WAV files on USB stick
Convert WAV
WAV files on usb stick should be canonical WAV format and should not contain any
meta data. See link below for more info:
http://www.lightlink.com/tjweber/StripWav/Canon.html
If you already have a lossless music collection you can use conversion software to
convert e.g. FLAC/ALAC to WAV.
Here you must make sure that
no meta data
is written to end af WAV file, this will
result in (loud) plops/clicks between tracks.
When converting audio tracks to WAV check the settings of your
conversion software and disable adding of extra INFO/ID3 tags.
• For XLD check WAV > option > uncheck “Write Tags” checkbox.
• For dBpoweramp Music Converter check Configure > Codecs > WAV Tag
Creation (set to none).
• Foobar under Converter Setup > Other > uncheck “Transfer Metadata (tags)”.
Rip CD to WAV
Ripping an official CD to WAV is a reliable way to get WAV files for USB stick.
When the rip software is setup correctly, it is often possible to rip a cd to a folder and
at the same time name the tracks to start with 01 to number of album +
track text. The folder where the tracks are stored often contain album. You
only need to pre-pend the required cd number.
Make sure your rip software has access to CDDB database so auto naming of files
and tracks can work, e.g. iTunes uses grace note database to lookup the CD to rip and
names tracks and folders automatically.
Example folder
structure
01 Dire Straits - The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations
01 Sultans of Swing.wav
02 Love Over Gold.wav
03 Romeo & Juliet
04 Tunnel of Love (Intro_ The Carousel Waltz).wav
02 Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
01 Telegraph Road.wav
02 Private Investigations.wav
03 Industrial Disease.wav
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