postjack Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Just thought I'd get a pulse on how Mac fans handle their digital music libraries. For example, do you ALAC + iTunes, or do you FLAC + some heretofore unknown program to postjack, or do you bypass all of that with a Squeezebox, etc. Currently on the PC I'm finding the Squeezebox to be the best thing since peanut butter since I don't have to screw with clunky buggy slow foobar (just my experience) or ASIO. Its my understanding that Macs don't need ASIO because Core Audio > kmixer, is this correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojnihs Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 i use ALAC and iTunes. The remote software that's available with iPhone 2.0 software is amazing and makes browsing my library extremely easy. I have a 30 foot toslink cable that i use from my blackbook to the e-mu 0404 usb then to my adam a7s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 *cough* get a squeezebox *cough* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 iTunes to manage (with help from Doug's Applescripts) and playback (shared duties with FrontRow) when connected. SqueezeCenter/Squeezebox for playback when not. ALAC mostly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 iTunes to manage (with help from Doug's Applescripts) and playback (shared duties with FrontRow) when connected. SqueezeCenter/Squeezebox for playback when not. ALAC mostly. Pretty much the same without the fancy Applescripts. Want to use FrontRow more 'acause it looks so purty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint.panda Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Itunes and Mp3 at around 256 kbps. I can't decide so I like to carry most of music around in my Macbook. Controlling itunes via Butler because its itunes interface is better than Quicksilver's (and the only thing I Butler for). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 itunes and alac, with an appletv and an airport express and a duet to get the music out various places. And yes, itunes on the mac is bit perfect if you don't change the settings for things like eq or the level matching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Question, do I need a plugin for FLAC to use it in iTunes? MBP Arrives today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 And yes, itunes on the mac is bit perfect if you don't change the settings for things like eq or the level matching. sweet. Question, do I need a plugin for FLAC to use it in iTunes? MBP Arrives today! grats JB! but can iTunes even do FLAC? I was wondering if I was going to have to convert my whole library to ALAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 sweet. grats JB! but can iTunes even do FLAC? I was wondering if I was going to have to convert my whole library to ALAC. I have no idea. I haven't used iTunes much before. I doubt I'll use it all that much as most of my listening is via CD nowadays, but all my music is in FLAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint.panda Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Question, do I need a plugin for FLAC to use it in iTunes? MBP Arrives today! Congrats! Afaik, there's no way to get FLAC to work with itunes. There's a plugin to let itunes handle .ogg but that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Congrats! Afaik, there's no way to get FLAC to work with itunes. There's a plugin to let itunes handle .ogg but that's about it. /me googles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Congrats! Afaik, there's no way to get FLAC to work with itunes. There's a plugin to let itunes handle .ogg but that's about it. Anybody want to give it a try? Fluke - Play FLAC files in iTunes at earpick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 There's a petition you can sign online to try and get FLAC support in iTunes, much good it'll do. I'm pretty much wedded to the Mac platform, so I went the whole hog -- iTunes, ALAC, FireWire interface. Insert smug, purist assertion of inherent superiority here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 I'm not on a mac (yet) but I go between Foobar 2k and iTunes. Sometimes I prefer the former, other times the latter. If I playback music while gaming, it tends to break up if played in iTunes. I usually dont have that problem w/ Foobar. I guess there's just a whole lot more going on in iTunes, and probably a different buffer length. I don't remember if I've ever tampered with that in iTunes. I know everyone else on PC seems to hate iTunes, but its still got the best tagging functionality I've experienced. And I've found cover flow to be quite addicting. Oh and USB2.0 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Anybody want to give it a try? Fluke - Play FLAC files in iTunes at earpick looks promising. I vote you try it later today when your MBP arrives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrice Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 I have all my tunes as ALAC and I use iTunes with airport expresses and iPod Touch as remote. It's working out well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 looks promising. I vote you try it later today when your MBP arrives. THRICE TRY FOR US!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrice Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Send me some FLAC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Send me some FLAC I'm at work posty or Chris attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 I'm at work too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Thrice, you could always go grab the HC reference tunes flac convert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 it does work, I just tried it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 it does work, I just tried it. Awesome Dan, thanks a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Is it an on-the-fly conversion? I wonder if that's a good idea, sownd kwality wise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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