chnsawBrutality
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Like the title says. I sort of understand what lossless is.. a little bit.
I understand that some think it's worth to have all your music library in lossless, because hard drives are getting cheaper and it's easier to add and convert to other players when its in lossless. Plus, down the road you might have a nice stereo setup that takes advantage of the lossless library at home. That makes sense to me. And that for portable players it's good enough to use 320kbs MP3 (not for everyone, of course), because of storage issues and most of the time you might not be paying 110% attention to your music, like in a work environment, outside walking, or gym. That makes sense too. (is that the basics? I know it's not 100% true, but that's kind of what I understand from reading and lurking on here)
What I'm confused about though. What's the difference between ALAC and FLAC? Both are lossless, correct? And where does the LAME and V0 stuff come in?
And, the only way to get your music into lossless is from a CD, correct? iTunes gives it to you in AAC, which is better than MP3 or just as good, but not nearly as good as lossless. So to get the best quality for your music library is to buy CDs?
Which format would be best when using an iPod, and iPhone, and a sansa Clip+/Fuze? All are used as portables. Lossless for home PC, and 320KBS for the players? ALAC or FLAC?
I understand that some think it's worth to have all your music library in lossless, because hard drives are getting cheaper and it's easier to add and convert to other players when its in lossless. Plus, down the road you might have a nice stereo setup that takes advantage of the lossless library at home. That makes sense to me. And that for portable players it's good enough to use 320kbs MP3 (not for everyone, of course), because of storage issues and most of the time you might not be paying 110% attention to your music, like in a work environment, outside walking, or gym. That makes sense too. (is that the basics? I know it's not 100% true, but that's kind of what I understand from reading and lurking on here)
What I'm confused about though. What's the difference between ALAC and FLAC? Both are lossless, correct? And where does the LAME and V0 stuff come in?
And, the only way to get your music into lossless is from a CD, correct? iTunes gives it to you in AAC, which is better than MP3 or just as good, but not nearly as good as lossless. So to get the best quality for your music library is to buy CDs?
Which format would be best when using an iPod, and iPhone, and a sansa Clip+/Fuze? All are used as portables. Lossless for home PC, and 320KBS for the players? ALAC or FLAC?