Ripping CD's using another PC's DVD Drive + ALAC ripping problem

[G3ck092]

I want to rip CD's to my Retina Macbook Pro, which does not have a DVD Drive. I know I can use another PC's DVD drive wirelessly, but is there a way to use it to rip to iTunes? Or is my only option to rip using that PC, then copy it over?

Also, on my Windows PC, I try to rip CD's as ALAC, but it rips them as M4A. I have to rip as AIFF to get lossless. Anyone know why?

 

[rhett7660]

According to Wiki, that is the correct file format for ALAC:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lossless


And here is the info for AIFF, which according to Wiki is uncompressed.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Interchange_File_Format

 

[G3ck092]

Oh okay, I thought it'd be .alac.

M4A (audio only) is often compressed using AAC encoding (lossy), but can also be in Apple Lossless format

I only read about the lossless version, good to know.