Converting .caf to .aiff

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Converting .caf to .aiff

I need to change some .caf stereo 96/24 masters to .aiff ...

I have tried to simply change the suffix from .caf to .aiff and that seems to work. The two files sound the same on my hi-end monitoring system, but I still wonder if there is any difference in the audio data at all and if the .aiff will work like other .aiffs on different systems?

Anyone know definitively if one can just simple change the .caf suffix to .aiff (in osx 10.7.4) and rest assured the .aiff file will be exactly the same audio data and work just like any other good .aiff should, or do I need to re-master to .aiff?

Thanks!

Logic Studio, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jul 10, 2012 3:36 AM

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Answer 1

Blueberry

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Jul 11, 2012 5:13 PM in response to naljorpa

Open them e.g. in QuickTime and export them as AIFF. Changing the extension does not work, while the formats are similar, they are different.

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Answer 2

May 12, 2013 6:18 PM in response to Blueberry

Blueberry is right. Changing the extension from .caf to .aiff does not work. If you do not have Qicktime Pro, you can follow this guide tobatch convert .caf to .aiffwithout quality and meta data loss.

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Answer 3

kcstudio

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May 13, 2013 11:05 PM in response to Blueberry

Why not use Logic for this task, i.e. Copy/Convert File(s)?

Cheers

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Answer 4

Jul 30, 2013 1:12 AM in response to naljorpa

i just find a step by step guide on how to convert caf stereo 96/24 to aiff

more exciting, this guide also helps me to convert caf to mp3, wav, m4a, wma, flac and etc

hope it also helps for you

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Answer 5

Apr 17, 2014 4:41 AM in response to naljorpa

Renaming the file just change the extension rather than the codec, so this way doesn't work. QuickeTime and some professional converter are the best choices.

Except the above methods, i convert caf stereo 96/24 to aiff or mp3 in this way.

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