greigmg
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I'm looking for something similar to Spotify that will read local files and let me "star" them to cache them on my iPhone. Spotify does not support FLAC.
My music collection is ripped onto a Win 7 computer I use as a media server. The discs are ripped as one .flac file with a cue sheet. I'd like the ability to transcode and temporarily copy some discs to my iPhone (in a lossy format) to listen to on the go. Spotify's "star" capability is the best example I can think of - essentially lets you browse your entire library and if you "star" something it syncs it to the phone. Unstar it and it's gone.
I've tried Subsonic media server (and corresponding iPhone app), Helium Media Manager (and iPhone app), explored if there are any Foobar add-ins, and a few other things but found no elegant solution. I use the iPeng app in the house and it offers a way to stream over the internet, but I do not want to stream the media for a number of reasons (burns through data allotment, spotty service on metro, security risks, etc.).
Anyone else out there doing this? Huge media collection and want to do the modern day equivalent of grabbing a disc to listen to in the car?
I'm not willing to change the way I rip or manually transcode the songs into some other format. Maybe, if it came down to it, I would keep a second set of .mp3s and use Spotify, but I'd rather not add any steps to my ripping process.
Thanks for the help. If anyone has any questions about my setup, shoot.
My music collection is ripped onto a Win 7 computer I use as a media server. The discs are ripped as one .flac file with a cue sheet. I'd like the ability to transcode and temporarily copy some discs to my iPhone (in a lossy format) to listen to on the go. Spotify's "star" capability is the best example I can think of - essentially lets you browse your entire library and if you "star" something it syncs it to the phone. Unstar it and it's gone.
I've tried Subsonic media server (and corresponding iPhone app), Helium Media Manager (and iPhone app), explored if there are any Foobar add-ins, and a few other things but found no elegant solution. I use the iPeng app in the house and it offers a way to stream over the internet, but I do not want to stream the media for a number of reasons (burns through data allotment, spotty service on metro, security risks, etc.).
Anyone else out there doing this? Huge media collection and want to do the modern day equivalent of grabbing a disc to listen to in the car?
I'm not willing to change the way I rip or manually transcode the songs into some other format. Maybe, if it came down to it, I would keep a second set of .mp3s and use Spotify, but I'd rather not add any steps to my ripping process.
Thanks for the help. If anyone has any questions about my setup, shoot.
