Posted by Joel on 10/26/05 09:08

"audiohead" <magnel709j@earthlink.net> wrote:
>dadiOH wrote:
>>
>> > You have to convert to CDA (CD audio track)
>>
>> aka "wave"
>
>"aka wave"?? CDA (CD audio track) is not even a file format until
>it's encoded to WAV. CDA is used for encoding music on commercial
>CD's. You're converting CDA files to another format when storing on a
>PC's hard drive. You obviously don't know the difference.

The only difference is in the formatting. The data is exactly the
same.

>> > before encoding to WAV format.
>>
>> One does not "encode" wave...it is what was on the CD, no change other
>> than a header.
>> IOW, "CDA" <> WAVE.
>
>Again, for storage on a windows PC an encoding from CDA to WAV is
>necessary, which now contains chunks of information, including PCM,
>that the original CDA didn't have.

Not.

>> > Besides converting a lossy
>> > DRM WMA to WAV is not a good suggestion.
>>
>> Why not? That is exactly what is done everytime it is played. However,
>> there is no "conversion", merely decoding.
>
>It's not a good suggestion because Malcolm is using a Squeezebox. You
>can't "squeeze" too many WAV's into a Squeezebox. You obviously
>haven't even read the original post, and are only interested in
>irrelevant rebuttal to which you know nothing about.

Nice try.

>Do us all a favor and redo your amateurish website, take your ADHD
>medication, and find a forum for vinyl and cassette relics.

Take your schizophrenia medication.

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