QDon;354126 Wrote: > My PC is Windows and I use iTunes because I have an iPod. I currently > have iTunes set up to encode using AAC at 256kpbs. Using loseless on > the iPod would far exceed the size of its disk. Besides I doubt you > could hear any difference on the iPod between the two. However, is > there a significant difference listening to music on a home theater > system between loseless and AAC at 256kpbs? Can you hear the > difference? If yes I'm guessing the best scenario would be to leave my > iTunes library alone and just use it for the iPod and to re-rip using a > loseless format like FLAC for use with SqueezeCenter. Any new CDs would > get ripped twice. Does this sound correct? Any recommendations between > EAC or dbPowerAmp?
Okay, you have the same setup that I have although I use my iPod Touch for many things except music ;-) But this is what I do: iTunes keeps it's music & files in a folder with many sub-folders etc. That's all fine, don't change anything there yet. Now, download the dBPowerAmp free trial and change it's settings to rip&encode in a --different, new-- folder and rip/encode to flac. The reason for dBPowerAmp is that the rip's are 100% plus the tags (incl. album art) are as good as they come. With EAC, the rips are just as good, but the tags are not. Also, I think dBPowerAmp works quicker/easier although you might want to browse through their forums a bit before you begin. You'll find that you can add track&album gain while ripping etc. You also get the converter that will transcode from the flac you rip to anything else. Everything you rip from CD now, will never have to be ripped again because the flacs you get are equal to the original CD's. Make a back-up copy of them, I use another (external) hard-disk for this. Next step: delete the music from the iTunes folder that you ripped to flac and use dBPowerAmp to convert the flac's to mp3 into the iTunes folder. You're done. When a new/better mp3 encoder comes along, or some other format that's supported on your iPod, you just do the delete&transcode again, no need to get the CD's and re-rip. dBPowerAmp has a batch-converter but I think you need to download it separately but it's included in the price. After the free-trial period of dBPowerAmp expires, you'll be glad to buy and keep using it.... it's cheap. cheers, Nick. -- DeVerm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DeVerm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51538 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
