[OSX-Users] Re: downgrading sound quality?

[Philip Boulain]

Neil Broderick wrote:
> Currenly I import CDs using Apple Lossless compression to my mac to add 
> to my iTunes library. However I would
> like to export these to my iphone/ipod using lossy compression since the 
> lack of quality is not particularly noticable...

I should point out that there are also attempts by the free software lot 
to do this kind of thing, usually by transparent FLAC (which is also 
lossless) to MP3 conversion---unfortunately, none of which are "Apple 
native":

http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html#software

e.g. http://www.blinkenlights.ch/gnupod/gnupod.html#SEC11
Although that sounds to be *very* hacky and probably annoying.

Or perhaps for people who keep their files on a Linux network share:
http://mp3fs.sourceforge.net/

To be honest, I'm kind of suprised that iTunes hasn't got this built-in 
as an option when syncing to iPods/Phones. Perhaps they don't want to 
scupper sales of the ones with the biggest drives. ;)

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