>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/30/05 4:37 PM >>> > But, what if you have a very large music > collection and use an iPod where you interchange > tracks often? This would mean that for every > new track you want on your ipod, you'll have to > go to your flac library, decompress the file, import > it into iTunes, tag it in iTunes, compress it to the > format of choice and then place the file on your iPod.
I transcode to mp3 in a mirrored type of directory as a nightly cron job. MP3 is good enough for portable music (for me) and it's the only format that all my music exists in. I have FLAC for CD rips, and WAV for tape and vinyl. Everything gets put to mp3 so I can listen on my Archos. I've been thinking about an ipod, but refuse to use iTunes to manage the songs on it. I have friends that have ipods and use ipodlinux and love it. > I have no problems with FLAC (and the fact that > theSB2 natively supports FLAC has me drooling), > but the ability to keep all my music in iTunes in a > lossless format keeps me using Apple Lossless (even > if I have sold my soul to the devil). LOL...that's funny. My only fear of going the ipod route is that one of the reasons for going there is I have an Alpine head unit in my car, and having the ability to control my portable music player from the head unit where I have a remote for my other passengers to fight over would be really cool. > - Chris > ps - I know someone is going to bring up the fact > that there are alternatives to the iPod, like the > iRiver. However, I've found that the iRiver for > all it can do is nowhere near as good of a portable > music player. In addition, iTunes is a great > program for cataloging your music collection. > I totally agree. There's a reason Apple hires lots of industrial designers. Their hardware is the coolest and just about the most well-designed stuff in the industry. iTunes is ok for keeping track of music. I've been thinking about using it for my mp3 collection, but can't bring myself to do it. > pss - Aren't you being a little over dramatic in > your scenario above? I highly doubt Apple > Lossless is just going to disappear one day in > the blink of an eye with nothing left on the > planet to support it. Am I? Apple has already lost one battle in the courts and promised to stay out of music. If it weren't for Michael's distractions lately, who knows? Maybe Apple vs. Apple will be the next great Groklaw debate. If there's no corporation backing iTunes or Apple Lossless, how long do you think the format would survive? I don't see too many open source projects for DRM out there... (stirring the DRM pot again...) Paul _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
