kphinney;508271 Wrote: > He said he didn't want to transcode. End of story. Transcoding itself > is easy, but it's a pain in the @ss just the same. You need to have a > FLAC library, keep it separate from the MP3 library, then devise > creative ways to manage, compare, and update each library.
What is there to manage? One manages their FLAC library, the MP3s are "only" the ones one wants on the portable device. Only somebody that has to much time on their hands and to much money converts every FLAC file to MP3. Only the songs one wants to listen to on the portable player need be converted. If one loves only one song on a CD, why convert the whole ripped FLAC CD to MP3, just convert the one song. Nothing needs compared, updated, or managed on the MP3 side once the 'favorites' are converted to MP3. And if one uses Vortexbox to rip with, one has both already anyway. kphinney;508271 Wrote: > I travel with FLAC, I sync with FLAC, and I'm slowly getting grid of the > residual mp3s left from the early days. Why would one want to step > backward? Its not stepping backwards, what it is is not using over kill for the purpose at hand. Very few portable devices can even use the fidelity available from FLAC. Then on top of that, one is using headphones in a less then desirable environment. kphinney;508271 Wrote: > As for storing more tracks, you are obviously wrong, if he doesn't wish > to delete his FLAC library: FLAC alone < FLAC + MP3. Robin was talking about storing more files on the small portable device, doh! One can always get more total songs on a portable device using MP3 files versus FLAC files. And who cares about storage of two libraries in FLAC and MP3 when a 1.5TB USB drive is under $100 and internals at 2TB. Last but not least, from one of your prior posts in this thread, it appears you have an iPhone. Are you saying you don't have any tunes to listen to on your iPhone since it doesn't do FLAC? -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73717 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
