LOL. Google started using the Google Apps name in August 2006, before the launch of the iPhone and the App Store.
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Apple Releases iTunes 9.1 to Support iPad
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LOL. Google started using the Google Apps name in August 2006, before the launch of the iPhone and the App Store.
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Feel free to try.
Feel free to look at spectrals of lossless -> lossy vs lossy -> lossy. You can see it for yourself.
lesser compression...
"Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC" has been available on iPod sync for quite awhile. As said earlier, it's done on the fly and is not configureable.
If you want 256 kbps, then re-import or re-compress the 320 kbps (lossless) and download only the 256 kbps to your iPhone or iPod
"Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC" has been available on iPod sync for quite awhile. As said earlier, it's done on the fly and is not configureable.
If you want 256 kbps, then re-import or re-compress the 320 kbps (lossless) and download only the 256 kbps to your iPhone or iPod
my 3.1.2 jailbroken iPhone 3G syncs perfectly fine
well, 9.1 brought back my genius mixes that had disappeared in 9.0.something and i failed to make reappear
Yeah, I posted later that it started working after I rebooted. I don't know why a reboot was necessary though.
I'm at over the 40 gig mark, all of it legally owned. What I'd really like is a 128MB iPhone.
This is an online resource that sometimes doesn't work...try the link I gave above.
Since everyone is asking, here's a quick test.
I took music from a CD converted it to a 256 kbps AAC file. Listen here. (2.29 MB)
Then THAT file was converted to a 128 kbps AAC file. Listen here. (1.17 MB)
(So this is what you hear if you double-compressed your files onto your iPod.)
So that's what you get. Take a listen and decide if it's right for you. You really can't ask other people what they think. Do YOU like that or not?
As for me, my speakers don't really let me hear a difference between those 2 files. Your experiences may vary!
I took music from a CD converted it to a 256 kbps AAC file. Listen here. (2.29 MB)
Then THAT file was converted to a 128 kbps AAC file. Listen here. (1.17 MB)
(So this is what you hear if you double-compressed your files onto your iPod.)
So that's what you get. Take a listen and decide if it's right for you. You really can't ask other people what they think. Do YOU like that or not?
As for me, my speakers don't really let me hear a difference between those 2 files. Your experiences may vary!
I wish it could convert to 192 or 256, but at least I'll get to have my whole catalog with me again. Since I usually only listen to the iPod on the subway or in my (loud) car, I won't notice.
This update apparently doesn't work with jailbroken devices.
it supposedly just breaks new bootloader devices sync (jailbroken late 3GS and iPod Touch 3g)
or maybe it just randomly breaks sync due to some specific cydia app or anything of that sort ...
too early to tell
as i said, my 3.1.2. JB iphone 3G syncs nicely
Any of you fellas who can't sync with jailbroken devices, reboot your machines and see if that fixes it. It worked for me.
Artwork DOES get copied with the new 128kbps conversion
Just did a quick test.....on my iPod Touch. I checked the Convert Higher Bitrates to 128 kbps AAC. I manually synced an AC/DC song and the album art IS on the iPod.
-Kevin
Just did a quick test.....on my iPod Touch. I checked the Convert Higher Bitrates to 128 kbps AAC. I manually synced an AC/DC song and the album art IS on the iPod.
-Kevin
I did a quick test with the 128 AAC conversion. I took a lossless album that was gapless and volume leveled with iVolume. I copied it to my iphone and the artwork was shown, there were no gaps between songs and the volume adjustments were still in place.
I no longer have to maintain 2 iTunes libraries!! Whohoo!
I no longer have to maintain 2 iTunes libraries!! Whohoo!
It's a checkmark on the Devices window for your iPhone/iPod.
Though, so far I am having issues with this. The copy seems to be working, but when I interrupted it to take a phone call, then opened the iPod app on my iPhone to see if the album art was still there, my phone would hang and not show me my iTunes library. Going to let it finish syncing and see what happens...
Virtually zero difference for me...so I'd assume most people couldn't care less about the fact that music files are lossy (and yes, I rip everything in Apple Lossless).
Honestly I can't tell a difference, that is on my work laptop with sennheiser headphones. For a huge stereo system you might want lossless but even then only if you are an audiophile.
The lossless > lossy arguments are really for another thread. The bigger picture here is that apple is locking us into 128 kbps and not giving us the choice as to what bit rate we'd like to down sample.
I'm all for this feature, don't get me wrong. I use it now with my shuffle and it's great. Just wish I could choose what bit rate I wanted without creating a whole new library of different bit rated songs. I did that and it sucked...
I'm all for this feature, don't get me wrong. I use it now with my shuffle and it's great. Just wish I could choose what bit rate I wanted without creating a whole new library of different bit rated songs. I did that and it sucked...
CDs are not lossless. They are sampled at 44,100 Hz which is lower than the original recordings. (Heck, it's lower than DVD audio, even which is recorded at 48,000 Hz.)
I suppose we can get into a whole argument over whether or not downsampling is "compression" or not. I suppose in the most technical sense it's not actually compression, it's downsampling. So I'm not gonna say that CDs are compressed.
But they ARE lossy. Information is thrown away between the master and the CD. That's the definition of 'lossy.'
