![]() Or, I can "rebuild" bitperfect WAV files from the FLAC compressed rips, and listen to real CD-quality audio on my iPod. or any other bit-rate, or any other format that I need / want / like. I can down-rez to any format for an iPod, by simply selecting a rule in MM. I keep all of them in one library - with MM, there's no need to separate them!ģ.) I do a timed backup to a mirrored volume on my SAN to ensure that I won't have to re-rip 1,000+ CDs if a drive craps out. I have a mix of over a thousand albums ripped as FLAC files, a couple of dozen albums ripped at 320k, and a handful of 192k MP3 rips from a long time ago. Forgive me, but MM makes life pretty easy - no need for multiple libraries at all, here's what I'm doing:ġ.) I rip everything FLAC with DBPowerAmp from Illustrate and,Ģ.) Store on my local HDD. ![]() ![]() Now that MM4 RC is around the corner with accurate rip support I am planing on starting from scratch to keep it uniform. Just want to hear what you guys (and gals) do for your library(ies) structure and what format you use. Maybe I am asking myself too many questions ? I know Mediamonkey can convert on the fly lossless to lossy when syncing however if you build your lossless library with a purpose of "archiving" your cd's than it defies that purpose if you use it as your main library.ģ) Do you stricly go with lossy and.just enjoy listening to music ! Now lately I realized I want to standardize my whole library (because it's driving me nuts having all those different formats) and my questions are :ġ) Is it worth it to go lossless considering what high quality lossy encoding can now achieve - if one is satisfied with the end results (The "futurproof" concept of going lossless is a little bit hard to comprehend with the possibilities of drastic improvements of lossy encoding).Ģ) If you go lossless, do you maintain 2 sets of librarys (lossless/lossy) ? I tried that and it's actualy a real pain to achieve it you want to keep the integrity of the infomation on both libraries (eg songs ratings, any tag updates) I have pretty much all the different formats in my music library that I gathered through the years in different bitrates (rips I did mp3 at 192 then at 320 then at V2 and back at 320, purchases different online stores, aac with itunes store.even some wma files I have from way back.) Over the last couple years I started ripping all new cd's I bought in flac to build my lossless archive.which they are just sitting there on a external hard drive with the original CDs on the shelf. Just thought I'd ask this question to see what is the consensus now a days with all the different format and ripping method available. ![]() New to the forum but been a monkey user for a few years. ![]()
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