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The problem is that if you have a reasonably large music collection and lossless, you won't be able to get all your music on your iPod/touch. To me, that's a significant detriment. I have all my music ripped to one large drive in my "server" computer, and I can access all of it at any time. I also have an iPod, but use highly compressed music on it, so that I have my entire collection on there. I listen to it in the car and for non-critical listening.
My solution has been to keep 2 iTunes libraries. One that is compressed and one that is uncompressed.
As for differences between AIFF and Hi-Rez files, so far I could not hear it (digital out to AVA Insight+ DAC from either Macbookpro (WAF) or appletv (AIFF)).
I do not see any reason to switch to WAV or FLAC from AIFF.
WAV & AIFF are, as i understand, essentially the same format. dave
I just picked up a small 2.5" USB hard drive (less than a pound) that is only slightly larger than my iPod Touch. I rip music and and transfer it to the hard drive as well. Not much different in terms of effort. I can then plug the hard drive into the touch and don't need a dedicated music server (although I still use one). - Jim
I had completely forgotten about the lack of FLAC support. Not thanks Apple, you are still making yourself fail with having to control every little thing.
Agreed. They try to control everything, charge way too much and cannot even put out a fully functional product; iPhone 4 is a good example. They also don't admit when they make mistakes. No Apple for me; not yet anyway. Jim, which Android phone did you get? I use Squeeze Commander with my Droid to control my Sqeezebox and it works flawlessly, for what its worth.
Cool! What about playlists from songs on the hard drive? How easy is it to create those? Also, can you create automated playlists from the USB hard drive songs using tags (artist, genre, year etc), and more important to me, ratings? Most of my listening is through automated playlists via iTunes, so integration with iTunes playlists - while not having to run a SB server - is important to me.
iTunes now has a checkbox option to "Convert higher bit rate songs to 128kbps AAC" for synchronization to an iPod. It is located on the Summary tab when the iPod is connected. This would avoid having to maintain two separate libraries.
Yep Apple has some controlling tactics in their business plan. Won't argue that. But for me I like stuff that just WORKS. I've dealt with way too much crap in PC land for many years. I've gone mac and will never own another PC again. Drives me crazy that I have use a PC at work and deal with the constant updates, crashes, and general slowness. To each their own. But this is off topic.
If you are referring to the SB Touch, it will bring in your Playlists from iTunes. I know there is a way to make your own playlists on the Touch itself but I have not done it.If you are referring to the ATV, it simply brings in everything you have in iTunes that you opt to sync.
+1 I have to use a PC at work, but prefer my mac on my free time.Nuance, please enlighten me regarding a non-functional Iphone4? Unles you are referring to the the drop of the signal if the antena elements are conected with left hand, I am suprised. That problem, btw, is common for most of the smartphones (according to apple )
sarge:I just posted that it could make playlists but it will take some time for this and also acquiring the music files. There are only limited resources available on the small local server as I stated above.
Jim, which Android phone did you get? I use Squeeze Commander with my Droid to control my Sqeezebox and it works flawlessly, for what its worth.
