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Best format for archival and foobar + iPod playback?


So I have been reading.. and reading.. and I do not see an easy solution to my requirements. Specifically:

1. I want a lossless format with full metadata support. FLAC or ALAC seem to be the choices.
2. I want crossfeed support on playback. foobar seems the best choice here. It supports FLAC, but not ALAC (well, not well).
3. I want iTunes/iPod integration. It support ALAC, and not FLAC.

From what I can tell, I want to use iTunes with the foobar plugin. However, I assume with this I do not have ALAC support, but do have FLAC support. However, FLAC will not play on the iPod. Alternative is to enable ALAC support in foobar, but I hear that is very buggy.

Anyone have any recommendations? If I go to FLAC, is there a convenient way for the iPod to rip FLAC to ALAC on the fly as part of transferring down to the iPod?

Thx a lot.



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Topic - Best format for archival and foobar + iPod playback? - mdl 21:05:45 10/11/06 (0)


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