On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 06:05:44PM +0000 Dave Hunt wrote:
Hi,
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:51:03 -0000
From: "John Lundsten" <john.lunds...@blueyonder.co.uk>
IMO if one wants to store so called linear PCM, use WAV. All other
formats offer less & only exist for (a) backward compatibility for
which I have no problem or (b) to screw the customer, which I find
obnoxious.
AIFF, AIFC, SD2, CAF, have no good reason to exist! (beyond some
dodgy Commercial imperative to .....)
John L
WAV itself, although adopted for compatibility and universality
reasons, has been modified (BWAV, WAVE-FORMAT-EXTENSIBLE, W64, RF64),
and may become obsolete. Nothing lasts for ever.
Being a long term Mac user, almost my entire collection of audio
files are AIFF. I feel secure using it, and have never had any
problem with the format, whereas some WAV files don't work with some
applications and have to be converted
Ciao,
Dave.
Why would wav be obsoleted and all these other formats survive? Don't
they depend on wav in the first place? I know that CDs are converted to
wav first then to whatever format you want them in but can you convert a
CD directly to flac (or wavpack in my case)? If i'm messing around (i'm
not a serious audio
professional) in Ardour isn't it a wave file first, then a flac file (or
what have you)?
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