Hi Ronni,
This thread has sparked my interest on a couple of fronts. My itunes library has a legacy of a huge number of MP3 tracks for a couple of reasons. Back in the day my powerbook G4 Titanium had only a 10GB HD so I needed to watch file sizes also (pre iPhones etc) I used to make MP3 CDs to play in the car to avoid carrying round lots of my CDs. Now HD storage is plentiful & cheap & I am thinking it’s about time I rebuilt my library with better quality imports – however, due to the number of CDs, this will be a long, quite slow, process. I also have a fair number of legacy MP3 files where either the original CDs are not available or I originally ripped from the vinyl and that original set-up is no longer available - when WAS the last iMac/macbook to have an audio input port?! So, after reading your post, a few questions came up: Does iTunes no longer play MP3s? I am still on El Capitan with iTunes 12.6 and everything still works just fine. If I later upgrade to a computer with macOS High Sierra, or better, will my MP3 tracks stop working? When choosing between AAC and AIFF, relative to AAC, how much bigger is the AIFF file size and how much better is the quality? Are AAC & AIFF compatible with older hardware/OS set-ups – I have an old “lampshade” 15”FP iMac running 10.2 Jaguar doing duty as a “jukebox” – so I would just need to save a copy of my “old” MP3 library if it couldn’t cope with AAC/AIFF. If I go with AIFF do I need to also have AAC versions of the tracks to use on iPhones and iPads? When you say AAC is compatible with “iPod models that come with a dock connector” – are there other iPod models that are not compatible with AAC? I never seem to get round to it but overhauling my iTunes library is definitely on my “New Year List” so time to think about this methinks ;o) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] From: <[email protected]> on behalf of Ronni Brown <[email protected]> Reply-To: WAMUG <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 31 December 2018 at 11:41 To: WAMUG <[email protected]> Subject: Re: CDs not playing Hi Barry, I think it could be the problem. MP3 import is a low quality encoding. • MP3 Encoder: Use if you plan to listen to music in apps other than iTunes, or on MP3 players other than iPod, iPhone, or iPad. Apple iTunes default import encoding is: • AAC Encoder: Use for most music. You can listen to songs encoded using this format in iTunes, on iPhone and iPad, and on iPod models that come with a dock connector. When I import original Music CDs to iTunes I use the highest quality setting: • AIFF Encoder: Use if you want to burn high-quality CDs with the songs you’re importing without losing audio quality. Only trying to help with my advice. Cheers, Ronni 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 On 30 Dec 2018, at 5:16 pm, Barry Sexstone <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Ronni This is not the problem at all. I have been unable to play CDs through iTunes. I have gone through many bits and pieces as outlined below. I tried importing a CD track into iTunes, it appeared to import but would not play. Purely for interest I tried importing it as AAC and much to my surprise it played unlike when I had previously imported it as MP3. The AAC comment etc is really a red herring what I am interested in doing is playing a CD directly. Barry On 30 Dec 2018, at 2:51 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Barry, § If you’re trying to play an AAC file that was not created using iTunes or downloaded from the iTunes Store: Songs you download from the iTunes Store or import into your library using the AAC encoder are encoded using the new MPEG-4 AAC format, and play in iTunes and on your iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Other AAC files that you find on the Internet or elsewhere won’t play in iTunes. For more information, see Choose import settings or Save a copy of a song in a new file format. Cheers, Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB On 30 Dec 2018, at 2:42 pm, Barry Sexstone <[email protected]> wrote: Instead of downloading 12.8 as Peter suggested I reinstalled Mojave but there is no change. I have noticed, however, that if I import a track from a CD iTunes will not play it unless I change the import settings from MP3 to AAC. I will gently continue playing around with settings etc. as I would like to solve the problem. I am not too concern as I have most of my music imported and there is no trouble playing that, only the occasional unimported CD track is not immediately available and I very seldom want to access these. Happy New Year to all WAMUGGERS Barry On 28 Dec 2018, at 10:33 am, Barry Sexstone <[email protected]> wrote: Many thanks Peter, I will probably try this over the weekend. Barry On 28 Dec 2018, at 7:36 am, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> wrote: On 27 Dec 2018, at 12:01 pm, Barry Sexstone <[email protected]> wrote: Progress (of a sort). I have borrowed a Macbook Air and the CD player plays CDs through this quite happily. Operating system on the Air is 10.14.1 (iMac 10.14.2) and iTunes is 12.9 (12.9.2.5 on the iMac) The problem therefore appears to be with iTunes probably being corrupted on the iMac. Any advice on how to reinstall iTunes without having to reinstall the OS. Thanks Barry It looks as though Apple do not yet offer a standalone installer for iTunes in Mojave. The only way seems to be to reinstall the OS. If you visit https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ you can download the earlier version 12.8. It might be worth installing this, then wait for iTunes to recommend the update. Kind regards, Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - Settings & Unsubscribe -
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