Not direct answer to your problem (let me also say that I hate iTunes and only use it because I love the iPhone and have to), but would it be easier to maintain two separate libraries?
That is what I so. I rip all my songs to FLAC. Then the songs I want on my iPhone, I rip to MP3. I also only back up my FLAC library. If I lose any MP3s, all I have to do is reconvert them from the FLAC files (knock on wood, this hasn't happened but it would not be that big of a deal). The other thing I like about this is that if iTunes screws with tags or artwork which is known to do from time to time, I just fix the songs from the FLAC Masters. Its what I call a safe from iTunes library. For others thinking about this but just starting, the Vortexbox is great for handling this. It rips a FLAC copy and also converts and stores an MP3 copy at the same time. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67886 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
