basmac;237358 Wrote: > Here are the filesize numbers using iTunes for conversions > Internal Sony > Original aif 12058704 to m4a 4744079 back to aif 12058648 > External Pioneer > Original aif 12058704 to m4a 4738583 back to aif 12058648 > > I suppose I will leave it at that and assume I can't hear any > difference. > Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on a few bits of > information, > > thanks
The AIFF size is purely dependent on the length of the audio, nothing else (an entirely silent file of the same length would also be 12058704 bytes). The M4A size is dependent on content (because it's compression ratio will vary with different input signals). Thus, what you have proven is that while both drives know exactly how long the track is (and agree on that) they disagree on what the audio data actually is. This is exactly why people use things like EAC to get more reliable rips - consumer stuff like iTunes doesn't try to work around the differences in the hardware. One (possibly both) of your rips is wrong, and there's no easy way to tell which. -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39564 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
