If you want to stick to FLAC as your format of choice, that's OK, but iTunes won't know what it is if you ever want to convert to something else for your iPod! As far as I'm concerned, lossless is lossless, whether it's Apple Lossless (ALAC) or FLAC. I prefer to use ALAC because of the options I mentioned, i.e. iPod access.
BTW, just because they call it APPLE LOSSLESS doesn't mean they're the only guys that designed it! The format has MAJOR influence from Dolby Labs and others, attempting to make it a universal multi-channel codec (capable of 5.1 surround) that will work into the future. It's not a codec to skip over "just because" it's from Apple!! Now, that being said, you can use MAX (freeware available at http://sbooth.org/Max/) which also does FLAC and others, but the BEST thing about iTunes is the EASE OF USE for dealing with tags! I've had NO issues ripping my library as ALAC for use with Slim and converting ALAC to a 'lesser format' for iPod playback. It really keeps things simple. -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Seaberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7896 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45595 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
