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Good little app 
- Version: 1.2, 6/20/2004 01:35PM PST
The Tattoo
Does what it promises. Fairly lightweight footprint. Does not have a log or list to keep you informed of which files have been or are waiting to be processed. But that is my only gripe.
Good for audio books - Version: 1.2, 11/15/2003 06:05PM PST
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koelpien
iTunes built-in conversion would be fine, other than you then have two copies of each song, the original and converted. This program is nice in that it removes the original and automatically updates iTunes to point to the new file. Of course, converting from one lossy format to another (MP3 to AAC) isn't ideal for great fidelity, but if you have a large collection of audio books on your hard drive, where fidelity isn't as critical, this is a great way to crunch them down to 50 percent of iTunes default settings.
Don't care for CDDB. - Version: 1.1, 6/1/2003 06:59PM PST
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spiral iv
It'd be nice if the program could access my iTunes library to see what I've labeled the tracks on the album.
Needs CDDB lookup and ID3 - Version: 1.1, 5/26/2003 09:37AM PST
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FrostyMMB
I plan to eventually rip about 150 CDs into AAC, but Aachoo is not yet ready to do such a thing. It needs to query CDDB and add ID3 tags when a CD is selected, and should accept the dragging of CDs into the "Drag your music here" box. It would be nice to have an auto import feature like Audion, where the software automatically rips any CD that is inserted into the drive and ejects when finished. Not only will the encoding take a while, but it would take me hours upon hours to manually type in the ID3 tags of over 1500 tracks.
A word of caution - Version: 1.1, 5/21/2003 09:34AM PST
old_mac
Set it running and leave your Mac alone. Something is causing skips in the AAC files. Don't know if it is network activity, screensaver, or the Mac trying to go to sleep.
Not Quite - Version: 1.1, 5/20/2003 12:30PM PST
Noah Sorscher
Quicktime Pro does not come with an MPEG-2 encoder or decoder (also mp2 refers to mpeg-1 layer 2 audio). The MPEG-2 decoder is $20 more, and the MPEG-2 encoder comes with DVDSP ($999)
No real AAdvantage over Quicktime Pro - Version: 1.1, 5/20/2003 11:39AM PST
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Xapplimatic
iTunes may not let you choose "quality" settings HOWEVER Quicktime Pro DOES when you export anything from Quicktime in AAC.. You can choose "Good" (low), "Better" (medium), or "Best" (high) in addition to the bit rate, sample rate, and # of channels. Quicktime has this feature. Blame iTunes for not offering it, not Quicktime. Use that OS X feedback page people!
- $15 for AAChoo purchases you a codec and license to encode MP4 AAC only.
- $30 for Quicktime Pro unlocks all the codecs and licenses you to encode in MP2 and MP4 audio and video codecs and integrates with all the iApps...
What i really need - Version: 1.1, 5/20/2003 08:54AM PST
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Nikachu
As AAC is better quality than MP3, what would be useful is a way to convert all of iTunes ACC files to MP3. Converting MP3 to AAC is pointless - it would not improve matters, and putting a compressed format into another compressed format is not very useful. Converting the superior AAC to MP3 would be slightly better, because the AAC is better to begin with. I don't want to have to rip all my CD's twice to have both formats.
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- What i really need
to memyselfandimac: - Version: 1.1, 5/20/2003 08:30AM PST
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Typhoon
iTunes does have AAC quality settings. Under "import" in the preferences, just hit "settings" and select "custom". This will allow you to push AAC bitrate all the way up to 320kb if you wish.
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As for converting from mp3 to AAC, I've found that the result of compressing an mp3 is practically unlistenable. As others have commented, it may be fine for spoken word recordings, or for those blowhards on the radio & TV. But the podcasts I download from AAR are all low bitrate anyways.
AACHoo is a bit limited for $15, considering that iTunes does the same thing, but better because it preserves id tags or looks them up. I suppose if you dig entering song info by hand, then AACHoo is for you. Otherwise, save you money and stick with iTunes.