Robin Bowes;169007 Wrote: > geraint smith wrote: > > > If only FLAC worked with iTunes (or vice versa), or else that there > > were another music ripping/tagging/labelling all-in-one product for > Mac > > OSX that was as easy, and worked as well as, iTunes. But it doesn't, > and > > there isn't - or if there is one, I'd very much like to know about > it > > (although only if it reads tags attached by iTunes. The thought of > > doing all that again...ugh!). So Aiff it is, then. The only > practical > > thing against Aiff (apart from the space it takes on your disc, > which > > is not much against it given how cheap disc space is now) is that > > programmes for PCs don't seem to like it much. There there, very > sad, > > never mind. But tagging is not an issue with Aiff. You can - and I > do, > > using iTunes - tag Aiff as easily, comprehensively and well as one > can > > tag FLAC, and a darned site better than one can tag WAV. > > So, would you be interested in a script that converts your AIFF files > to > FLAC, including all tags? > > Also, if you're tied to formats supported by iTunes then ALAC will > take > up less space than AIFF and support the same tags. > > R.
Not really, Robin, no. What gave you that idea? I don't think I suggested that at all! If, however, a programme existed that did everything that iTunes does, but which handled Flac (and, preferably, which could rip SACDs and DVD-A in 24 bit, too) in addition, then I would (be interested, that is). I can quite see the desirability of open source/non-proprietary software, and thoroughly approve of the philosphy. But one doesn't (to my knowledge) so I'm not. ALAC has various disadvantages on the Squeezebox - no ff or rew, needs to be converted on the fly - that, for me, heavily outweigh the advantage of compaction. I still have some files in ALAC, and using them on the SB is a pain on my setup - I'm sure, for instance, that there are a lot more dropouts when I'm using it - so I'm continuing to convert them to AIFF. -- geraint smith ------------------------------------------------------------------------ geraint smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=625 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31480 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
