--- samlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, perhaps I made an invalid assumption. I assumed Apple Lossless > was just a lossless variant of AAC. Don't they both have the same > file extension? the file extension is for the container format, not the codec format inside. AAC and apple lossless are totally different codecs.
> At any rate, what I want is a compressed lossless format like FLAC or > Apple Lossless that is natively supported by both iTunes and > Squeezebox. My music server does not have the horsepower to convert > the > datastream to another format on the fly. And I don't want it > converted > to a lossy format like MP3. > > If my music is stored as FLAC, then iTunes won't play it. And if it > is > stored as Apple Lossless, then Squeezebox won't play it. > > Is there no solution to this that doesn't involve on-the-fly format > conversion on the server? no. in addition to asking here, I'd say to also hedge your bets and petition apple for FLAC support in itunes as many others have done. maybe if the volume gets loud enough they'll do it. Josh __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
