i_am_the_swammi Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 OK, here's the deal: I am moving much of my library of CDs onto my computer. When I insert the CD, ITunes automatically opens and asks me if I want to import them? Great, I say OK, and its easy as pie. Problem is, I have kids with Ipods and mp3 players. When I try to sync the mp3 player, none of the music will sync because Itunes has converted the music to mp4 format. Whats my easy solution? I can re-rip the music to Itunes, and change the import settings to mp3, but that basically means I have to rip every CD twice, which is time consuming and a general pain in the arse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Are you doing all this on just one CPU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Open the preferences and have the music import as mp3 instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Couch Potatoe Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Open the preferences and have the music import as mp3 instead. bingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Open the preferences and have the music import as mp3 instead. If I do that, will the mp3 be able to play on a Ipod? For whatver reason, Itunes automatically converts them to mp4s (I guess that's their default format). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Are you doing all this on just one CPU? Yep, loading everything onto one CPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 If I do that, will the mp3 be able to play on a Ipod? For whatver reason, Itunes automatically converts them to mp4s (I guess that's their default format). yup, an ipod will play mp3s, i have everything in aac lossless because i stream to my home stereo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 yup, an ipod will play mp3s, i have everything in aac lossless because i stream to my home stereo. sweet...that should indeed solve my problem...do I lose any sound quality converting them to mp3's rather than another format? Also, what does " aac lossless " mean? I notice "aac" is the first option ITunes gives you when deciding what format to import the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 yup, an ipod will play mp3s, i have everything in aac lossless because i stream to my home stereo. sweet...that should indeed solve my problem...do I lose any sound quality converting them to mp3's rather than another format? Also, what does " aac lossless " mean? I notice "aac" is the first option ITunes gives you when deciding what format to import the music. AAC lossless means exactly what it says - none of the quality of the original is lost. I use this as my default. You will lose some quality converting to MP3 because it compresses the input in order to take up less space. AAC uses more disk space, obviously. My iPod plays tracks I have imported in AAC lossless as well as MP3 - I think if you select an AAC lossless track for your iPod, iTunes converts it to MP3 on the fly. In other words, you should store everything in AAC lossless and let iTunes worry about synching the iPod. At least, that's my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 AAC lossless means exactly what it says - none of the quality of the original is lost. I use this as my default. You will lose some quality converting to MP3 because it compresses the input in order to take up less space. AAC uses more disk space, obviously. My iPod plays tracks I have imported in AAC lossless as well as MP3 - I think if you select an AAC lossless track for your iPod, iTunes converts it to MP3 on the fly. In other words, you should store everything in AAC lossless and let iTunes worry about synching the iPod. At least, that's my experience. iTunes will transfer the aac lossless files to the ipod if the ipod supports the file format. My nano has aac lossless files on it whereas my wifes shuffle has mp3 on it, which itunes automatically converts. BUT, I believe this will only work with apple products. If you were to hook a Zune up and try to manage it with iTunes, I do not think it would automatically convert aac to mp3. back on track, aac lossless is much, much better in quality than all forms of mp3. But, you may not be able to play the format on your portable player. i hope this has helped, i've been brewing beer all afternoon and my typing and cognitive skillz are not the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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