grawk Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 it's not a conversion, it treats it like a quicktime movie, and uses third party libraries to play it through quicktime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenW Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Personally, I use the Transporter/Squeezebox to play FLAC on a network, external HD when I'm listening to my speakers. The MBP holds AAC @224 for the ipod. Of course, I can also play my iTunes AAC through the PS3 if I wanted the convenience of using the iTunes interface. So far the PS3 won't support FLAC, but I'm hopeful that's coming. Conversion of FLAC to AAC is with Max. Used Toast for a time, but the PS3 just wouldn't play the Toast version so I went with Max and it's been smooth sailing since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingwe Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 After owning a mac for about three weeks, this is what I currently do: * Rip CD's to ALAC using MAX (w/paranoia) * Rip Vinyl (TBD--but the ADC is Duet) * Manage Music via iTunes * Playback via iTunes/FrontRow->duet->etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint.panda Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Really cool, I didn't know about that Fluke Flac thing. Will have to try it later as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrastique Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 I convert FLAC to AIFF through Xact, load it in iTunes, convert it to ALAC, through the Duet --- amp --- and voila, music ( a little hassle but okay) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 you need to get max indra sbooth.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 so in addition to being a great file converter, is max also the eac of the mac world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 more or less. [jayt@localhost ~]$ more Jacob alcohol buttermilk biscuits love [jayt@localhost ~]$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 You are filled with love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrastique Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 you need to get max indra sbooth.org What does Max do better when ripping a cd to ALAC compared to iTunes with error correction? The only flacs I convert are the dl's btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 it's just for convenience in terms of flac to alac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrastique Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 you can convert your FLAC files directly to ALAC with it. Yeah I know. I should have formulated my question differently: When I rip an album as I do now I just put in my laptop, say to iTunes import as ALAC with error correction. What advantage would Max give over iTunes as in better conversion or stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 It makes sure more thoroughly that there aren't errors in conversion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrastique Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Ah okay thanx. I'll download it though as it would save me some steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Is the implication then that iTunes itself does not do a good job of ripping CDs to a lossless format? I don't really need to hear that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 All this talk is helpful, coming form a soon to be convert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPH Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 To rip my CDs, I boot in Windows with Boot Camp and use EAC with some plugin that converts my tracks directly to ALAC. I don't know if the result is worth all this trouble, but I do it anyway. To listen to my music, I use iTunes, which feeds the bits to my Duet. I love this setup a lot except for the fact that my MacBook fan can get quite noisy when I do a lot of multitasking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPH Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 major waste of time, just use Max in OS X, does all the same stuff. Thanks for the heads up, I'll try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingwe Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Yeah I know. I should have formulated my question differently: When I rip an album as I do now I just put in my laptop, say to iTunes import as ALAC with error correction. What advantage would Max give over iTunes as in better conversion or stuff? It bundles a plugin called "paranoia" that works simialr to EAC's mutliple reads. EAC, however, can calibrate itself to your optical drive's characteristics. When you use MAX, just enable paranoia. -m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 question about these errors that may occur when using a non-EAC, non-max type ripper. I've always wondered, are they audible? I mean is it like a sound stutter or a bleep? Since I got into audio I have used EAC, but back in my pre-audiophile days I ripped everything with iTunes, and can never recall hearing an audible error in the rip. Having said that, EAC can definitely ripped scratched CDs much better then iTunes, but still I'm curious about what kind of errors we are talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Yes, sometimes with itunes rips you get all kinds of weirdness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Wormholes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Wormholes. Worse. Holy worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingwe Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 the thing is reading a piece of plastic with a little laser, not generating a wormhole! oh if only we could! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Worse. Holy worms. Nice. Touch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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