#Wav export for itunes bit rate software#

on my linux box through any media player fine. mp3 on my mac, through itunes or quicktime, it works fine.

Only in the begining of the track, like the first 10 seconds. mp3 starts on the iphone, there is a skip of a several seconds, and it happens a few times. mp3 format through ardour, it still plays beautifully on all the hardware- EXCEPT for the iphone. So for instance, it plays through my mac, on my linux box, on my iphone, etc., without any skips. wav, it plays on all hardware no problem. Thus, it is not a problem with ardour, but with a conflict between ios playblack and use of VBR. wav file from ardour and exported from audacity at same CBR 192, it was perfect and produced a file the exact same size as ardours file, which makes sense because they both use FFMPEG as the converter. Indeed, the default export setting in audacity was also VBR. Finally, I would like to note that I repeated the solution in audiacity. Thanks for helping me solve this frustrating problem. Once I changed it to a CBR at 192, no skips, no problems. This is why the file would only choke on ios.

#Wav export for itunes bit rate software#

There is tons of information about VBR and CBR and from what I can tell from researching after this experience, any benefits of VBR are outweighed in the fact that many hardware and software systems choke up on VBR for all kinds of reasons. No, ardour’s default MP3 export is set to VBR, and the users need to know what settings they need for the hardware they are using. CBR at 192 kbs did the trick for me, as suggested by the experts in this thread.įurther, I would like to note that this is not an error or defect in Ardour. You want CBR if you want to avoid the skipping mentioned in this post. There is a setting in the export edit screen to change from Variable Bitrate (VBR) to CBR. TLDR: Make sure to export MP3s to be played on iphone/ipad/ios in Constant Bitrate (CBR).