> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 3:12 AM > Subject: Re: iPod [snip] > on Lenny I asked aptitude about gtkpod and it proposes also the > installation > of > > faac > faad > > Why encoders? > > mp3gain > > Is this only modifying mp3's you put in the ipod or is it changing the > sources > before transferring songs to an ipod?
Back before I converted my iPod to Rockbox* I had never paid attention to how I stored my music in relation to what others told me how I should store my music. I just used the format that was best for me at the time. I have a method to my madness that makes sense to me, but the short of it is I have a huge collection of FLAC, OGG, and a very small minority of MP3's. When I used song managers with my iPod I discovered that they would auto convert my music into mp3's (at least I don't remember manually configuring that). Again, I have not used gtkpod or amarok for iPod related activities in a long time so things may be different, but I suspect that they are there to do just that. Convert files that the device would otherwise not recognize. *I realize that Rockbox is not an option for you at this time. However, that really was the best thing I ever did with my iPod. I hate iTunes and back then the iPod under Etch (then testing) wasn't much better. I have heard it is infinitely better now but Rockbox has been too good to me to risk switching back. Anyway, I hope that provided the information you were looking for and wasn't too much of a rambling story. :-) Have fun! ~S~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
