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iTunes--Importing, Preparing and then Burning, WHY?
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When I want to copy an audio CD, iTunes first imports, then prepares and then finally burns a CD. Why is this needed. The tracks are already AIFF. Are there any ways I can skip this? Thanks.
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Burning on the fly just hasn't been implemented. It does what it's supposed to do (rip and burn collections - not make 1:1 copies) quite well. Everything else is left for third party applications. And iTunes was written for Macs with build in CD burners, so importing first is a must.
You'll have to wait for Toast.
Audio CD tracks are not AIFF.
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Thanks for the info. I should have added that I am burning to a QPS FireWire external burner. It's fast, but would love to forgo the importing process. Unfortunately, Toast 5 doesn't work in X yet, right. BTW, what file are audio CD tracks in? I thought they were AIFF or WAV. Thanks.
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BTW, what file are audio CD tracks in? I thought they were AIFF or WAV
They are just raw audio data burned/pressed onto the CD. That's different to a data CD with files which also contains redundant data for error correction.
It's the reason why you need oversampling in your CD player. If you have a scratch on your audio CD the data is lost and the CD player must try to mask that error.
They appear to be AIFF in Mac OS X because the system can transparently convert them why grabbing the audio CD.
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One thing I was wondering: Is it faster to just copy the files from the CD to the harddisk instead of importing them in iTunes, or does it take the same amount of time?
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