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Catfish_Man · Jul 12, 2002, 11:22 PM

...someone on macrumors posted that they had heard this:

"iTunes is going to be updated in Jaguar to handle WAV and AIFF encoding, you'll see that in this build....now you can rip a CD into WAVs and turn WAVs into MP3's..." (this build refers to 87)

I was wondering if someone would test it to see whether the rest of the conversation is worth anything, or if it's made up. If it's true... we may see some cool stuff at MWNY.

fourstarcltv · Jul 12, 2002, 11:47 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Catfish_Man:
...someone on macrumors posted that they had heard this:

"iTunes is going to be updated in Jaguar to handle WAV and AIFF encoding, you'll see that in this build....now you can rip a CD into WAVs and turn WAVs into MP3's..." (this build refers to 87)

I was wondering if someone would test it to see whether the rest of the conversation is worth anything, or if it's made up. If it's true... we may see some cool stuff at MWNY.<hr /></blockquote>this ability is already available in itunes 2.0 running under os 10.1.x. simply go the itunes preferences and click the 'importing' tag, change the import engine from mp3 to .wav or .aiff

cheers,

ryarber · Jul 13, 2002, 12:47 AM

The capability I'm looking for is to input analog music, ie. cassette or album, and encode it into wav's or AIFF's. I use a PC for this now using Roxio's spin doctor software.

midwinter · Jul 13, 2002, 01:30 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by ryarber:
The capability I'm looking for is to input analog music, ie. cassette or album, and encode it into wav's or AIFF's. I use a PC for this now using Roxio's spin doctor software.<hr /></blockquote>There are a several programs that will allow you to do this in OS X. Look on versiontracker. I've been using Audiocorder and AudioX.

Cheers
Scott

vasu · Jul 13, 2002, 05:46 AM

and of course there's Spin Doctor for the mac too...

-vasu

OreoCookie · Jul 13, 2002, 06:55 AM

iTunes is already able to encode AIFFs.

I think even from the first version on. And btw it has nothing to do with Jaguar, it's a question about iTunes.

Catfish_Man · Jul 13, 2002, 02:04 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by OreoCookie:
iTunes is already able to encode AIFFs.

I think even from the first version on. And btw it has nothing to do with Jaguar, it's a question about iTunes.<hr /></blockquote>The rumor had said that it was a new feature, so it would only be present in late Jag builds. Since it's not, it sorta discredits the rest of the rumor. Oh well.

Cotton · Jul 15, 2002, 05:59 AM

i don't have anything to say 'cept... midwinter, i win!

Spheric Harlot · Jul 15, 2002, 06:37 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by OreoCookie:
iTunes is already able to encode AIFFs.

I think even from the first version on.<hr /></blockquote>Not from external sources - only from files that are already on your hard disk or on CD.

What a lot of people are wanting is *direct* encoding to .mp3. Hook your iBook up to your friend's stereo to .mp3 that LP directly, or record .mp3's directly from the built-in microphone to record seminars and lectures.

Of course, this would *really* rock on the iPod.

-s*