Nostromo;138456 Wrote: > Its an intuitive, convenient and easy to use all-in-one package allowing > you rip your music, tag it and organize it, create playlists and, most > importantly, smart playlists. Smart playlists are great. Its not the > absolutely perfect way to do all of these things, but it gets the job > done. Its also great for people who don't know beans about computers or > who don't want the hassle of finding the apps, then configuring them. > > Unfortunately, iTunes doesn't support FLAC. Which means that iTunes > users can't enjoy : > > - Gapless playback on they're Squeezebox (the Squeezebox doesn't have a > workaround yet for the limitations of MP3 and AAC) > > - Replaygain > > - Can't use RWD or FFW, unless using MP3's. > > I'm not using iTunes anymore. The feature I'll miss the most is > definitively smartplaylists. Fortunately, Erland wrote SQLplaylist > plugin. He did a great job, but he'll be the first to admit that its > not as intuitive and easy to use as the Apple smart playlists.
All true except for the "can't enjoy" bit. What about ALAC and AIFF? They work a treat gaplessly. I've just been listening to a gapless AIFF Solti Tannhauser on SS6.5 via SB2. Bliss over wireless. And WAV, for that matter. I don't myself know whether that works, because, being an Apple pip, I don't use it much, but doesn't it? And FWD and REV work with AIFF (certainly - just been playing with it) and ALAC, (I think) too. As for this "replaygain" of which you speak, I confess I know little of it. If, however, it's the same as smart pre-set volume adjustment for individual tracks or albums then it definitely works for AIFF and ALAC because, having finally got 6.5 working - very nice congratulations to the team and all - after some wireless tribulations, it took me a while to work out why it was being so nannyish about letting me play it loud. Some pesky default setting, it seems, but it shows it works. Come back, O, Nostromo, Come back! Harken to the siren song of iTunes! (Fixes him with hypnotic gaze. Fails dismally. Loads super boy scout-type cardboard catapult instead, but hits passing policeman. Oh, well. One can but try.) -- geraint smith ------------------------------------------------------------------------ geraint smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=625 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27729 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
