If you are converting MP4/MP3 or other lossy to WAV, then you still 'lost' something. As the original data was not there to begin with, the conversion can't create something that's not there.Maybe i just had a bad run with it, though its doubtful as I am very picky regarding audio quality. I purchased over 500 songs over the years and always found the audio quality pretty poor, especially in the upper frequency spectrum. Maybe they are not using good "ripping" software to convert to the various formats.Or it could be their source material, though i doubt it as i have ended up buying the CD and noticed the lossiness of the itunes format.
Everytime you convert from one format to another you will lose something in the conversion ex MP4 to MP3 etc. Unless converting to WAV which is lossless.
These days i rip everything in WAV
No it's not - it's a browser - and was part of the reason for the MS 'monopoly' issues. Because it's MS own product, I can somewhat understand why it's 'everywhere' on the system - but then what does this say about MS products on a non-Windows machine? It's a product and as such, should follow the same 'rules' all other products do. Because it's so intertwined is why there are problems with other products and vendors. I don't think there are many apps that don't get inserted into the Registry but I do know that not many of them come out of it.Yep... McAfee and Norton are BAD too. I’d NEVER put either of those on one of my PC’s either.
Internet Explorer???... Kind of a different animal. It’s a little more understandable why it’s so tightly intertwined with Windows.
No need to replicate. The Algoriddm suite of products can read both local owned files AND Spotify songs and play either, so one could use Spotify to augment going forward. Just like there are apps (Traktor, Serato, VDJ,+) that can use SoundCloud Go for similar purposes. I expect most of the DJ apps will recognize 1 or more streaming services, just like some integrate with karaoke services and other music services like PulseLocker/Beatport.That sounds like a PIA. If I didn't already OWN (purchased) 24,000 tracks, I'd be tempted to go to Spotify.
But it's be a major time consuming effort to replicate as much of my library as possible....
See... there’s the rub.[emoji1]... I have iTunes phobia, so I try never to use it if at all possible. I only have it installed on one of my many computers because it’s like an insidious virus, and worms it’s way too deeply into your computer’s registry and inner workings.[emoji1]
No it's not - it's a browser - and was part of the reason for the MS 'monopoly' issues. Because it's MS own product, I can somewhat understand why it's 'everywhere' on the system...
The web is browser based. Not much else is.
Those apps are HTTP based .. not browser based. A browser is just another HTTP based app.
If you convert to WAV , their is no loss.If you are converting MP4/MP3 or other lossy to WAV, then you still 'lost' something. As the original data was not there to begin with, the conversion can't create something that's not there.
BUT .. the MP3/MP4 files ALREADY LOST information when created, so converting to .wav doesn't buy you anything. It's only when the source material (i.e. a CD) is of a higher resolution than the "norm" (mp3) that it might make sense to rip to .wav (or FLAC or AIFF .. both lossless as well).If you convert to WAV , their is no loss.
WAV does not use compression.
While I understand your logic, converting a 190k mp3 (which already lost data) to a 320 - certainly doesn't gain quality, but it doesn't lose any either. It's already compressed - it doesn't re-compress an already compressed file.
Considering the original is of a lesser quality, you can't lose more. You are thinking that it's recompressing - but it's not. You can't compress a compressed file. You also can't lose what's not there to lose.Ahh you are wrong in thinking that because by converting it to 320 you are compressing it again thereby losing some quality of the original 190k fike
Considering the original is of a lesser quality, you can't lose more. You are thinking that it's recompressing - but it's not. You can't compress a compressed file. You also can't lose what's not there to lose.