Apple Lossless in iTunes to AAC on iPod

I burned my music collection to my hard drive using Apple Lossless encoding to keep the audio quality.
I just received an iPod and I would like to load my songs but I would prefer to us the AAC format so that I can conserve the space on the iPod.
Is there a way to keep the songs on my hard drive in the Lossless format while adding them to my iPod in the AAC format?

No.
Converting on the fly while adding to the iPod is possible on the iPod Shuffle only but not the others.

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There is one such store - Music Giants - but they're much more restrictive than any other download store. For instance, they do not allow burning tracks to an audio CD, so you can't play tracks in anything that won't play protected Windows Media format. They also don't guarantee CD quality - they list a range of from 470kbps to 1100 kbps, so the quality of any given track may or may not be CD-equivalent.

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Lossless on computer, AAC on iPod

How do I store my music in Lossless format in iTunes, but in AAC format on my 60G iPod? Is there a way to have music sync from Lossless on the computer to AAC on the iPod?

you dont. your iPod syncs to what you have in iTunes,
if you have lossless in iTunes, so will your iPod, if
you have AAC in your iTunes, so will your iPod. Now,
a solution, make doubles of everything in your
iTunes, and have one be lossless, and one be AAC.
Then make a smart playlist that contains all the AAC
and set your iPod to sync with that playlist. This is
a solution that may require lots of hard drive space
on your computer, but will accomplish the desired
effect. I think you should just put the files into
Apple Lossless, it's not that big, and unless u have
more then 60GB of music, you should be fine.
Thanks, very helpful. I do have everything in Lossless now, but I got through less than half my collection when I hit the 60G limit. Someone I work with suggested adding an external hard-drive on my computer to handle music only. This would handle your idea of dual libraries: Lossless and AAC, and the whole library would easily fit on the iPod in AAC format.

Syncing Apple Lossless Files As Something Else

Hi all,
I am a proud new iPod Touch owner with 60+GB of lossless music in my itunes library, automatically organised, in ALAC (Apple Lossless) format. As my new iPod only holds 8GB, I would like to sync (as much as possible of) my music to the ipod in 192 or 256kbps, whilst keeping the lossless files as well for playing off my computer. Apart from having two computers with two identical yet distinct libraries, one Lossless and the other not, is this at all possible?
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On-the-fly conversion is only available on the iPod shuffle. The iPod shuffle (probably because of it's limited capacity) has the option to "Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC". This option is not available for any other model iPod. For the larger iPods the files have to be converted in iTunes first or indeed have to have been imported in a compressed format prior to transfer. so if you want to keep your files in lossless format you would need to make a separate copy of those files in another compressed format if you want to sync those to your iPod. You could use either a separate library to sync the iPod or sync it from a distinct playlist of compressed songs within your existing library:
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Apple Lossless extension

If I import an aiff file to Apple Lossless, the file extension is m4a and the "Kind" is MPEG-4, same as AAC.
Is that correct and can someone explain why?

The encoding is done in iTunes. I create a new playlist in iTunes. I drag an AIFF file from the Finder window into the empty playlist window. I set the iTunes Preferences to "Import Using Apple Lossless Encoder." Then, under the Advanced menu, I select "Convert Selection to Apple Lossless." iTunes places the resulting file in a folder named Unknown Album (within an Unknown Artist folder). I then repeat the process with the new compressed file, that is, I add the file to an iTunes playlist, change the Preferences to "Import Using AIFF" and select "Convert Selection to AIFF" under the Advanced menu. I Then compare the 2 AIFF files with the Finder's Get Info menu item. The file sizes are different as I indicated above.
If you have a small AIFF file handy, try it yourself and tell me what you get.

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is there any audio advantage converting mp3 to apple lossless in iTunes?
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No. You will get a much higher file size, but no additional quality.
The advantage of Apple Lossless (and other lossless formats like FLAC) is that it allows you to convert high fidelity sources (like CDs) to smaller file sizes without any loss in quality. This allows you to be guaranteed of CD audio quality, and it also allows you store a long-term archive of lossless file and convert them to different lossy formats to suit different needs, without additional quality loss.
If your source is lossy, like an MP3 file, than any additional fidelity that was present in the original source has already been lost. Apple Lossless will provide a lossless conversion of that MP3 file (meaning you won't lose additional quality, like you would if you converted an MP3 to an AAC file), but it cannot restore the already-lost information.

Nokia N95-8GB, won't play Apple Lossless.

Hello All,
I have a large number of tunes ripped to Apple Lossless (via iTunes). I've tried everything I can think off, but my new N95 just won't play them. There are two problems: a) the tracks end up on the device as "Artist:Unknown" and "Album:Unknown". and b), the tracks won't play on the phone (the elapsed time just sticks at -:--).
Nokia Music Manager either just hangs or copies the tracks to the phone. ANd I get the same results if I copy from my PC via "Data Transfer" on the USB.
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People in the know use analog....
But regardless, Apple Lossless is yet another compression algorithm as such it will tamper with the audio quality.
Not to get into that debate, but if you think you are getting "lossless" you are "clueless". In a good way, we are the victims of the storage problems.
To accurately depict real sound, you will need infinite amounts of bandwidth and storage.
So now that we have settled that, what we are talking about is how much is "good enough quality".
What can people REALLY perceive. I'll bet good money that if you record the same song in different codecs and bitrates you will be hard pressed to find people that can pick any codec over another at over 300 kbps. At this bitrate it's very difficult to tell MPEG4 AAC to MPEG-1 Layer 3, or eAAC+, never mind WAV or Apple Lossless.
If you don't believe me try it. encode the same song into MPEG4 AAC, MP3, eAAC+ at 300 kbps then also put the WAV and Apple lossless. Create a playlist and play them back through a good set of headphones or home stereo system at random or with someone else selecting the different versions. BTW if your pair of headphones cost you less than 200 pounds then you won't be able to tell the difference.
Since I'm already compromising by going digital then all I have to decide is how much I'm willing to compromise. If I want high Q, I have my home set-up.
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Using Apple Lossless in iMovie - good/bad idea

Will the use of Apple Lossless sound files in iMovie 5 have any consequences? My iTunes folder is almost exclusively uncompressed files so that is what I have to work with. I notice that my movie plays more jerky when I start adding sound. Will this go away when the movie is rendered? Unfortunately itunes makes it terribly difficult to manage both uncompressed music files and lossy mp3 or AAC on the same computer.

... I would like to have 2 mirrored libraries, one in apple lossless and one as AAC ...aaah, message understood!! You're an high-ender, my dead-old ears don't catch the differences any more, 128kB/aac is enough for me... ;-))
this is the iM forum, but... : you could create two smart lists, one showing anything bitrate<128, the other one for HiFi/HiEnd usage; or, you use tools as iTunes Library Manager which claims to handle 2 (or more) librarys... but to keep everything sync... no idea....- <scratching head>
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I'm getting a 9041 error when trying to convert files to AAC -- any ideas on how to fix it? the files files in iTunes show up as Apple Lossless but i can't put them on my iPod

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"I have been able to convert to AAC by first converting to AIFF and then to AAC. This is a pan though."
this worked for me.
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ITunes conversion of Apple Lossless to AAC not working

Hello:
I have all my CD's ripped to Apple Lossless. I then use iTunes to convert to 192 kbs AAC for use on my iPod. When I do this, though, the size is barely changed. Instead of taking a 23 MB lossless file down to 1 MB, it rips to about 20 MB. Has anyone else seen this? Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks.
pmb

pbombach wrote:
Hello:
Instead of taking a 23 MB lossless file down to 1 MB, it rips to about 20 MB. Has anyone else seen this? Am I doing something wrong?
Even if it is working correctly, it does not shrink it by that much. AAC at 192 with constant bit rate uses about 1.5 MB per minute of music, or 6 MB for a 4 minute song. If you use VBR, it will be higher.
As Kay suggests, make sure that your import settings are correct. Also, note that conversion creates a new file and leaves the original in place, so make sure you are looking at the new file. Its Date Added will be the date of conversion, and its "Kind" will be AAC.

Itunes match replacing Apple Lossless Files with .AAC

I have coverted my entire music library to apple lossless.. it appears that iTunes Match over time downgrades my music files to 256kbp .AAC files.
Is anyone else seeing this? How can I get iTunes Match to STOP doing this?

Michael Allbritton wrote:
iTunes Match does not touch the files on your computer. These files will be "downgraded" only if you delete the original file and download the matched track. The service does not upload ALAC files to the cloud. It converts the ALAC to a temporary AAC file, which is uploaded to listen to on iOS devices. On your computer, the ALAC files stay ALAC.
Hmm, that's interesting because on Apple's iTunes Match page it says (my emphasis):
Which music formats can iTunes Match handle?
You can match or upload music formats that can be played with iTunes. That includes AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, and more.
which clearly suggets that it will upload ALAC to iCloud

How do i convert my exsisting itunes library to apple lossless?

Also whrn i do this will i have duplicate files(original/lossless)? If so what is the best way for me to delete them form my macbook? Thanks

Not to pile on here, but the only point of Apple Lossless is to have a slightly compressed version of the an original CD (AIFF). I have converted my full CD collection (too many disks to even count) to Apple Lossless. The sound quality is indistinguishable from the original CD. Because the files are rather large for use on an iPhone or smaller iPod, I then convert them to 256 AAC (for my iPhone) or 160 MP3 to burn MP3 disks for my cars. I keep the Lossless files as the original content.
However, lately, I'm just purchasing 256 AAC iTunes Plus files. I'm losing quality, but it's just not worth the time to purchase CD's and convert them any more.
There is absolutely no reason to convert 256 AAC files to Lossless. In fact, I'm sure it might degrade the sound quality in that a lot of information just isn't in the 256 AAC file. However, don't quote me on this.

Converting "Apple Lossless" back to "AAC" - More than 1 track at a time...

Hello,
Short version: I have hundreds of tracks that need to "Create AAC Version", and I can't right-click 8,536 songs in my library one at a time to find them all. Is there a method to sweep the entire library and convert all songs to this format if they are not already?
The problem with this is it still creates a duplicate of the song and the other original needs to be deleted.
Note - the file name changing (it appends a "1" on the M4A file), the "tag" displayed in iTunes retains the song name.
Thanks!,
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Long version: For the benefit of people facing the same problem and combing the forums for help, here's the rest of the story...
I'm not entirely sure when this changed (and I've reset my Import settings back to AAC 128-bit now), but I've managed to import a good number of CDs at this higher quality "Apple Lossless" format. Essentially, that's overkill - I listen to an iPod classic with headphones the majority of the time (98%) and I won't hear the difference.
CHECK: Edit | Preferences | "General" tab | "Import Settings" button
Essentially my hard-drive space has been disappearing at a rapid rate. I downloaded a tool (WinDarStat) and found my iTunes folder is 50% of my 200GB used. (Yes, I'm on an older laptop -- HD=220GB -- and am getting the 'out of space' warnings.) I found some folders for recent CDs were over 1GB alone and started digging.
I happend to have REM's studio "Man on the Moon" on here twice. The IN TIME version is AAC 128-bit and only 4.9MB in size, whereas the PART LIES version is Apple Lossless 1068-bit and 8x's larger at 39.9MB.
If you right-click a track, it provides option to "Create [other] version.", depending on going to/from ACC to Lossless or vice-versa.
Once I did this for "Man on the Moon", I got 75% of the song's space back ... from approximately 40MB to 11MB.
It does create a second copy of the song, so the original has to be deleted - be certain to "Move the song to the Recycle Bin" when warned.
A better option - all be it more time consuming - is to re-import the CDs.

For backup see this user tip.
The Create <Format> version tool uses whatever the current import settings are.
You can create a playlist of things that need converting as Ed says above.
To ease the conversion process, and keep your current ratings, playcounts, and playlist membership, plus recyle the old files automatically see my script ConvertFormat. Test on say a single album first to make sure it works as you expect/need.
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Apple Lossless in iTunes to AAC on iPod

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