April 7, 200917 yr comment_222026 I've been using Max quite happily for all my codec switching needs for a while, but have recently found it's crashing when asked to chew 24-bit FLAC files and spit out MPEG4. Have been working around by using AIFF instead, which works fine, but just wondering if anyone knows if this is a limitation of the converter or the output format? Thanks. Report
April 8, 200917 yr comment_222145 Are they 2-channel or 5.1? I found I couldn't use Max for SACD rips, but are fine for, say, 24/92 2-channel music from Linn Records. Report
April 8, 200917 yr comment_222147 Whether on pc or mac, all the 24bit vinyl rips I've converted recently work best when made to aiff in 3rd party programs, then from aiff to alac inside of itunes. 16bit alac works just fine in other programs, but for whatever reason 24bit works best in itunes, in my experience. Report
April 8, 200917 yr Author comment_222149 Any reason then, other than file size (ok, and consistency), to go the extra step and convert AIFF to ALAC? Report
April 8, 200917 yr comment_222150 prolly not. I dont remember if aiff supports album art, but I'm pretty anal about keeping that stuff up to date. Report
April 12, 200917 yr Author comment_223577 After looking around a bit and trying a few things, I have found that XLD does what I want pretty much flawlessly. Recommended. Report
April 12, 200917 yr Author comment_223582 XLD is what i use most of the time. And you were keeping that to yourself? Report
April 12, 200917 yr Author comment_223590 i've mentioned XLD before. I guess I'll have to start actually listening to you. Report
April 13, 200917 yr comment_223625 Whether on pc or mac, all the 24bit vinyl rips I've converted recently work best when made to aiff in 3rd party programs, then from aiff to alac inside of itunes. 16bit alac works just fine in other programs, but for whatever reason 24bit works best in itunes, in my experience. max uses alac from itunes I did not know that. This comforts me. Today, for some reason Max would not properly convert my AIFF files to ALAC. The resultant AIFFs were roughly about 1/3 larger than the original AIFFs and were not listenable. I reinstalled Max and check settings for my workflow. Tried several things with no joy until I up dragged the AIFFs into iTunes, then converting them to ALAC worked fine. Fucking software. Edited April 13, 200917 yr by ingwe OCD Report
April 13, 200917 yr comment_223628 That is helpful info here. I had to switch to Xact to get my 24/96 files into AIFF, since Max started to choke on them when making them into ALAC. Report
April 13, 200917 yr comment_223686 I guess I'll have to start actually listening to you. boom, headshot. Report
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