I want to rip a cd into AAC using EAC, but iTunes doesn't have any option to convert .wav directly. Then I tried to use Virtual Daemon to simulate the wavs as a CD, but iTunes doesn't recognize it.

I wonder how do you convert .wav into AAC using iTunes.

Thank You

Assuming you already have the WAV files in iTunes:

* Set the import encoding option to AAC
* Select the tracks in the library (i.e. highlight them)
* Choose Advanced -> Convert Selection to AAC

(Note that last option changes according to your selected import encoder)

edit: I had a brain spasm and put WAV where I meant AAC, now fixed.

http://efenstor.stratopoint.com/qutibacoas.htm

Thank You bawjaws, I've tried it and it worked. And now I'm gonna give qutibacoas a try.

DAEMON Tools works just fine with iTunes; if it does not work on your system, I suspect it's a simple configuration issue. Qutibacoas, on the other hand, does not work with the free version of Quicktime installed by iTunes; it requires a registered (Pro) version of Quicktime.

- M.

Yea.. it requires Pro version and I don't have one

Do you have any idea why Daemon doesn't work with iTunes in my system?

None whatsoever. Which version are you using? v3.44 works; I've not yet tried 3.46.

- M.

I use 3.46. May be I should get previous version.

Qutibacoas has a weakness in that it freezes the computer whenever you try to encode a file with a long name (59 characters is the limit I think). You have to Ctrl+Alt+Delete to unpause the computer and terminate Qutibacoas and the Quicktime process to recover.

But, this long file name limitation is a Quicktime deficiency however. Qutibacoas is trying to send the exact file name to Quicktime without changing it to temp.wav or some other temporary name. To see for yourself, try to open up a WAV file that has a filename longer than 59 characters in Quicktime. You'll get the same error message as when Qutibacoas errors.

Example: "123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890.wav" , which is 60 characters long, will not open in QT or encode properly with Qutibacoas.

however,

"12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789.wav" , which is only 59 characters long, will work just fine.

[I sent this same bug report to Efenstor in case he's planning on making another update in the future.]

I use D-Tools 3.46 with iTunes and don't have a problem.

You know, it's not really necessary to use qutibacoas to encode AAC using iTunes on an automatic basis. I posted a script here that will basically encode a WAV to an AAC with iTunes directly, using the COM interface. It's quite possible to code up something that isn't so.. well, weird and annoying as qutibacoas is. I mean, it's not terrible, but there are better ways available now, and it'd be kinda neat if somebody was able to get it to work in a more direct approach instead of having a program that essentially clicks buttons on the screen to get that encoder to work.