Posted by Poopy Pants on 10/25/06 19:59

Howdy folks - I've been trying unsuccessfully for a week to get
Wal-Mart's customer service to answer a simple question for me. (I
posted this in alt.walmart a few days ago.) I have since received a
-partial- answer from them:

Walmart: After contacting several people, I have the answer to your
question. The music that we use to create a custom CD comes in a .wav
format, which is converted to .cda once the CD is burned.

Of course it -comes- in wav format, but was it -always- a wave?

My original question is this:

Are the custom CD's created from WAV files, or from MP3 files that have

been converted back to WAV files?

I've been referred here, transferred there, nobody knows, pretends to
know, or cares to know. I'm curious if anyone here has any background
on this new service, and knows the answer to my question. Assumption
tells me they are direct rips from the original CD, but based on things

like how well their customer service functions, I wouldn't be the least

bit surprised if they converted 128K MP3's back to wav's for my CD.

If this is indeed true WAV/AIF files, I'd be thrilled, because this is
the only reason I don't buy from iTunes. I want the original song file,

not a watered-down compressed copy.

Thoughts?

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