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Converting FLAC-HD(24/96) to iTunes compatable 24/96

post #1 of 9
4/26/10 at 3:13pm
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First off, can iTunes and iPod even handle 24/96? if so, what format would be best to convert to?
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post #2 of 9
4/26/10 at 3:20pm
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Originally Posted by rebelbaserec View Post

First off, can iTunes and iPod even handle 24/96? if so, what format would be best to convert to?

I heard if you use FLAC with Rockport, you could. However, please do not quote me on this.

You can easily use Apple Lossless. It will be 16/48 though.
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post #3 of 9
4/26/10 at 3:40pm
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I'm hoping to keep them at 24/96
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post #4 of 9
4/26/10 at 4:15pm
itunes and apple lossless will do 24/96. You can convert the flac using Max. I don't know if the ipod will support 24/96.
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post #5 of 9
4/26/10 at 4:33pm
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Originally Posted by dknightd View Post

itunes and apple lossless will do 24/96. You can convert the flac using Max. I don't know if the ipod will support 24/96.

sure about that? when i tried, it only did 16/48. maybe i did something wrong.
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post #6 of 9
4/26/10 at 4:41pm
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Originally Posted by hd_newbie View Post

sure about that? when i tried, it only did 16/48. maybe i did something wrong.

Yep. At least itunes says it is 24/96. I'm on a Mac, if you are on a PC that might explain it. But I don't even know if Max runs on a PC.
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post #7 of 9
4/26/10 at 7:41pm
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I ripped a 280mb song using MAX's WAVE (Linear PCM) at 24 bits and it gave me a 550mb WAVE file. Is that right?
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post #8 of 9
4/27/10 at 5:25am
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Originally Posted by rebelbaserec View Post

I ripped a 280mb song using MAX's WAVE (Linear PCM) at 24 bits and it gave me a 550mb WAVE file. Is that right?

If you started with flac, and converted to wav, that sounds about right. Some files compress better than others - depends on the content.
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post #9 of 9
4/27/10 at 7:09am
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Thanks all! I converted the FLAC-HD in MAX to Apple Lossless (which kept the 24/96; i thought it would downsample to 16/44, so i was happy it kept it) for listening on my computer and streaming to my home theater. I then created a 16/44 WAV using iTunes for my iPod. All is good, everything sounds great and the file sizes are huge! Thanks again!!
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