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What is the song capacity of a 4GB Shuffle using Apple Lossless?

Download the iPodage widget for your Mac Dashboard, it will calculate how many songs fit based on the information you put in on the size of iPod and the file format used. You can get it from Apple Downloads at this link: iPodage

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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.

Problems with sound quality when ripping using apple lossless

When ripping cd with apple lossless I have problems with parts of the songs falling out. It does not apply for all songs. I use a Mac Pro OS X 10.9.2 with iTunes 11.1.5. Does anyone know why this happens, and what I can do to prevent it from happening again?

Hi Amy:
Sorry that the Color Setting idea didn't do the trick. Since the occurrence is separate, that is, seeing one color view using Elements and a different color view using email view. I still suspect this area.
Calibrating a monitor to me (as the saying goes), is easier said than done. You may want to do a web search using Calibrate Monitor, or similar search words. This will find some interesting websites on calibrating monitors you can read and try out. If you do change some settings, write down what your original settings are before hand, so if you make it worse, you can go back where you started.
There are two areas to calibrate the monitor.
1. Using the monitor controls on the monitor itself.
or/and
2. Using the graphics card (software) control. Which is normally found (Win XP) DISPLAY PROPERTIES>SETTINGS>ADVANCED> then the TAB with your graphics card name.
3. Actually there is a third one, which uses a very expensive device that connects to the monitor. At the moment this method escapes me. Mainly used by professionals and serious photo editing people.
Good Luck!
Tony

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....

Import Error when using Apple Lossless

Thanks to all in advance for their help. I have iTunes l0.1.1.4 running on several Windows 7 computers and am currently getting an error when I try to import a CD using ALC.
The error message says "Error occurred while converting the file "Song name". An unknown error occurred (-39)."
This also happens when I try to convert to using AAC. But as an experiment, I was able to import using either WAV or AIFF formats. I also can play CDs directly so I would assume hardware isn't the fault.
I do have another computer running XP and iTunes 10.1.1.4 and am able to import using ALC so my guess is there's something between iTunes and Windows 7 that's causing the issue.
Again, thank you in advance for any guidance and apologies if this has been covered in another string.

I think I may have stumbled onto my own solution. On the WinXP machine that was letting me import ALC successfully, I had my C:drive set as the destination for the import files. I changed that setting to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device and suddenly could no longer import using ALC. I reset back to the C:drive and it worked, confirming that the conflict was between iTunes and the NAS or my Network.
I then reset the destination on my Win7 machine to also use a folder on the c:drive as the file destination and that solved in there as well.
So, if anyone can shed light on why importing/compressing to ALC/sending to a non-c:drive location is causing a failure, I'm listening.
And hopefully this solution will help someone else along the way.

I currently rip my cds into Itunes using apple lossless and play them through sonos. The new iMac do not have disc drives. What is the best solution?

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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.

Headphones for Apple Lossless

Hi, I am wondering what headphones would be best to use on an ipod touch with apple lossless.
By using apple lossless I obviously want a faithful reproduction of the original and to get the best out of it.

I have been very happy with the headphones that I have. One is the [*_Bose Quiet Comfort 15*|http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/headphones/noise_cancelling_he adphones/quietcomfort15/index.jsp] and the other is [*_Beats By Dr Dre Studio_*|http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=3808]. I like them both however prefer the Bose for comfort and quality.
For in-ear headphones I prefer the [*_Klipsch Image S4_*|http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/image-s4-reviews> which do an excellent job in renditioning the audio as intended by the producer.
Look all of the above up on the internet for reviews and you should be able to come to a well informed decision.
Axel F.

Head Spinning on Creating a Apple Lossless and AAC libraries

I am contemplating archiving all my CDs to an Applelossless library using iTunes. Before doing so, I have some questions. We are in a WIN XP environment.
1) How do I convert an Apple Lossless album to AAC format with all the album info in tack to a separate iTunes library?
2) How do I give multiple WIN XP users access to this single AAC library via iTunes to load their iPod or buy music for this single AAC library?
3) If I add CDs to the Apple Lossless library using iTunes, is there a way to keep the AAC library automatically in sync?
Is there a better approach I should consider?
Thanks for the help experts!

To set up another library in the same Windows user account hold down the shift key when starting iTunes. In one library have your lossless files. In the other library have the AAC files. In the second library import the lossless files with settings set to convert to AAC. To allow multiple users access to the same file store the library where they both have access. Each library is independent, changes in one are not made in the other automatically. You will have to add to one in lossless, go to other library then import the files there.
Better approach. Maybe. I think it is a waste of space to use Apple lossless. My hearing can't tell from AAC 192k from CD. So I just use AAC at 192k or 160k. Even lower for audiobooks.

Ripping in Apple lossless, random beeps in file created. genius bar no help

Just began downloading my CDs to an external firewire drive attached to my new Macbook w/ Leopard, using iTunes w/ Apple Lossless. This will be for my hi-fi stereo. I'm using the latest versions of all software.
After about a dozen CDs, I have done some listening. At the end of some tracks there is an electronic beep that lasts about one second, starts in right channel and moves to left channel.
Only some tracks have this beeping, but consistently occurs at end of tracks, from CDs released last year, five years ago and even ten years ago.
Tested these same CDs on my Thinkpad w/ Windows XP and iTunes, using apple lossless. NO BEEPS at the end of the same tracks that had beeps on the Mac.
Any idea how to get rid of this?

I have a MBPro and have been experiencing dropouts and blips when ripping with Apple lossless. Having dropouts does rather defeat the purpose.
I was ripping to an external USB drive. Based on this, I'll try to my very fast internal 7200rpm drive. Anyone else but us two experiencing this, and have any workarounds or feedback? It's VERY frustrating...

AAC vs. Apple Lossless, Library Setup

I'm just starting out with setting up my iTunes Library on a new hard drive (20GB), which I'm pretty much going to devote to music. Under the Preferences > Advanced Tab > Importing, we have the choice of encoding, and I'm not sure which would be better, AAC or Apple Lossless (?)
I'm planning to import around 400 CDs, and I've got another internal hard drive (120GB), to which I could go. This brings up, another question. When I set the place for my iTunes library, should I put in one spot, say on this newer, bigger hard drive, or could I split it across two different drives? If I wanted to move the library, after it's filled, how much of a problem is that?

M,
The AAC format uses about 1MB per minute of song (5MB for a 5 minute song), where the Apple Lossless Encoder requires about 5MB per minute of song (25MB for the same 5 minute song). The AAC format is quite sufficient for ipod and computer speaker use. You may want to consider the larger Apple Lossless or even AIFF for music intended for playback on elaborate home stereo and theater use, but the AIFF format is the largest (about 10MB per minute of song, or 50MB for a 5 minute song). Be aware that Apple Lossless encoded songs will only play on iTunes, quicktime apps and certain ipod models (not all). What that means is that if you burn a CD in Apple Lossless, it will not play on your home CD player. The only way to use Apple Lossless on your home CD player will be through an airport express.
I regret I do not know the answer to your second question regarding splitting a library over two hard drives.
Hope this helped.
Terry

Apple Lossless in iTunes to AAC on iPod

I burned my music collection to my hard drive using Apple Lossless encoding to keep the audio quality.
I just received an iPod and I would like to load my songs but I would prefer to us the AAC format so that I can conserve the space on the iPod.
Is there a way to keep the songs on my hard drive in the Lossless format while adding them to my iPod in the AAC format?

No.
Converting on the fly while adding to the iPod is possible on the iPod Shuffle only but not the others.

Apple Lossless drains my iPod's power!

After doing the battery tests on my Ipod, I've realised that while I can get the full 20 hour battery life from it, if I import songs using Apple Lossless, the battery life is reduced to just 12.5 hours. Does anyone know the reason for this? Does Apple Lossless consume more power? Will anyone from Apple actually answer my question?

Apple lossless files are much larger in comparison to files compressed at say 128kbps or 160kbps.
As such, the iPod's cache has to load more frequently and this inolves spinning up the hard drive more than usual.
Hence the reduced battery playback time.
Typically, any file larger than about 9MB will start to have a noticeable effect on the battery.

Apple Lossless in Windows

I have iTunes working in Windows.
I have Windows Media Player automatically adding (unprotected) iTunes tracks.
I have Windows Media Player reading tags in AAC tracks (from iTunes).
I have Windows Media Player able to play AAC tracks (from iTunes).
I have Media Center also able to see and play these AAC tracks!
I have Windows Media Player able to read tags in Apple Lossless files (which use the same m4a file format and extension and tags as AAC tracks).
What I am not able to do is get Windows Media Player to play Apple Lossless files. So far I have not found a codec to do this.
This is a bit surprising since nearly every other Windows player can play Apple Lossless (e.g. WinAmp, MPlayer, etc.).
Has anyone else managed to find a solution?

It is also possible to get Windows Media Player to play Apple Lossless files as well. (In case that's what your friend really meant.)
See http://jelockwood.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/using-apple-lossless-aka-alac-in-window s.html

Apple Lossless extension

If I import an aiff file to Apple Lossless, the file extension is m4a and the "Kind" is MPEG-4, same as AAC.
Is that correct and can someone explain why?

The encoding is done in iTunes. I create a new playlist in iTunes. I drag an AIFF file from the Finder window into the empty playlist window. I set the iTunes Preferences to "Import Using Apple Lossless Encoder." Then, under the Advanced menu, I select "Convert Selection to Apple Lossless." iTunes places the resulting file in a folder named Unknown Album (within an Unknown Artist folder). I then repeat the process with the new compressed file, that is, I add the file to an iTunes playlist, change the Preferences to "Import Using AIFF" and select "Convert Selection to AIFF" under the Advanced menu. I Then compare the 2 AIFF files with the Finder's Get Info menu item. The file sizes are different as I indicated above.
If you have a small AIFF file handy, try it yourself and tell me what you get.

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