AIFF files - burning quick audio CDs

[submerge]

Hi. I need to make some CD copies. I duplicated the original CD using the Finder and burnt directly to disc also using the Finder. The result wasn't playable on any standalone CD player. The duplicate files were converted to AIFF files it seems. These are spoken word files so about 40 MB each. If I use iTunes to convert to AAC format I think I can then burn them to make playable CDs but I lose a lot of MBs and so quality in the process. Is there a simple quick wayto do this using ffmpegX or something else?

Thanks in advance

Subm

[jman98]

The audio program sox can convert AIFF to WAV. Go to:
http://sox.sourceforge.net/
This program does not have a Mac version, so if you are only interested in something on Mac, I can't help you.

[tomlee59]

If all you want to do is make a copy of a cd (no re-encoding, no editing, no other mods of any kind in between), then why not just use Toast?

[submerge]

Actually thanks for the input but I've worked out how to do it using iTunes. What I was doing wrong was: burning the files as if they were data files (default Finder burning). I think iTunes makes the AIFF files into a playable audio CD without having to convert to AAC which would mean a significantly smaller lower quality disc. I don't have Toast (yet).

thanx anyway.

[tomlee59]

You should never have to convert just to make a bit-for-bit copy.

Until you get Toast, you might want to take a look at free tools like Firestarter or Missing Media Burner. They will save you the hassle of going through iTunes in between.