rubi1971 wrote: > FLAC? > What's the best compromise without using 2 libraries?
Free Lossless Audio Codec http://flac.sourceforge.net/ What do you mean "best"? For serious audiophiles, the only option is a lossless format. Which lossless is debatable, and there are iPod firmware hacks that support FLAC in iPods. But using lossless is not usually worth it in an iPod. It not only takes more space, so you get fewer sons, but uses more disk read time, takes more battery (shorter play time, etc.) and most iPod uses (walking, bus riding, etc) don't need maximum fidelity. Plus most iPod headphones suck sonically. use one of the many flac2mp3 utilities to convert a flac library to mp3 for use in your iPod. Disks are cheap. the only downside of two libraries is keeping them in sync. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
