I need to come up with a process to help my dad (and me) maintain his music library (~10k songs right now, all ripped from CD). Basically he needs to rip to Apple Lossless for archiving purposes and ...

While it may seem common sense, you must convert your AAC (advanced audio codec) files – the format used for Apple’s iTunes music store – before attempting to burn MP3 CDs which are playable in most ...

Audio files come in a number of different formats. Some are lossy, such as AAC and MP3; they save space compared to the original files, but some of the original data is lost during compression. Some ...

Based on posts/responses on the forums, it appears there is still a significant amount of confusion regarding audio codecs and their implications. For clarification purposes, "MP3" is officially known ...