Yup, If your preferences are set to do so , it will import your CD'sinto the desired format. Under general, press the import settings button. On Feb 6, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi Erik and all, > > Wow this has been interesting. I understood the issue of losing quality with > mp3s, but I guess where I was confused, is that I assumed that CDs were > imported into Itunes in M4a format, just like the songs we purchase (though I > had had concerns about quality on more than one occasion). After seeing your > message, I looked in my Itunes library, and obviously saw this was not the > case. Is it not possible to just have CDs import into iTunes in M4a format? > Thanks, > Donna > > On Feb 6, 2010, at 10:11 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > >> Hi Donna, >> >> When we talk about mp3 we're dealing with a lossie format. In other words, >> it makes your files smaller by throwing away pieces of the sound that it >> thinks you can't hear. Often the result is comfortable to listen to and >> portable to cary around, and the trade off of quality vs space is acceptable. >> >> Then we have lossless formats, like the free lossless audio codek or .flac >> format. Apple has it's own lossless .m4a format, and the pioneering shorten >> or .shn format. These formats can reduce the sice of an audio file by about >> half while leaving all of the sound wave presicely in tact. Well now here >> in Canada, one terabyte drives are down around $80 or less. Plus, I just >> got a rockboxed sansa e270, and I'll soon be getting a 16 gb expantion card >> for it. Maybe more than one eventually. With space becoming less and less >> an issue, Many of the people I know are switching to lossless and listening >> to their music in CD quality. I mean, we bought these discs. Most of us >> own hundreds, some own thousands, and we want to hear the music as it was >> meant to be, especially as it's not much more hardship than making mp3 files >> if you already have the space. >> >> Best, >> >> erik burggraaf >> A+ certified technician and user support consultant. >> Phone: 888-255-5194 >> Email: [email protected] >> >> On 2010-02-06, at 9:14 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> OK, I may sound like an idiot, but what is Max, and where do I get it? I, >>> too, would be interested in ripping cds in a higher quality. Oh, and what >>> do you mean I'm going lossless? >>> >>> Thanks for your patience if these are simplistic questions. >>> Best, >>> Donna >>> On Feb 6, 2010, at 7:04 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, The settings are perfectly accessible, they just dont trucking change >>>> when you hit the OK buttons. Or at least that was my experience here. >>>> besides, I'm going lossless now, and I'm sure ITunes won't let me rip to >>>> flac even with fluke installed, wonderful add-on that it is. >>>> >>>> Max is way more versatile and streamlined for ripping anyway, like most >>>> custom applications. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> erik burggraaf >>>> A+ certified technician and user support consultant. >>>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>>> Email: [email protected] >>>> >>>> On 2010-02-05, at 8:40 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> What quality did you want to use in iTunes? I never had a problem >>>>> changing the quality settings. >>>>> On Feb 5, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all. >>>>>> >>>>>> Now I have succeded in setting up max, so that I can rip cd's in the >>>>>> quality I want. I am not using ITunes for that, because I can not get >>>>>> the quality I want, I think it is a voiceover problem, but it is not >>>>>> solved in the last version of ITunes either. So I try to use max >>>>>> instead, I am in a way very saticefied with that, but I have a >>>>>> problem, The program is using musicbrainz, and I can not find my cd's >>>>>> on that database, can I use another database instead and which? and >>>>>> which information do I need, if I can use another database? >>>>>> >>>>>> I hope somebody can help. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards Annie. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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