Adding Audio Files to a iPod right... my media colection is split into various directorys on a hardisk. about 30% are mp3's 60% applelossless and 10% other. when i copy a selection of albums/files to my ipod does the ipod convert them to all the same format before it stores them? i dont want applelossless getting put on my ipod (takes up to much space, quality not as important when using headphones etc). can you specify that itunes converts your mixture of files to one kind of file for the pod? ie. MP3 160kps and then will it convert them in the process?
ALAC is gash tbf - still get a fair bit compression with very little compatability do ipod's play ALAC files? it may not ask you to convert them, and even then i'm not sure that there is a feature to change over from ALAC to mp3? a good fannying about on tunes or simply converting the lot of the ALAC files to mp3 (while retaining the orginal's) and just doing it that way. Mp3HD looks good like - hopefully it might get a half decent release: http://www.all4mp3.com/Learn_mp3_hd_1.aspx
lessless is lossless you tool, its just for digital storage. whatever i am transfering it too ill covert it if it dosnt accept but i cant see me buying (my main project is a central media hub when its a option) anything that dosnt play apple anyway.... i dont like iTunes but its the best interface out there for me at the moment... anyway back to the point, so iTunes wont convert a batch of files before it transfers them? so it just copys them in the format it is?
you can just take silence out of a tune and delete it from the 1's and 0's so what infact your losing is nothingness, its similar to whats in between your lugs
no applelossless in some way does compress the audio, a WAV file is untouched and uncompressed, hence better quality (on some REALLY high spec headphones or some fancy monitor speakers) ALAC is just another bandwagon to jump on, as was FLAC.
nevermind. i can't really tell the difference, although i've got some canny trendy monitor speakers on there way next week
u wont hear the differece unless your using decent gear (costing 1000's) i cant listen to mp3 on my arcam amp it sounds like FM radio
its all to do with what you're using to listen with. i doubt anyone (outside of engineers etc) can actually tell the difference between most of the larger file formats due to gear restraints - and even if you listened you would have to know what you were looking for what speakers are you gettin, kieran? im after changing these tannoys soon, i cant seem to get on with them anymore
