Lossless Audio What's the best codec/type of lossless audio, that's small enough so a few mixes don't take up half my ipod? Or is there another way to get rid of that godawful click/pop that appears between tracks when you trackmark/cut up mp3 files? If i cut up the wav file, then convert the tracks into mp3 files will it still be there? Thanks
One of the updates for the iPod a couple of years ago introduced gapless playback so it shouldn't be an issue any more. It may have something to do with the sound editor you're using... As far as lossless codecs go, the iPod only supports AAC (Apple's own DRM-riddled format). If you put a custom flash on like ipodlinux (google for it), then you can add OGG support as well which doesn't contain DRM and is more widely supported. AAC files are roughly the same size as their MP3 equivalents, however they do include DRM which means any files you encode in this way will only play through your iTunes and your iPod. Bit of a fuck on if you want to start distributing stuff between friends.
I use Applelossless for everything, with it being lossless you can convert it down to mp3 for compatibility later at choosing. Only two programs can currently convert to Applelossless, iTunes (recent version) and Audio Workstation. Its a much bigger file but its perfect sound, a 3 and a half min track that is around 40mgb in .wav will be 27mb in apple and about 8mb in mp3. Electronic Music is really badly effected by the mp3 process, all the little tings and pings are squashed down in the compression...
