I recently conquered this obstacle myself. I guess I don't know what you mean by "not having direct access to the files"?
I have my entire collection as FLAC files. I use dbpoweramp batch converter (free). With this program, you browse for the FLAC files (you'll need plugins for FLAC/AAC) and select a destination folder for the re-coded audio. I have it create artist/album folder while it's at it, and send it into my iTunes Music Library folder as the destination for converted m4a files. Once it's done converting, I go to the iTunes Music folder, and drag/drop the newly-created folder into my open iTunes. Viola, it's now in the iTunes Library file as well. Now I can transfer to iPod or whatever. Now that I've gotten the hang of it, I find it simple and easy to get my FLACs into a compressed iPod-friendly format. However, the FLAC->AAC conversion can be time-consuming if your PC is older. -- SamS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49392 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
