QDon;354052 Wrote: > I'm new to SB and found this thread very interesting. I have a few > questions. > > 1 - iTunes can encode using MP3 at 320kpbs. How does this compare to > Apple lossless? Wouldn't MP3 at 320 be a better choice since MP3 can be > played anywhere including iPods? > > 2 - When I installed my Duet and SC it would not play my iTunes music. > I know it won't play iTunes Store purchased music because of DRM but it > would not play CDs I ripped into AAC using iTunes. I had to install a > custom-convert.conf in order to get them to play. Is this normal? I > thought it would work out of the box?
The only formats natively supported by DB are wav, flac and mp3 I think. So, your AAC's are being trans-coded by SC before sending them, that's why you needed convert.conf. If you really can't let go of iTunes, you should rip as apple lossless and have SC convert them (slight delay), or transcode the lot to flac. I would let go of iTunes and use EAC or dbPowerAmp but I'm not sure if your PC is apple and what's available on Apple. You should not choose for mp3 as it's lossy and better encoders come out regularly. If you want to switch to a new encoder, you would have to rip the cd's again but when you have a lossless copy on hard-disk already, you can transcode. I wished I had a bit more "feeling" with iTunes but I seem to have some problems with it as I even fail to browse the store on genre and stuff.... cheers, Nick. -- DeVerm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DeVerm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51538 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
