Convert Higher Bitrate Songs for Regular iPod

I recently switched to a mac from a windows pc and now I'm finding some of the key features of the software that I was using, (Media Center from JRiver) missing. I have converted all of my music from flac to apple lossless, (200GB) and the key workflow for me is:
1. Convert from apple lossless to a smaller codec when importing music to my iPod. This can be done on the shuffle with the, "Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kpbs aac for this iPod" option. It would be great to include this functionality for regular iPods, and the ability to select the codec used for conversion if a higher bit rate is desired.
2. Synchronize my iPod with iTunes and have the track information like My Rating synchronize from the low bit rate song on the iPod to the high bit rate song in the iTunes library.
The current workflow requires a duplicate version of the high bit rate tracks in the lower bit rate, which can take up quite a bit of space when using a 60GB iPod. These simple options made using Media Center very nice and I'm sure they would make your clients happy.
Thank you for helping me direct my request to the right place!
Marc

Has anyone found a way of easily converting Apple Lossless files into those of a lower bit rate for use with any iPod other than the shuffle (the iTunes for the shuffle has the nice option to convert to 128kbps on syncing).
My Nano isn't much use as it can only hold 3 Albums imported in Lossless and I can't work out how to change them into a lower bit rate without having to re-import the album from the CDs and selecting the appropriate bit rate to encode at.
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