[travisg]

anyone know how to search or find just your lossless tracks in itunes mine are scattered around and i would like to put them all in a playlist

 

[4saken]

Show the "Bit Rate" column and sort by bit rate. It should show all your high bit rate (ie. lossless) tracks at the top or bottom.

 

[nycbone]

set up a smart play list, sorted by bit rate (>320 kbps)

 

[travisg]

thanks i will do that

 

[krmathis]

Nah! Forget the bitrate filtering, cause it wont be accurate.
Apple Lossless files can be way below 320kbps (mine are down to 2kbps).

Rather do it the "proper" way:
1. File -> New Smart Playlist...
2. "Kind" - Contain - "Apple Lossless"
3. Ok

 

[scompton]

Quote:

Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Nah! Forget the bitrate filtering, cause it wont be accurate. Apple Lossless files can be way below 320kbps (mine are down to 2kbps). Rather do it the "proper" way: 1. File -> New Smart Playlist... 2. "Kind" - Contain - "Apple Lossless" 3. Ok

That's how I do it. I have around 20 smart playlists. They're one of the best features of iTunes IMO.

 

[travisg]

thanks again

 

[Mayzei]

That's awesome mate, knever new that before. Thanks alot.

xx

 

[Nocturnal310]

Any good software to convert FLAC to ALAC?

lot of FLAC's i would like to carry around on ipod as ALAC.

lot of softwares..but what do head-fiers prefer?

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nocturnal310 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Any good software to convert FLAC to ALAC? lot of FLAC's i would like to carry around on ipod as ALAC. lot of softwares..but what do head-fiers prefer?

I prefer and highly recommend Max.

Max from sbooth.org

 

[robm321]

Wow, glad I clicked on this thread. I will be using these ideas. Thanks!

 

[iamoneagain]

Love the smart playlists. I've been using the smart lossless playlist for some time. Makes it nice to separate out my wife's itunes purchases. I also have all the decades setup. Another nice one is fine tuning the recently added. I think I have it at the last 6 months. Funny how I forget so quickly some of the albums I just bought. This can take some time but you can add "female" to all your female artist in the comments section and then make a smart "female artist" playlist. Adding anything to comments allows you to really customize playlists outside of all the fields itunes automatically pulls.

You can also set the DJ playlist to choose from your lossless playist. Makes it nice to have high quality random files. Not sure the Genius playlist can be limited to only lossless.

 

[tinseljim]

Quote:

Originally Posted by scompton /img/forum/go_quote.gif That's how I do it. I have around 20 smart playlists. They're one of the best features of iTunes IMO.

Me three, works really well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif I prefer and highly recommend Max. Max from sbooth.org

Me too and I believe it's the preferred choice of computeraudiophile as well.
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/St...-AIFF-With-MAX

 

[Nocturnal310]

Quote:

Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif I prefer and highly recommend Max. Max from sbooth.org

thanks for the reply

BUT ...its MAC only.

i use windows vista

 

[crowley]

IMO, dbpoweramp is the way to go for windows users for converting lossless files

dBpoweramp: CD Ripper & Audio Converter. Secure ripping to mp3, FLAC, m4a, Apple Lossless & WMA