Using lossless and lossy audio

With hard drive storage now comparatively cheap, I've decided to embark on re-ripping my audio CDs in Apple lossless format for use with the AppleTV hooked up to my hi-fi via optical.
I also want to have MP3/AAC versions for use on my iPhone and other portable devices.
As with SD and HD copies of iTunes purchases (from other posts) there's no easy way to configure iTunes just to offer high quality/HD versions to AppleTV.
What I want to do is have both copies in iTunes but only stream/sync Lossless audio to AppleTV while allowing me to sync iphone with MP3/AAC.
Initially thought I'll just create a Smart Playlist to add Kind contains Lossless, and select that for syncing - trouble is I don't really want to sync the playlist - a) because it won't fit, b) because unless I choose 'Show only synced items' it'll stream all the other stuff anyway unless I manually deselect all the compressed audio which would then render that unavailable for the iPhone syncing.
Smart playlists do allow inclusion of unchecked items however so perhaps I could deselect compressed audio checkboxes and sync a playlist of these to iPhone.
Maybe the best would be just to sync iPhone with a different user account.
I'm sure there's an easy answer to this.
Time to play a little.
Anyone have any thoughts on how to best accomplish this.

iTunes is not regarded as the best audio ripper even with error correction.
XLD is one of a couple of apps that use AccureatRip, where it will report a confidence level for a bit perfect copy by comparison of checksums from the rip with rips of the same content from other users - you get encouraging stats that the rips is successful or not.
iTunes is simple and does what it does well, but even if there's only a theoretical benefit using XLD I'll do it that way because I only want to do this lossless rip once.
http://www.accuraterip.com/
Software:
http://www.accuraterip.com/software.htm
There are a couple of Mac options - XLD was the first I came across.
Rip is form the creators of the audio converter Max which is good.
Linn audio recommend dbPowerAmp for windows I think.
They've recently decided to stop making CD players:
http://www.linn.co.uk/gilad_live
Songbook for Mac seems to be a commercial app, but they seem to have software to control the high-end Linn/Naim media players for Mac too.
I often say I'd buy an AppleTv for audio playback alone - it may not be high-end audiophile quality but unlike my audiophile CD player it actually gets used ans sounds pretty good.
Nice offers here though:
http://www.linn.co.uk/discovernewmusic
Glad Apple doesn't use daft names like Klimax though

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Can you maintain both lossless and lossy versions of a library?

I want to rip my entire CD collection losslessly to a large external drive for listening in my living room (streaming via an Airport Express). But I also want to down sample the entire library to 160kbs for storing on my iPod. Can iTunes support both versions simultaneously? If so, is there an easy way to get it to down sample every song in my library to 160 kbs?
Is Apple Lossless the only lossless format that will work?
Would it be better to use some software other than iTunes for managing a music library like this?
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Yes, you can definitely do this, although it's a bit complicated with iTunes.
You would need to keep a watchful eye over your import settings (in Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Importing) so that you know when you're going to be creating Apple Lossless files as opposed to AAC files, using the settings you desire.
Also, it would be helpful to display the Kind colum in your iTunes library window so you can easily distinguish between Apple Lossless and AAC versions of your songs. You can do this by going to View > View Options and checking the Kind box.
Then you can do some kind of sorting based on file types, etc. Additionally, you may want to create a specific playlist (this could even be a Smart Playlist based on file type/kind) for your lossy AAC files, for example. Then when you connect your iPod, you can manually select that playlist as the one you want to sync with the iPod. At the same time, your main (visible) iTunes library would display only the Apple Lossless versions of your songs for your usual listening and streaming via AirTunes.
Just to be thorough, since I haven't mentioned it yet, you can convert your Apple Lossless files to AAC by selecting all the Apple Lossless files, setting your encoder to AAC with the desired settings (as described above), and using the Advanced > Convert Selection to AAC menu.

Lossless and lossy library

I currently have an itunes library (5,800 songs) setup with Apple lossless files. I mainly used the itunes library to feed my squeezeboxes to play music in my house.
I just purchased an 80 GB iPod and I would like for all of my music to fit on the iPod. Obviously, 5,800 lossless songs will not fit.
I want to keep my lossless library for use by my Squeezeboxes but have a separate library for use by my ipod using 192k lossy files.
I have another computer hooked up to my home network. My thought was to copy the lossless files to the other computer, import it itunes and convert to 192k. The issue I see is I will lose my playlists (correct ?) and of course maintenance of 2 libraries.
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Yes, you can definitely do this, although it's a bit complicated with iTunes.
You would need to keep a watchful eye over your import settings (in Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Importing) so that you know when you're going to be creating Apple Lossless files as opposed to AAC files, using the settings you desire.
Also, it would be helpful to display the Kind colum in your iTunes library window so you can easily distinguish between Apple Lossless and AAC versions of your songs. You can do this by going to View > View Options and checking the Kind box.
Then you can do some kind of sorting based on file types, etc. Additionally, you may want to create a specific playlist (this could even be a Smart Playlist based on file type/kind) for your lossy AAC files, for example. Then when you connect your iPod, you can manually select that playlist as the one you want to sync with the iPod. At the same time, your main (visible) iTunes library would display only the Apple Lossless versions of your songs for your usual listening and streaming via AirTunes.
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I'd use jmf and javafx but it was not for capture devices.
If you use jmf there are native libraries.
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Using both lossless and lossy

I recently switched over to an iMac from a PC. I have my music ripped in two formats, FLAC and mp3. I would like to be able to use iTunes to manage both so I can play the lossless rips through my computer and stream to my stereo, but use the mp3s for my ipod. I am willing to convert the FLAC to Apple Lossless if I need to, but I was wondering how I can go about managing this in itunes so that I don't have duplicates of every song in the library and I can easily set things up to use one set of files or another.
I'm not sure how much sense this is making in the translation, so feel free to ask questions if you have any.
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Won't that take quite a bit of time to do the conversion every time I want to put new music on the iPod?
Yes, it will take a bit of time.
I keep a few different playlists for use on the iPod.
One is music I always want and one for randomness.
Then I only change the random playlist occasionally so not a lot of time is wasted on converting.
Is there any way to set up 2 separate libraries within iTunes and choose which one I want to use at a given time?
You can but to me, it's much more of a pain as you have two sets of music you need to track. Anything (rating, # of plays, last played, etc.) changed in one will not be reflected in the other.
Hold Option and launch iTunes.
Select *Create library* then select a location for the new library and name is soemthing like *Lossy library*.
Make sure you do NOT select the same as the current location.
To add songs to this new library, set iTunes prefs > general - Importing prefs to what you want.
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This will add the songs you select. The added songs will be converted and added to this new library in one step (as opposed to adding the songs, converting then deleting the original).

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******BUG******
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I tried to do some research and it looks like you need to have an external device and its drivers, such as an external microphone, installed on the computer to record audio that can be saved as a sound file. Another Suggestion is to try an auxiliary spliter for your headphones and external speakers?
What software are you using to record your game?
If anyone knows anything different, please let me know.
Thank you for being a part of the Lenovo Family,
Catie
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