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Which lossless format?
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Originally posted by Ash Ash wrote:

Do Apple devices support WAV and FLAC?
Apple software doesn’t, but third party software (Vox and I expect others) will play FLAC.

I continue to use ALAC, because it’s native to Apple devices and is supported by the software running on my Raspberry Pis (MoOde and Volumio).
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Ash,

I'm not sure what editing you're going to be getting up to but Audacity is easy to use and supports common functionality including FLAC import/export.  I use it on Linux but a Windows version is available.  I'd add my voice to those  recommending FLAC format.  If you ever need a WAV you can just convert it as required.
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Originally posted by Ash Ash wrote:

Do Apple devices support WAV and FLAC?
As far as I know they support WAV.
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I will probably choose FLAC and look into converting FLAC to WAV for editing.

The bottom line is that FLAC will preserve the audio better than leaving the data on the original discs for decades to eventually succumb to physical degradation.
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Originally posted by Chris Firth Chris Firth wrote:

Originally posted by Ash Ash wrote:

Do Apple devices support WAV and FLAC?
As far as I know they support WAV.
 https://www.imobie.com/support/play-wav-files-on-iphone-ipad.htm
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That's a good approach Ash, ensuring you have copies that are space efficient. If it helps you.my editing software programs all open up i.e. uncompress the FLAC files and afterwards let me choose whether to save into the same format or another.
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I do wish that high quality downloads for all the music I like were available to buy online. If it were, I wouldn't have to buy CDs and hold on to them. Although as a lot of my music is *just* from video game and only for personal use, nobody would care if I sold all of my discs. I'd still have a net loss of money as I would if I were paying for downloads. Some of my genuine albums cost obscene amounts to obtain due to rarity where I could have obtained bootlegs for considerably less. Although there are a few albums that I could not bring myself to part with.
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