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blgentry:
Sounds like the AIFF files are not having the metadata written to them. If ITunes will let you sort by filename, or drill down folder by folder, I'd bet you would find that all of your AIFF files are in ITunes. Just without any metadata.
I can't remember how well AIFFs support metadata. Probably better than WAV files; but I can't remember.
I suppose you could use ALAC instead, but that's got it's own set of considerations.
Good luck.
Brian.
Awesome Donkey:
--- Quote from: blgentry on June 26, 2017, 05:45:24 am ---I can't remember how well AIFFs support metadata. Probably better than WAV files; but I can't remember.
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AFAIK, AIFF does indeed support metadata (which, I can't recall). But it's an older format, that's for sure.
--- Quote from: blgentry on June 26, 2017, 05:45:24 am ---I suppose you could use ALAC instead, but that's got it's own set of considerations.
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The only *real* consideration here, IMO, is compression. AIFF, if I recall correctly, is uncompressed raw PCM whereas ALAC is still PCM but uses lossless data compression (at a varying degree depending on user preference, if I recall correctly). Ultimately, they're both lossless* (and there's no loss converting from one to the other or vice versa) so it really shouldn't matter. But all Apple devices along with MC supports ALAC just fine.
I'd personally recommend using ALAC over AIFF - there's no sonic difference between them, and you can even save a little bit of storage space by using ALAC (even though large TB drives are cheap these days).
*Actually, AIFF (along with WAV) would be considered pure, raw PCM and would not be considered "lossless" because there's no data compression being used, but I digress.
BubbaMike:
AIFF does indeed allow metadata. That's what makes it superior to Wav. Otherwise the formats are the same in that they are both uncompressed.
MacBob:
blgentry - The part that throws me off is I did a search within iTunes and cannot find those files.
BubbaMike - Everything I read confirmed that AIFF allows metadata.
I am able to rip the CDs to AIFF using iTunes and add them to MC. Is there any disadvantage to doing it this way?
Awesome Donkey:
--- Quote from: MacBob on June 26, 2017, 01:30:20 pm ---I am able to rip the CDs to AIFF using iTunes and add them to MC. Is there any disadvantage to doing it this way?
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Lack of any secure ripping in iTunes is a big one. I wouldn't ever use iTunes to rip discs because of that very reason. Instead I'd use MC itself (with secure ripping enabled) or XLD.
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