opinion sound quality ipod/cd's

DYohn wrote: I use my iPod and iTunes everything ripped in Apple Lossless and it sounds more than fine.  But hey, do whatever floats yer boat.

How you gettin' M4A from iTunes? Last time I checked it didn't support the lossless... Not only thet, but I like being able to copy my files off WITHOUT having to ask permission! ;)It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

M4A is (and to the best of my knowledge always has been) one of the default formats for ripping to iTunes.  I do not puirchase any music from their store, all my tunes are off my CDs.Support the12volt.com

Yes, that is true, but M4A is not, by default, lossless. The iTunes doesn't support lossless ripping, AFAIK. See here: m4a.jpg You'll notice that both formats (lossless and AAC) can carry an M4A extension. The playback software will have to have the correct CoDec installed to play, or you'll get an "unrecognized file type" error. FLASH: With a moment of searching, I was able to find that apparently, and according to wiki, iTunes 7 does support lossless.It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

so I downloaded media monkey and it pretty much rocks to no end so far, but d you have an alternative program for loading video as well?double-secret reverse-osmosis speaker-cone-induced high-level interference distortion, Its a killer

haemphyst wrote: FLASH: With a moment of searching, I was able to find that apparently, and according to wiki, iTunes 7 does support lossless.

For your dining and dancing pleasure:  http://www.applelossless.com/

I have compared the same file ripped using Apple lossless via iTunes, using WAV via Music Man Jukebox, using FLAC via WinAmp, and direct off the CD.  To my jaded ears on my home 2-channel system the difference, if there is any, is not audible. YRMV.

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iTunes selecting Lossless Encoder: Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Importing Then you click on "Import Using" and select Apple Lossless Encoder. It's that simple.

OK. So the latest version of iTunes supports lossless. I can admit that. I still won't install it on my computer! :) I'd MUCH rather use a free software that allows me to freely copy, listen, delete... isn't a resource hog, doesn't change system settings to suit it's own needs and desires... isn't riddled with security flaws, doesn't give me Opera when it automatically updates (yes, I know I can turn that "feature" off, but why should I have to?) Hmmm... Yeah, MediaMonkey for me... Good information, DYohn. Thank you. Here's my search for video alternates... Floola information... Floola video... Floola home... This method DOESN'T WORK! (I only mention this, in case you stumble across it in your searchings) Mentioned at the end of the CNet video: Ephpod2 XPlay3 (Not so much a fan of this one, I think...) There are a couple of options for you to try for video management. Lemme know what you think of them! Ephpod seems to be impossible to find for download. Hurry here before IT disappears, too!It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."