Lossless to 128kbs

I have all of my music in the lossless format. How can I download onto my ipod in a smaller kbs? I don't see the automatic downsampleing like I do for most al other mp3 software/devices.

On-the-fly conversion (the option to "Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC") is only available for the iPod Shuffle. It's 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.

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How do I update 128kbs uploaded files?

I have a bunch of CDs the were previously in 128kbs when I first ran iTunes Match but I've now re-ripped my whole collection in AAC Lossless and I'd like to replace the lower quality versions in the cloud with the new high quality versions or at least the auto 256kbs version that gets sent instead of the lossless file.
I've looked all over and can't find anyone who has tried and thing similar. It would be a huge pain to manually delete albums from iTunes Match and then reimport.

iTunes Match does not actually upload ALL of your songs. It only uploads the ones that are NOT matched. In other words, if a song that you have is matched to a song in the iTunes Store catalog, the file that is already stored on Apple server is used. That song file is 256 kbps AAC. Your song file is not uploaded.
That's one reason the service only costs $25 per year, because most of the songs people have are already collectively stored on Apple's servers, because the same song is sold by the iTunes Store. Only songs that do NOT match are uploaded and stored in iCloud individually, per user.
Also, this article says that song files that are in ALAC (Apple Lossless) format are "transcoded" to AAC 256 kbps locally, before they are uploaded to iCloud.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4914
So, whether your songs match or not, they are not going to be stored in Apple Lossless format in iCloud.

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.
mb67

How to convert WAV to Apple Lossless?

I just bought an Ipod and have all my music on my computer in WAV format. Could someone please describe how do I convert to Apple Lossless? It isn't descrtibed in the manual.
Gerry

Although the AAC format gives excellent audio reproduction with minimal compression a word of warning: if you have any other mp3 players (non ipod) it is unlikely that they will recognise and therefore be able to replay this fairly apple specific format. Further more if you wish to play these files on a pc which is not running itunes, it is likey that you will have to download an aac codec in order for them to be recognised. Although recognised as an "inferior" format mp3 (lame)is a much more portable compression and therefore will play on 99% of pc's/mac's/mp3 players. If you convert your wav files to a mp3 bit rate of >192kb/s I don't think you will notice a difference in audio quality. iTunes allows you to rip to an mp3 encode, just select it from the drop down list rather than the aac and select a bit rate of 192kb/s (or more) from the setting tab, the default is 128kb/s. Your mp3 encoded files will also take less space on your ipod.
Just thought you may like to know of further options...
MB67
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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>
back to my dryland: the sound/audio in a dv file is way behind the quality you 're demanding... indeed, I would create a playlist for my specific itunes project and export that as aiff... besides: that is exactly what I do with my projects, I have a library of ~6000 tracks, I do a "preview"/prehear (??) in ITunes, anything what could fit, drops into a playlist, in iM I have immediate access to that pl, I don't scroll thru my whole library... after finishing that project, the pl gets into trash....

Adobe Media Encoder renders in Lossless, such as After Effects?

Adobe Media Encoder renders Lossless like After Effects too?

There are multiple codecs that can losslessly encode video. One example is the PNG video codec in a QuickTime container. Another example (which matches the After Effects output module named Lossless) is the Animation video codec in a QuickTime container.

Question about Lossless Rendering in AE (PNG not found, can Premier Pro read this "lossless" export?

Hello,
I want to compose short transitions (45 seconds) in AE CS6 incorporating 3D graphics and also a short intro (30 seconds) containing some streaming video clips assembled in a 3d space as well.
My deliverable will ulitmately be in Blu-Ray format and I need excellent quality. I have zero concerns about the amount of time it takes to render; I only care about ultimate video quality in my deliverables.
My NLE is Premiere Pro CS6. I'm working with some beautiful Canon 5D images on a 2008 MacPro tower. I only photograph the day after it rains so I can always get pristine shots.
What is the best possible workflow for me, given my reliance on AE and PrPro and Canon 5D images and .mov files?
Earlier, Rick suggested exporting in PNG compressed format, QT. But I don't see that in my render options, although the Lossless option at the top certainly looks appealing. Can PrPro read that type of export?
Am I doomed to vaguely average quality in Blu-Ray format or is it possible to have a really nice "wow" factor using this workflow?
I'm going to purchase a new X.264 encoder when the Apple version is released this month.
Does that make any difference in how my final results from AE will appear?
If I need to abandon this whole 3d motion graphics enterprise because AE and PrPro, working together, are only capable of vaguely average deliverables with respect to 3D motion graphics, then so be it.
I would prefer to cut my losses now.
What are your candid thoughts?
Thanks,

Thanks fellas!
One two minute video and one photographic screen shot is worth 10,000 words.
Ben, do you recommend purchasing QuickTime 7 Pro for that PNG render workflow?
Also, a friend of mine recommended the following workflow. Any comments? Constructing my own custom timeline sounds like a bit of a chore.... perhaps it is worth it? He's worked quite a bit in large studios and does not recommend PNG here. Not sure why.
Matt
My friend recommended:
"I still recommend ProRes for Adobe, and most of the bigger shops that I've heard of that use Premiere still convert to Prores. Cineform or DNxHD would work just as well, depending on your workflow. You can create a custom timeline that will let you work and render full-res files for those editing codecs, instead of the default low-res mpeg2 that Adobe is set to work with.
Working with H.264 is still much more processor-intensive than many systems are prepared for, and in the ProRes conversion process hopefully you're adding reel and TC info if you don't already have it (I'm betting you don't).
Really it's a question of knowing and taking control of what is happening to your video files, or just letting your system do what it wants, which often isn't what's best.
As far as final conversion... I use Mpeg-4 in an mp4 container to avoid the gamma shifts that i see too often in h.264 .mov files. As much as I love the idea of open source, it's not always practical for professionals. X.264 may be fully compatible, but I haven't had reason to work with it instead of .mp4 files. Given the choice of h.264 vs x.264, I would definitely test out x.264, as I've read that you can avoid gamma issues by using it as well."

Can't Import Songs To iTunes Using Apple Lossless Encoder

I have about 4,000 songs in FLAC format (which is a lossless format) on my external hard drive. I want to import them into iTunes using the Apple Lossless Encoder. I called Apple support and asked them how to do this, and they told me to go under "Preferences" in iTunes and chose to import using Apple Lossless Encoder.
I did this using Preferences>General>Import Settings, and then went to File>Add Folder to Library, however, it still imported my songs as AAC Audio Files. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.

iTunes cannot read nor import FLAC files - not without third-party plugins, anyway, and I don't know of any that will allow iTunes to convert a FLAC file to another format - so I'm a bit confused as to the procedure you're following. If all you're doing is using the Add to Library command and choosing the FLAC files, it's quite possible that iTunes is misinterpreting the format and adding what is in reality an invalid link with erroneous format information.
If you have some sort of third-party plugin for FLAC for iTunes, please post that information and perhaps someone here can determine whether iTunes can do a conversion successfully.

Separating library into mp3 and lossless libraries?

I have imported most of my music into iTunes using lossless format, but have been making mp3 copies of some of my music to place on my ipod. This is not ideal, because, for example, when picking songs to play the genius function will often pick the mp3 version over the lossless version. I would like to separate out the lossless music I play at home and the mp3 music I sync to my ipod, and I think the best way to do that is to have separate iTunes music libraries (correct me if I'm wrong).
At first I thought I could simply duplicate my music folder, and use the find command to delete all of the mp3 files. But after reading Apple's instructions on how to use multiple ipods on one computer (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495?viewlocale=en_US), I think it might be better to simply have two libraries.
I don't quite understand how this works, but I think it means that I would have two libraries sharing the same iTunes Music folder, and I wouldn't have to remove the mp3 files in the finder.
But I still do not know a good way to do this, and would like suggestions. For my iPod library, I want a copy of my current library, but with all the lossless music deleted. I think this is not too hard; I could simply do a search for 'mpeg' and delete all of those songs.
For my home listening, I would like to find a way to delete the mp3 files that also have lossless files; if I only have a mp3 copy, I would like to keep that. I could do this manually by showing duplicates, but I have a lot of music and this would take forever.
Any suggestions would be appreciated,
Ric

OK - this is how you could do it. using Smart playlists.
But first, convert all the lossless tracks you want on your iPod to AAC (and perhaps use a bitrate that you don't have other tracks in? An unusual one, say 160 or 192).
Create a Smart Playlist with criterion Kind = AAC (if all your non-lossless tracks are MP3 as you say), or bitrate = 160 (192, or whatever), if you already have both AAC and MP3. OR if this will get too confusing, Date Added = (less than 2 weeks, say). You'll think of something that works for you, I'm sure.
Manually manage your iPod (not sync) and drag the contents of the Smart playlist to your iPod. Then delete the tracks from your Mac while keeping the playlist. In future, any tracks you convert for iPod will be in that playlist, from where you can drag them over to the iPod and then delete them off your Mac.
This sounds much more complicated to explain than it would be in practice.

Want to remove Lossless files from dual-format library, keep elsewhere

My iTunes library consists entirely of music ripped from audio CDs. Each CD was ripped twice, once in Apple Lossless format, once in AAC format.
For several reasons (chief among them the desire to free up a lot of disk space on my iMac), I want to remove the Lossless files from my iTunes library. But I want to keep all of the AAC files there as they are, along with my playlists (all based on the AAC files only).
However, for a measure of future-proofing, I still want to keep the Lossless files. And whenever I buy a CD, I want to still import it as both Lossless and AAC, keeping the Lossless files handy while adding the AAC files to the iTunes library.
I must obviously begin with an external Firewire drive big enough for my Lossless content. How do I proceeed from there?

I would take this approach, but others might have better suggestions.
First, when you get your external drive, copy the entire iTunes folder to the external drive which will copy everything (media files, database files, artwork, etc.).
Assuming you use the iTunes default settings where iTunes copied added items to your iTunes folder and organizes your library (meaning - everything is all self contained in the iTunes folder), then all you have to do is drag & drop your iTunes folder (not just the iTunes Music folder you find inside the iTunes folder) to the external drive and copy the entire thing.
If you want to test that it worked or would like to actually start using it from that location instead, use these instructions when you start iTunes to point it to the new location...
How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304447
If you are just testing, then close iTunes after you verify it works, and restart iTunes again with the same instructions and point it back to your internal drive (original) location. Now you can sort your library by "Kind" which is the format it is encoded as and all the Apple Lossless files will be grouped together. Select the first one, scroll down to the last one, Shift-Select the last one which will select all the ones in between and hit delete! Now your internal drive library is everything except Apple Lossless.
If you wish, you can switch back to the external drive library and do the same for the AAC files.
Now when ever you add a new CD you can do it a couple ways. But probably the most straight forward is to simply put in the CD, open the internal library, import as AAC files. Switch to the external library and import again as lossless.
Patrick

How do I Download from Itunes store using the Apple Lossless format?

I use my music on a home sterio and import locally from CD's to Windows using the Apple Lossless format only, to achieve the Highest quality sound. However, When I buy from Itunes store I can only get AAC format, which is low quality. How can I get Itunes to give me only Apple Lossless format?
Your help will b e appreciated.
Thanks
Phil

I do agree with what i have been said. I am a musician, i think AAC is definitely medium-low quality. I bought this year lots of AAC 256 for Itunes. I have been surprised. SO many times i need to go to the equalizer to counter-balance the weakness of this file format.
I advise you to do the following. Import a CD using Apple LossLess and then import a CD using AAC 256. You will see a HUGE difference.
Now i start to buy CD again in order to get the music Quality. Then i import my CDs to Itunes using Apple LossLess (920Kbps). You will ear that on Snares and Rides. Bass will sound more natural. Bass, Medium, Sharp will more balance with each other. You will hear instruments with more clarity especially when there are a lot of instruments. Because of that, you will not need to raise up the volume.
But more than anything... you will gain VOLUME in your files.
In general over the internet all the online music stores including Itune doesn't provide HD quality. AAC 256 is not enough. A track bought over Itune Store should weight 30 megabytes, not 5. And then you would decide to compress it or not.

Managing multiple libraries with different file types (AAC v. Lossless)

I have set up two libraries, one for my AAC music and the other for my lossless music. The files themselves are located in two separate places on my hard drive. When I switch libraries (option-clicking iTunes), and go to Preferences/Advanced tab, the directory for the files and the import method doesn't change -- I have to change it manually. This is annoying.
Does anyone know of a way to automate this change, so that if I open a new library, the default location of the files and the import format changes automatically? I tried ituneslibrarymanager from Dougscripts, but for some reason can't get this program to install on my machine.

No, it's the same Windows XP user account, but I have two separate music libraries - the music files in library are in a lossless format, while those in the other are in AAC. For convenience, I wish to keep the two libraries separate.
In iTunes 7 it is possible to have separate libraries - start iTunes and hold down the SHIFT key (Windows) while the program starts. A dialogue box then appears where the required library can be selected. However, as far as I can tell, it's not possible to have a different set of preferences for each library.
Say the preferences are set up for my lossless library, which is located on a separate network drive. If I then make the AAC library active and open iTunes, iTunes reindexes the library according to the settings for the lossless library and I end up with the AAC library full of lossless files. I've tried unchecking various things in the preferences box, but I've had no luck fixing the problem. Thanks for your suggestion - I have already reported the problem.
The whole thing is a rather inelegant way of managing multiple libraries in iTunes. Surely the Apple developers can come up with a way of doing it from within iTunes??

Can I add a lossless file to my itunes library?

Can i add a lossless music file to my itunes library? Usually what i do is drag the file or folder into music/itunes/itunes media/automatically add to itunes and it works fine, everything shows in my library and plays perfectly. But with this lossless file i drag it into the automatically add to itunes folder and it goes into the folder but doesnt show up in itunes. I think i know that itunes doesn't support lossless files, so can somene tell me how to convert them into apple lossless or MP3s (preferably apple lossless). Please help.

The are a variety of different lossless audio formats, some supported by iTunes, some partially supported and some not at all.
The best lossless audio format to use from an iTunes point of view is Apple Lossless aka. ALAC. iTunes can import (rip) audio CDs using this format. Other lossless formats supported by iTunes include WAV (partially) and AIFF, however these formats use more disk space than Apple Lossless and do not sound any better, and further more do not support meta-tags as well as Apple Lossless.
Another lossless format you may hear of is FLAC, iTunes does not support this format but it can be otherwise considered equivalent to Apple Lossless in file size and capability. You can convert FLAC to Apple Lossless with of course no loss of quality but you will need to use another utility to do the conversion.
There is also WMA Lossless, this is not supported for playing by iTunes but I believe can be imported (only in iTunes for Windows, not Mac).
So, contrary to your message, yes iTunes does support lossless audio files.
For what its worth I have all mine in Apple Lossless and share it with Windows Media Player and Microsoft Media Center which can also play Apple Lossless (with an additional free directshow filter).
Note: Music purchased from the iTunes store will all be in AAC format which is a lossey format.

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!,
Joseph
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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