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Importing at 128kbps AAC is not working!!!!

I just bought a brand new Mac about a week ago, I also just recieved the update for the new OS (Leopard). Now I am importing CD's into iTunes at 128 kbps AAC and there are bit rates coming up like 127 kbps and 133 kbps. Variable bit rate is unchecked, i redownloaded iTunes after updating my OS and am still expiriencing this problem. Previous to Leopard I never had this issue! HELP!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Oct 26, 2007 8:59 PM

108 replies

Jan 16, 2008 5:02 AM in response to cherryghost11

Impoted a few tracks and the size is exactly the same as before!

Nice to get Smart Playlists sorted by bit rate functional again. Not too many discs to add again:-P

Anybody heard any differences? I think it's just something within iTunes, not the AAC-codec.

Matko D

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Jan 16, 2008 11:50 AM in response to Ken Burns Effect

I haven't listened, but I compared the waveforms of aac and mp3 files encoded with 7.5 and 7.6. The result: Both codecs haven't changed between 7.5 and 7.6.

As such, you shouldn't notice anything by listening either 😉. This whole thing was just a matter of putting a '320' in the file-header instead of the actual bitrate.

Feb 23, 2008 6:32 PM in response to ee

What's fixed? What are you all talking about?

Do the new versions (of iTunes and/or QuickTime) make it possible to do either of these things:

- true, unvarnished Constant Bit Rate (not ABR like we have now), or

- unconstrained VBR?

Importing at 128kbps AAC is not working!!!!