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[WolfWalker]

I want to rerip all of my files from wma lossless to ape but I don't want to connect to the internet(dialup) every time I insert a cd-rom

[Alex B]

May I ask why? Are your current lossless files broken somehow? Just convert them if they are OK. Lossless to lossless is lossless.

[WolfWalker]

it is lossless why I thought that when converting files that there was noise that was generated.  That is why I want to re-rip the files

But can you tell me how cd.ini works I did most of my ripping using wmp 10.

[KingSparta]

Why do you want to convert to APE?

is another question

[Alex B]

If you have ripped the files with Windows Media Player I understand better. It doesn't have a very good error correction.

The "cdplayer.ini" file is used for storing CD information. Applications like MC and EAC store the data locally with it. I don't know if WMP uses it. I would think so. I suppose it's a Microsoft standard.

Usually applications store the CD information to the cdplayer.ini file when the data is entered or gathered from an Internet database. I think the local database was in the first place used for listening to the CDs.

You don't have to rip for getting the data. You should be able to just insert your CDs for getting the data. After the data is stored locally you can rip later without connecting the database.

[JimH]

Why do you want to convert to APE?

The world is going ape.

[KingSparta]

Well Windows Media Lossless Sounds Very Good To Me

I Prefer VBR High Quality MP3 Since It Is More Compatable, And It Sounds Good (To Me).


Listening to: 'Caravan Of Dreams' from 'The Very Best Of Jazz' by 'Peter White'

[Alex B]

it is lossless why I thought that when converting files that there was noise that was generated. That is why I want to re-rip the files

I would like to explain the "lossless". Lossless encoding takes nothing away from the digital audio data. A wave file that is compressed losslessly and decompressed back to wave format is identical with the original. You can do it thousand times and the result will be the same. If you really mean wma lossless there will be no change in the audio data if the files are converted to APE format.

However, if the ripping engine has passed any CD read errors to the audio data those errors will be present as well in the new format.

[Alex B]

Well Windows Media Lossless Sounds Very Good To Me

I have found that APE files are smaller, faster and use less CPU. I also like APE v.2 tags. MS tags are strange.

[KingSparta]

there will be no change in the audio data if the files are converted to APE format.

Should Not Change, But Errors Can Creep in

[WolfWalker]

thanks for all the info.  I will just covert all of them to ape.  The reason why is just because I have too much time on my hands.  My wife is out of town so I am not doing my honey do list.  Plus I just like the sound of ape better.

[modelmaker]

It  should not sound any different, as Alex said, Lossless is lossless, it's identical to the CD.