Can I reduce the file size from iTunes to iPhone

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Can I reduce the file size from iTunes to iPhone

I have all my iTunes in either ACC or AIFF files.

I know I can reduced them to MP3 files manually which would create all new additional song listings.

Is there a way of having the playlist that I create from iTunes for iPhone transfer to iPhone as a reduced file of MP3 without them being stored in iTunes as new additional songs.

my iPod is 8og so it was never an issue for me to consider before. My iPhone is only 16g

Greg

imac, Mac OS X (10.5.5), 4g

Posted on Nov 15, 2008 6:22 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 15, 2008 11:04 PM in response to greg1424

What is an ACC file?

In answer to your question-no.
If the file is not drm'ed and you use iTunes to do the conversion-it will be listed in the catalog as a seperate song.

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Nov 15, 2008 11:37 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

Sorry I should have typed AAC.

What is drm'ed ?

Thanks,

Greg

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greg1424 Author

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Nov 19, 2008 5:31 PM in response to greg1424

thanks

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Answer 4

Nov 19, 2008 5:46 PM in response to greg1424

Using AAC for the encoder actually takes up less storage space than the same encoder setting used for MP3.

128K AAC takes up roughly one MB for every minute of music.

Per this link, the person used 128K AAC and compared this to using 192K MP3 as a close equivalent.

http://ipod.about.com/od/introductiontoitunes/a/soundqualtest.htm

File size using AAC for the encoder was 3.4MB

File size using MP3 for the encoder was 5MB.

If this person used 128K MP3 instead of 192K MP3, the size for the MP3 would have been smaller than 5MB but not as small as using 128K AAC.

Using 128K AAC is your best bet for sound quality (unless you have very particular hearing) and taking up the least amount of storage space for each song.

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