jfo Wrote: > Julian, > > I'm using dbPower amp to convert to AAC and then I just add the folders > to my itunes library for transfer to ipod.It works well, although I have > not compared the sound against MP3, etc , since I use this only for the > car and a secondary audio system where I doubt any differences would be > audible. You don't need Sveta. I too have all my files in FLAC and use > itunes only to manage the ipod. > > Jim That was the most convenient software I had found during my testing of Try&Buy versions. Using iTunes is a good idea which saves needing to buy the dBpowerAmp Sventa add-on just to transfer to the iPod.
A couple of things put me off this approach though. Firstly, I did get the feeling that my AAC rips didn't sound as good as my old MP3 128kb CBR rips. I did some research and found that the AAC encoder I used is FAAC which seems to be fairly immature and missing some features. I know it is possible to use the iTunes one but the description at codec central (iTunes starting to play the track for 4 seconds after encoding) just looked so messy. Also, my second observation was the nail in the coffin. I compared the output size of the FAAC encoder at 100kb (VBR) vs LAME at 128kb CBR and the file sizes were almost identical so, at least with FAAC, I wasn't saving space. One question. When you add the folders to iTunes, does it take a seperate copy of those folders somewhere or is it just a matter of iTunes keeping a link to your AAC (or in my case MP3) folders? It would annoy me if I thought I had 2 entire copies of my 30GB MP3 tree on my hard drive. - Julian -- JulianL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JulianL's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16240 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
