Hi Eric Not sure whats up with iTunes, I've never heard of this happening, but Max certainly will rip to Apple Lossless. It can take advantage of all audio encoders builtin to the Mac OS, and apple lossless is one of them--it uses the same encoder that iTunes does. Setup an m4a encoder and, when you're presented with the configuration for that encoder, choose "Apple Lossless" from the data formats table (the default is AAC). If you have two mpeg4 audio output options, choose the first one. I know this doesn't help with iTunes. Just thought I'd let you know though that even if iTunes keeps giving you trouble Max will encode to the format he wants.
On Mar 3, 2009, at 17:03, erik burggraaf wrote: > > Hi guys, > > A client of mine got a mac to use as a senterpiece of his music > system. His first order of business was to rip his massive cd > collection into apple lossless .m4a format onto a 1 tb network hard > drive, and this he set out to do with a vengeance. About 400 cd's in, > ITunes suddenly refused to import any more cd's. He has it coming up > and asking if he wants to play or import. Now when he chooses import > the disc just sits there. When he chooses play the cd plays just > fine. He's taken the machine into the apple store and they are > replacing the optical drive, but I suspect this is a software problem, > and both of us are thinking that when the machine comes back it will > still refuse to import cd's, though it will play them just fine. > > Naturally I suggested installing max, and this we did. Then during > the set up of max I discovered that max doesn't rip to m4a. Supposing > his computer comes back with a bumb ITunes, is there a way to convert > m4a files to other formats? Is there another lossless format that > ITunes will read without a lot of palaver? We'd like to convert the > already ripped discs to a new format and save the chore of rewripping > them, then re-librafy the files and use Max to import the rest of his > cd's into his ITunes library. How realistic is this? > > Just so you know, he is running all the latest updates, including the > latest ITunes. > > Direction and suggestions would be very much appreciated. > > Best, > > erik burggraaf > A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. > Phone: 888-255-5194 > Email: [email protected] > > > > The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair. --Douglas Adams --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
