Reduce Bitrate when Syncing Songs?

I believe the shuffle has the ability to automatically reduce the bitrate of songs when you sync them. Does this feature exist for the nano? If not, does anyone know if Apple is planning to add it? I rip my stuff at high bitrates, but I don't need all those bits for playback through earbuds, so a lower bitrate would allow me a few more songs on the device.

*Does this feature exist for the nano? If not, does anyone know if Apple is planning to add it? I rip my stuff at high bitrates*
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". No one here would know what plans Apple has but you can leave feedback/feature requests at this link: Apple Product Feedback

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