Re: Audio file format conversion (was: Running a service)
Re: Audio file format conversion (was: Running a service)
- Subject: Re: Audio file format conversion (was: Running a service)
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:03:35 +1100
On 26 Oct. 2016, at 11:05 am, Bob Stern <email@hidden> wrote:
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> The Apple Lossless encoder is part of the collection of frameworks under the Core Audio umbrella, which is different from the AVFoundation framework used in Shane's solution. I believe the latter, as well as the OS X service “encode selected audio files”, can only output lossy AAC files.
That's right -- my script and the service are essentially equivalent code.
>
> My recommendation from an audiophile perspective is to replace the AIFF files with Apple Lossless encoded .m4a files for both home audio and car audio, thereby eliminating the need for two sets of files and preserving the original audio quality.
This assumes that the car audio system can play Apple lossless encoded files -- is that always the case?
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Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
<www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>, <latenightsw.com>
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