Lossless conversion to 128

This may be impossible but: is it possible to rip ones cd collection into lossless format on a computer but synch ones ipod at a lower format (e.g. 128/ whatever) thereby saving valuable space on the ipod (plus getting the added boon of not needing to rip the cd collection again as space on ipods and hard drives inevitably increases)
If this feature is not available is there any danger of it becoming available in itunes in the near future (Windows Media Player allows you to do this with ease already - ok you get a time lag while it converts but it seems to work perfectly well)
Any help very much appreciated
dynamism

Once you have ripped your CD collection in a "lossless" format, you'll find that converting from this format to a lossy one is much quicker than ripping your cd twice in two different formats...I would suggest that you 128kb/s in an mp3/lame format is probably a little on the low side, I wouldn't rip below 192kb/s - you should hear an audiable difference, of course the hugher the bit rate the more file space you'll need. An APX/V0 mp3 rip optimises the file size with rip quality - this type of rip is not possible via itunes but I could suggest sw and a methodology if required.
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