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Old 2008-06-28, 04:41 PM
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Re: Can I make a case for AIFF files in the Audio Torrent Forum?

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Tell me about it - I archived a few shows to 24-bit a while back, and it was EATING CDs.

If I'm going to make a 24-bit transfer for torrenting, I'll want to keep an archive copy for myself, and that means burning it to CD to put on the shelf.

Regards, Graham
You could still archive them to disc using the bolded method. Transfer > track > compress to FLAC & write text file > torrent & archive. I use DVD+R so I can fit lots of shows on one disc in FLAC format. It's much more efficient than burning data CD-Rs. A lot less time spent burning, and all the shows are losslessly compressed.

Archiving uncompressed WAVs or AIFFs to CD-R is about the most inefficient way to archive IMO, no offense.
None taken, but your method requires a soundcard with digital input, and a PC with a DVD burner, neither of which I have at present, and they're not on the shopping list.

The AIFFs are/were in the Masterlink (on the HDD), and so is the CD drive, so that's where they went.

Regards, Graham
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