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Hi Dave,
I am starting my second or third round of research on how to convert a large library of FLAC formated album into some high fidelity format specifically to sync to an iPod for use while on the road ( my car, my cabin, my other house, etc. - these are just ideas but you get the idea ).
Just now I tried Max again.... I can figure out which of the format is actually a lossless format that will work with iTunes. I don't see ALAC in the list of formats.
I have also tried XLD which throws an error as it converts each track.
Flax seems to be broken with iTunes 10.1.1
I am not a technical audiophile but I am pretty much a computer expert, certainly a very experienced Mac users for a decade or more.
This is really making me crazy. Can you or some other user who has done FLAC conversion to iTunes very recently please let me know what trick is to get one or the other app to do the right things.... 1) convert to lossless format ( either directly compatible with iPods or 2) also automatically creates a compatible format for iPods, iPads, iPhone, iETC....
I would like to do this mass conversion right the first time - commercial software is fine ..... doesn't have to be freeware or shareware. I just need it to do the busy work and do it well.
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