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You can also always convert FLAC to Apple Lossless...easy, fast, no change in sound.
If you want to stay with the Mac platform and store files in iTunes, consider layering in Pure Music. He allows for hi rez music and also supports FLAC.Steve
Easy? It takes quite a while and duplicates files. I wrote a unix script to automate the process and erase the files immediately after conversion, which helps to avoid the duplicate files but that was a bit of work, not the least bit accessible to your typical Apple customer, and why the hell should Apple users pay Apple above-average money for a product that does that to its users?Anyway, you miss the point of flac. It's open source. It's free. No corporation can tell you what to do with your music when it is in that format. Thirty years from now, when your DAC is still going strong (get one from Frank ), your flac will be just as playable. Apple file format? Who knows...
I don't get all this rhetoric about "being told what do with my music"...
The irony of your post is hilarious. I am being disrespectful? Ok, we get it, you don't like Apple. Thats fine. But the notion that people are "getting screwed" because Apple doesn't support one of the many equally suitable lossless formats out there is a bit of a stretch, I have to say. As I said Microsoft won't let you use FLAC on their Zune players either. Big deal. Yes, it would be nice if everything out there supported every format under the sun, but nothing does. And there isn't anything out there (lossless or lossy) that doesn't have at least one equivalent, either. Its a file format, not a religion. I will admit to making a mistake, and that was attempting to engage in a rational discussion with someone clearly not capable of such.
I'm trying to think of a thread that has less relevance to Salk Speakers than this one, but the only one that comes to mind is thread about my new puppy. No. Off. Settle. Maybe some reports will come in from RMAF and get us back on track.
The problem here is that I was just trying to correct some pretty mistaken lousy advice from you. Instead of just admitting that you had no clue, you proceeded to be disrespectful while, apparently, insisting on sucking up to all things "Apple" regardless of what they may actually be doing.Now you bring Microsoft into it? Dude, it's the squeezebox that you need to be talking about. Who wanted a Zune player here??The squeezebox is a better choice for music playback, and support for flac is the most obvious reason why. Just because you refuse to understand it, that doesn't mean that you get a pass on misinforming people. Just man up on having been clueless and move on.
All I said was that you can convert from one lossless format to another. That isn't "pretty mistaken lousy advice", its the truth. If that rates as "sucking up to Apple" in your book I don't know what to tell you. And what was that about being disrespectful, again?
I guess I need to remind you of what you wrote? "You can also always convert FLAC to Apple Lossless...easy, fast, no change in sound."Clearly mistaken and lousy advice. There is nothing "easy" or "fast" about it. I stand by my remark. You are disrespectful, among other things, because you distort the record instead of simply admitting that you do not know what you are talking about.
This has gone from silly to sad, and I won't comment any further as this has gone too far afield from the purpose of the the thread. But for those still curious, last night I transferred a live album I purchased in FLAC to ALAC using Max. It took:1. Maybe 3, 4 clicks to get it going (a 5-year old could do it)2. Took about 12 seconds per track to convert (faster than re-ripping a disc)3. Sounded exactly the same.So, again, very easy, fast, and no loss in sound quality. Really not that hard to comprehend.Anyone wanting more info without "input" from trolls can feel free to PM me and I would be happy to oblige.
All that hassle, for no good reason.
But calling all that hassle "fast and easy" is dishonest.
But the description of "fast and easy" is dishonest.
Use one that supports flac and you will not have any of these propietary-format headaches.
Max is a great app for that. It even allows you to do multiple conversions at once even making the process faster with larger libraries.
It would have been nice if Apple had included FLAC capability with iTunes. I suppose if one would prefer to use FLAC and iTunes, you could use Fluke with it. The fact is, I use iTunes because I like the intuitive interface and the easy creation of playlists and smart playlists. I have seen the Squeezeserver operation and interface, and I don't like it as much. But oddly enough, because of the tone of your posts, I am (albeit wrongly) taking perverse delight in knowing that this bothers you so much. Steve
Max is a nice app, the most flexible that I know of without using the Terminal. Free, open, etc. It even helps when you rip your files from CD.Now the multiple conversion, is that drag and drop for each individual album (usually contained in its own directory)? That was so the last time I tried it. If you have, say, 200 albums, that's a lot of dragging and dropping.XLD is another nice app, I think it's a bit more robust for ripping files, checking for a good rip, etc. That's the one I'm using nowadays.
