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I'm redoing my entire iTunes library
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I sort of did this a while back, my whole library is AAC 128 kbps except the iTunes Plus stuff I have downloaded.
Although I hit a weird glitch a couple months ago. Ripping from a CD, it would not be exactly 128 kbps, it would be from 126-132 randomly.
I am thinking about doing it all again when I receive my new 17" MBP.
And yes, it's a long.......long...........long...........process.
Although I hit a weird glitch a couple months ago. Ripping from a CD, it would not be exactly 128 kbps, it would be from 126-132 randomly.
I am thinking about doing it all again when I receive my new 17" MBP.
And yes, it's a long.......long...........long...........process.
You probably had Variable Bit Rate (VBR) turned on.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA26407?viewlocale=en_US
That's no glitch. While iTunes was at version 7.5, it would display the exact bit rate, rather than just what option you chose. This is because AAC encoding is always slightly variable.
You didn't use VBR because it would say "129 kbps (VBR)" rather than just "129 kbps".
The older CDs seem to be of much better quality.
I've some from 1984 that are fine. They seem heavier than new ones.
That's why I went with MP3.
AAC and Lossless are better, but MP3 is universal on everything it seems.
Plus at a high sample rate, MP3 is good.
Good point.
The only reason that I am re-ripping mine is that about a year or so ago, I accidentally deleted many of my songs. So I have to rip them again. Hence I am looking at options but have pretty much decided on either AAC or MP3. Probably go with MP3.
I don't know. My entire CD collection was stolen about eight years ago; it's taken a long time to rebuild and I'm still trying to track down a few rarities secondhand. Perhaps they used a different polymer for the base way back then... still, 25 years is good going. I'm totally in sync with people who look after their optical media. Seeing DVDs and CDs out of their cases just lying around makes me extremely anxious.
meh, just use gimmesometunes. it will autodownload album art for any song you play and even apply it to the whole album when applicable.
That sux!
I think I would cry if that happened to me.
I don't know, but I've heard the same regarding a different polymer. It seems a little thicker.
Me too!
FWIW, I have one CD signed by the performer ... Smokey Robinson!
Ok, now I do not envy you (OP) for putting yourself through this. In fact I think you're kind of nuts. But that's not the point. My only advice is this: Think of your re-import of music as a marathon, not a sprint. There's no reason to kill yourself, the only goal (initially) is to get to the finish line.
So give yourself a stack of 10 CD's a night and don't worry about when you'll be done. A small routine added to the evening beer hour. Heck, if some nights you're feeling saucy, do 15 CD's
So give yourself a stack of 10 CD's a night and don't worry about when you'll be done. A small routine added to the evening beer hour. Heck, if some nights you're feeling saucy, do 15 CD's
Good plan.Ok, now I do not envy you (OP) for putting yourself through this. In fact I think you're kind of nuts. But that's not the point. My only advice is this: Think of your re-import of music as a marathon, not a sprint. There's no reason to kill yourself, the only goal (initially) is to get to the finish line.
So give yourself a stack of 10 CD's a night and don't worry about when you'll be done. A small routine added to the evening beer hour. Heck, if some nights you're feeling saucy, do 15 CD's
Let's see, I have about 700CDs.
So that would take me 70 days to do it. Hangs head.
Yea I wasn't using VBR, so technically all that music is at those random arse bit rates and they just call it 128?
Oh well, I think I'm going to get a 1TB external drive and re-rip all my CD's to Apple Lossless, then keep the smaller bit rate songs on my MBP's actual hard drive. I tend to notice a difference in quality only when playing through to my audio receiver, and I'm usually blasting it. Hahaha
Oh well, I think I'm going to get a 1TB external drive and re-rip all my CD's to Apple Lossless, then keep the smaller bit rate songs on my MBP's actual hard drive. I tend to notice a difference in quality only when playing through to my audio receiver, and I'm usually blasting it. Hahaha
Holy...
I feel sorry for you - I can only guess how hard it is to track down the harder to find releases again from my own experience.
Box in upper right hand corner called Quick Links. If you have purchased music that now have iTunes+ versions, there will be a link to upgrade your purchased songs.
I'm upset that they won last night. I was going for Oklahoma to win since I don't like Florida or the SEC (I'm a Michigan fan).
Yes, but you could set up 2 different Libraries. So you don't have duplicate showing.
I agree: I reimported everything recently as Apple lossless, transcoded the lossless files to AAC 128kbps for my iPod/laptop, moved them over and left the lossless files on the home mac for listening to through the better stereo at home.
One question does bug me a bit though: if I later do decide to reencode the lossy files at a higher bitrate, can I replace the 128kbps files in my laptop's library with the higher bitrate ones without losing the play counts etc.? I know you can do this if you rerip a CD you've already ripped and the CDDB data is the same, but I'd be importing files rather than CDs and also the CDDB data's frequently wrong, so correcting it causes a mismatch.
That's exactly what I'm planning on doing now. I'm importing everything as Apple Lossless. I will keep it on my iMac and back it up to an external hard drive. I will convert all the lossless files to 256-Kbps AAC for my iPod or other portable devices.
Use this Applescript, no need for two libraries. Works like a dream.
Wow! That looks awesome... thanks. I'll try that tonight.