Using Bing to search for "aif file extension", I see that AIF is an uncompressed file format. I don't have any experience converting from one lossless file format to another, but I wouldn't think you'd get too many artifacts introduced, if any, and of course, WAV files would be more universal, so I'd give it a shot. Of course, converting them to a compressed file format like MP3 would be just as universal and would save you some space at the cost of some quality, which may or may not be noticeable. I did see that Switch Audio Converter does support AIF and of course WAV and MP3. You can read more about it at http://www.nch.com.au/switch/plus.html.
-- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 5:37 PM To: pc-audio Subject: File Conversion Question I have a sample library that consists of a lot of .AIF and .AIFF files (which I am assuming are the same) but which I wish turned into .WAV format. Firstly, is this a good or bad idea? The reason I want to convert them is so I can listen to all the AIF's in the same player as I use for all the WAV's, namely, Winamp for auditioning purposes. Second, unless the AIF's and AIFF's are not lossless, what, if anything, is the advantage of keeping them in their original format? Thanks in advance as always. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
