Frequently Asked Questions

...is the service we offer to convert and copy your CDs into a digital music collection, suitable to be played on a computer, portable media player, home media center, and many other devices.

...is the information attached to each song that contains items such as album title, artist, song name, genre, and year. We want your metadata to be as accurate as possible so you always know what you're listening to. Our system pulls from multiple industry leading databases to be sure you get the most accurate information possible.

...is a term used to describe a method of converting and/or copying media from its raw form on a CD, Tape, Record, etc. into a digital format.

...describes changing the format of media, whether digital or analog, to another format. This includes going from digital to digital, analog to digital, or analog to analog (CD to tape, etc.)

...happens when you copy and export digital media onto a recordable CD, CD-R, or CD-RW.

...is the audio file format used for storing audio data on a computer or other digital device. Examples include MP3, AAC, FLAC, WMA, and many more.

...is the number of bits per second in an audio file, and is directly related to the audio quality of the file. The higher the bitrate, the better the sound, but the more storage needed to store the files. Our most popular bitrate is 224kbps for lossy formats. Lossless formats do not have bitrates associated with them.

...refers to media stored on a digital storage device such as a hard drive.

...is a term used to describe digital music file formats (also known as codecs) that are lightly compressed resulting in files 20-50% smaller. These files preserve in full the audio quality of the original CD. Codecs in this family are WAV, Windows Media Lossless (WMA Lossless), Apple Lossless, and FLAC.

...is a term used to describe digital music file formats that are heavily compressed resulting in files 50-90% smaller. Some of the most popular choices of music file formats today use lossy codecs (or formats) because of the smaller file size and excellent audio quality. These codecs throw away (compress) parts of the audio that most human ears cannot hear and include formats such as MP3, AAC, OGG and WMA.

...The most widespread, adopted and flexible codec. Commonly used by industry leaders such as Amazon MP3 and iTunes. Moving Picture Experts Group Layer-3 Audio.

...Primarily used by Apples' iPods, but with a very low adoption rate in the last 2 years. Advanced Audio Coding.

...Open source audio codec with excellent sound quality but unsupported by many popular audio devices.

...Lossless codec, well supported and very high quality. Free Lossless Audio format (codec).

...Windows Media Audio, less versatile than MP3 but also required for some advanced media servers.