So then, ripping my CD collection... I've started, stopped, started again, changed format, stopped again, SCREAMED LOUDLY AND KICKED THE CAT, given up, started again and re-read every SB3 forum thread praying for a guiding light...
I don't think I want much: 1. To be able to use iTunes as my music management tool for creating playlists as my wife understands it. Preferably this would include ripping because it's great at finding track info. I love my SB3 but nothing beats iTunes for ease of use. 2. Quality is everything and I don't care about storage capacity so it's got to be an uncompressed or lossless format. 3. It has to support tagging so that a problem with my PC doesn't leave me with a drive full of nameless music (i.e. WAV files) because the info was stored elsewhere. 4. Must be possible to convert to MP3 because I have a player in my car and preferably not be an 'Apple only' format. Am I asking the impossible? Just in case I've missed anything, this is my understanding of the near misses: FLAC - Lossless, supports tagging, converts to MP3, but Duh-oh! doesn't work with iTunes.... WAV - Uncompressed, converts to MP3, works with iTunes but doesn't support tagging... ALE - Lossless, supports tagging, works with iTunes but, woops, it's and 'Apple only format' and even I own the CD and imported it using iTunes you won't give me the option to burn it to CD as an MP3??? Is it impossible? Do I have to choose to either give up on using iTunes or become an Apple-ite who can't play nicely with his non-Apple friends or have his music in the car? -- hifisteve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21605 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
