-c to mp3?

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On 1/8/14, 11:17 AM, Michael Vilain wrote:
> In article <080120140943278202%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net>
> wrote:
>
>> M. John Matlaw:
>>
>>> Picked up a Lyle Lovett cd and noticed later that it is at dts digital
>>> surround cd.  It also says dts 20 bit / 5.1 channel on it.  Put it in
>>> the optical drive, automatically loaded to iTunes and found out I was
>>> just getting buzz on all the tracks.  Command I says the files are
>>> AIFF-C but from what I can tell that just describes the container file
>>> and doesn't describe the compression.  At any rate, I selected the
>>> tracks in iTunes (this is V 11.1.3 under OS 10.6.8) and tried control
>>> clicking and converting to mp3.  Which produced two files (both were
>>> listed as MPEG) and both of which produced the same buzzing sound.
>>>
>>> I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me if and how I can use iTunes
>>> (or Quicktime?)  to convert the tracks to MP3 and hopefully retain the
>>> metadata.  I did download something called iDealshare VideoGo.app but I
>>> haven't tried it yet.  I also noticed a recommendation of SoundConverter
>>> but I'd prefer either iTunes or freeware and I'd really like not to have
>>> to hand enter album and track info.  I think the problem I was having
>>> with various instructions that I found when I googled the problem was
>>> that all of them were for an earlier version of iTunes.
>>
>> Lotta work there. Why not just get the album from iTunes?
>
> Some years ago, I bought a DTS CD of Alan Parsons music from an Amazon
> seller. It wasn't marked as such.  None of my equipment would play it
> nor could I decode the songs with anything I had (Soundconverter,
> iTunes, or any other app I downloaded), so I contacted the seller who
> told me all sales were final.  Then I contacted Amazon and they refunded
> my money.  The seller got all cartoony.  I tossed the CD and got the
> music from another seller.  Apparently DTS is a VIDEO codex, so many of
> the sound converting utilities can't deal with it.  You have to extract
> the audio from a video container file.  The files on my disk weren't
> video container files.
>
> I'd take this CD back to where ever you bought it and get your money
> back. You will have lots of problems converting the files.  Google for
> "convert dts to aac mac" and see what you find, but I'd try returning
> the disk.
>
Actually, I bought it from a guy selling cds off a table in the street. 
  Bought four total (the other three were normal) and he didn't charge 
me for the Lovett.  Maybe I'll return it to him but I might play around 
with some freeware to see if I can convert it.  It's got a great song 
called Church on it.

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aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-01-08 06:18 -0500
  Re: aiff-c to mp3? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-01-08 09:43 -0500
    Re: aiff-c to mp3? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-08 08:17 -0800
      Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-01-10 08:56 -0500
  Re: aiff-c to mp3? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-01-08 09:46 -0800
  Re: aiff-c to mp3? Salvatore <sal@yojimbo.hack.invalid> - 2014-01-08 18:03 +0000
    Re: aiff-c to mp3? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-08 21:12 -0800
      Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-01-10 08:58 -0500
        Re: aiff-c to mp3? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-01-10 07:41 -0800
          Re: aiff-c to mp3? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-14 19:27 +0100
            Re: aiff-c to mp3? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-01-14 20:52 -0800
            Re: aiff-c to mp3? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-01-15 18:58 +0100
              Re: aiff-c to mp3? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-15 10:34 -0800
                Re: aiff-c to mp3? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-01-16 02:11 +0100
              Re: aiff-c to mp3? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-16 01:50 +0000
              Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-06-01 16:26 -0400
                Re: aiff-c to mp3? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-01 16:31 -0400
                Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-06-01 17:07 -0400
                Re: aiff-c to mp3? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-01 17:15 -0400
                Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-06-28 07:20 -0400
    Re: aiff-c to mp3? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-01-10 08:57 -0500
  Re: aiff-c to mp3? mandyreadygo@gmail.com - 2014-04-09 19:31 -0700

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