I have ripped cd's to my hard drive in apple lossless using dp power amp software in My Music folder. I want to now import into Itunes converted into AAC so I can sync with my ipod. How do you do this?
Dell-OTHER, Windows XP
iTunes > preferences > general. click on import settings, then import using and select AAC encoder. below, select the bit rate (e.g. iTunes plus for 256 kbps AAC).
next, highlight the lossless files in iTunes and choose create AAC version from the advanced menu.
I tried that but it creates a dupe in itunes for both files under each album-please calrify
ralonghi wrote:
I tried that but it creates a dupe in itunes for both files under each album-please calrify
Yes, that is how it works. iTunes cannot have a single library entry for two different files. If you no longer want the ALAC versions you can delete them.
Change your media folder location to say iTunes Media\ALAC. Do not let iTunes move or copy any files. Select the tracks of the ALAC album you want to downsample. Right-click (or equivalent) on the slection and Click Consolidate Files. Change your media folder location back, again do not move or copy any files. Delete the original versions of these files in the main iTunes Media folder. Use Create AAC version to make the downsampled copies. Repeat as needed.
Scratch that idea, gives you two separate folders on your hard drive but still gives you the duplicate copies in iTunes.
Just use the Convert higher bitrate songs to 128 kbps AAC option on the sync tab.
tt2
Thanks for the update-I was looking thru apple support and it says I can drop and drag the file into the Itunes window and it will covert it based on my Inport settings for cd's-would you agree?
Import the ALAC files into iTunes, make playlists of tracks you want on the device, check the Convert higher bitrate songs to 128 kbps AAC option. Then use the Sync with selected playlists. Your device will get the downsampled content while you can enjoy it at top quality in iTunes. Any updates you make to your content in iTunes, tag corrections, rating etc. will still be copied to the devicebut you don't have to worry about maintaining the separate sets of media files or updating two sets of metadata.
When you drag & drop files into the iTunes library it just adds them, either linked to where they are or by creating copies depending on your settings. If you're running Windows then you can add WMA files and they will be converted according to your choice of rip settings. Once files are inside your library you can create duplicates in an alternate format/bitrate by changing the rip setting and then using the Convert to <format> tool.
tt2
convert alac to aac and maintain both folders on hard drive
