OS X users who want Shuffle-like on-the-fly lossless to lossy files for their iPods

[blessingx]

... you may find this Applescript interesting. Once again, Doug comes through. Now I no longer need lossless and lossy copies of everything.

 

[viator122]

Man, this is just what I need! Too bad I have a PC...

 

[blessingx]

One more reason to switch.

 

[viator122]

Yeah I need to purchase a laptop in the next few months. It may be a 12" iBook.

 

[Jester]

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Originally Posted by blessingx ... you may find this Applescript interesting. Once again, Doug comes through. Now I no longer need lossless and lossy copies of everything.

Excellent find and like you said Doug comes through again!

 

[Clutz]

I wonder how hard it would be to do something like this for high bit rate MP3/AAC files to lower bit rate MP3/AAC files.. I have some lossless on this computer (since I got my 200GB monster-drive) but prevoiously most things were at 320 AAC/MP3.

 

[blessingx]

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Originally Posted by Clutz I wonder how hard it would be to do something like this for high bit rate MP3/AAC files to lower bit rate MP3/AAC files.. I have some lossless on this computer (since I got my 200GB monster-drive) but prevoiously most things were at 320 AAC/MP3.

I actually tried the script yesterday hoping it would work for this use also. It didn't. Seems it wouldn't be that hard. Haven't looked at the script, but since it's Applescript, seems its prog controls shouldn't be that complicated.

 

[Oliver :)]

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Originally Posted by blessingx ... you may find this Applescript interesting. Once again, Doug comes through. Now I no longer need lossless and lossy copies of everything.

Neat! I thought about getting a mini for those days when I feel ultraportable, but with the lib all lossless it would lack choice, even if I got the 6GB one. Now the problem is that when using this script one cannot use autosync, can one? With the aac deleted from iTunes after transfer it would cleansweep the iPod whenever reconnected.

 

[blessingx]

Anyone notice tracks ending 3-7 seconds before actually ending on their iPod when using this? Just did a test between ALAC copy, 256 kbps manually made with iTunes and same with this, and the later is the only that exhibited this flaw. Anyone else confirm? If so too bad, this was so promising. If not, maybe it's something local, but I can't figure out what.

 

[Oliver :)]

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Originally Posted by blessingx Anyone notice tracks ending 3-7 seconds before actually ending on their iPod when using this?

No, tracks were full length here. Noticed that this is a neat thing to keep my 1G iPod in use despite in being unable to play ALAC.

I am not sure whether I spotted some flaky behaviour though, I selected a playlist, and it was created on the iPod & contained *some* of the tracks it should, but not all, and some other tracks were on the iPod but outside the playlist.. have to have another look at it.

 

[blessingx]

Thanks for testing Oliver

. After reencoding 8 hours of AACs it looks like it was a separate music server causing problems (possibly updating the files as they were being created) not this. Bad news - wasted Sunday. Good news - this Applescript works!