Oops, Henri is right--AIFF is the uncompressed format. Sorry, too early in the morning. I was thinking AAC, not AIFF. Too many acronyms.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Rex Baldazo Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:15 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: RE: MacGroup: iTunes encoding The encoder setting tells iTunes what format to use to save your imported music files. The formats are kinda like the difference between word processor formats--Word, Word Perfect, AppleWorks, etc. In the end it's still the same song, just stored a different way. Most of the articles I've seen show that the AIFF format is a bit more compact than MP3, meaning you can store more songs on your hard disk (and iPod) if you pick AIFF instead of MP3. On the other hand, MP3 is a more universal format--you'll be able to play your MP3-encoded music on PC's and on other non-iPod music players. So you should pick based on where you plan on using your music. Note also that this setting has no effect whatsoever on iTunes Music Store--no matter what your setting, all the songs imported from the Music Store will be in the AIFF format. That is because this format, unlike MP3, allows for digital rights management (DRM) protection. You can only plan your AIFF music on an iTunes or iPod that's "authorized" with your login. MP3 has no DRM, it plays anywhere anytime. --- Rex. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Marta Edie Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 1:37 PM To: MacUser Group MacUserGroup Subject: MacGroup: iTunes encoding And while I am at it again - my encoder for importing music into iTunes is set to Mp3 encoder. Should I change that to AIFF? Not knowing what actually either does, I wonder whether someone could clarify this mystery. Marta -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050124/7c09dc23/attachment.html
