kphinney;303541 Wrote: > It's been a while since I lasted posted or even had time to read this, > my favorite Community Forum. But I found something that may be of > interest to the Mac users out there. If you're like me you've been > waiting for Apple to include FLAC capabilites in iTunes (& QuickTime). > Apple has eschewed FLAC for it's propriatory ALAC and 10.4 didn't add > FLAC, nor did 10.5. > > I just discovered TwistedFLAC. TwistedFLAC and it's subordinate helper > program, MacFUSE, allow FLAC files to be read as WAV files. > > When you install MacFUSE, "MacFUSE implements a mechanism that makes it > possible to implement a fully functional file system in a user-space > program on Mac OS X (10.4 and above)." yadda yadda... it allows you to > create a virtual disk. When I say "you" in this instance I mean > Twisted. > > Twisted uses this virtual disk as a virtual repository for alias files > - your FLACs now as WAVs - without taking any real disk space. > > I just started working with setting this up and I wanted to offer up > the idea as well as get your Mac insight. Here's what I did: > 1) install both programs > 2) point TwistedFLAC to my FLAC folder (the highest level folder, not > each subfolder). > 3) Pointed iTunes to the virtual disk image Twised made on my desktop > and turned off "Keep iTune Music folder organized" and "Copy files to > iTunes Music folder when adding to library". > 4) Dragged the disk image to iTunes. > > 20 minutes later iTunes had added all of my FLACs to itself without > taking any more disk space. > > AND it plays all of my music as if they are WAV files. Have You Cake > and Eat it to! > > The only problem I am having, and I'm sure it is because of step 3 > somehow, is that I have duplicates of nearly every song in iTunes. But > again, it didn't actually copy anything so no hard drive space was > used. > > I like it. It was easy, free, and I didn't have to convert or > duplicate any files. Now, why couldn't Apple have done that for us? > > (By the way, I posted this here because I'm sure 99% of the audiophile > crowd is using FLAC or ALAC. If I should move and repost elsewhere, > please let me know. Thanks.)
But why got thru all of this if you can easily convert flacs to alacs and viceversa? I assume that if you are using mac server you will never "need" flacs, not even if you want to take them to go... Is there some esoteric belief behind this post? -- GuyDebord Verity Audio Tamino X2 wired with v/d Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon & Lyra Helikon SL, ASR Basis Exclusive phono preamp, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. POWER: Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite cables (MiniSub, Rel), Siltech SPX30 MKII (ASR), v/d Hul Mainstream (Pathos) & v/d Hul Mainserver (Transporter). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47878
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