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QTFiles
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qaac
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What does foobar user to transcode from Alac to Flac?
I've been looking around and am still figuring out the perfect solution but alac to flac is possible through a pipe. https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/refalac-usage to convert to wav with specified folder is like this:
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iPod classic and flac??
Second, you will want to install the foobar encoder pack and set up qaac (here's the qaac wiki). In short, apple's AAC/ALAC encoder in iTunes is the best around (better than Nero, Fraunhoefer, ffmpeg, etc) and ensures full compatibility with iPods. But fuck iTunes, you know, for being difficult. So qaac takes the encoder binaries from your installation of iTunes and sets it up as a standalone program which you can use however and wherever you want. So you set up qaac and then tell foobar to use qaac to do all your AAC/ALAC encodings and you get the benefits of apple's encoder without the nonsense of iTunes being uncooperative.
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Is there a way to make an ipod classic support music beyond 48khz and 24 bits?
I use qaac as a CLI wrapper for the iTunes encoder. I don't use foobar, but I'm sure there's the option to set up using an external encoder. Every music manager I've ever used (except iTunes of course) has some way of setting up an external encoder via a command line.
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It's been 84 years
I'm running an ABX test right now between that and a transcode made using qAAC, which is a windows port of Apple's AAC codec. Here is the spectogram of that, as proof.
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AAC 320k is the best "lossy" compromise to FLAC
AAC is still my go-to lossy codec for mobile purposes, although 256kbps is enough for me. it's also worth poiinting out that not all encoders are created equal - Apple's own encoder far superior to FAAC, for example, so Windows or Linux users outside the Apple ecosystem should use qaac instead, as it is a port.
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Help with AAC conversion
On Github click "Releases" on right, or go here - https://github.com/nu774/qaac/releases
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For our ipods, what software you guys use?
Qaac is the best AAC/ALAC solution as it uses apple's own libraries that are included with iTunes. iPods sometimes don't like files that were made with other encoders, so using apple's own libraries ensures the files will play. Setting it up might look intimidating if you aren't familiar with command line input though. Once set up, you can configure Media Monkey, EAC, etc to use qaac as an external encoder.
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audio: how to precisely set desired bitrate/filesize?
By the way, I found a thread from 9 months ago with the same problem, and someone suggested using qaac, which requires Apple software to be installed.
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Solved issues with FLAC to AAC conversion on current iTunes build
QAAC: https://github.com/nu774/qaac/releases/tag/v2.76
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iTunes Alternatives? Foobar2000 does not seem to work anymore
In any case, you'll need to provide the ALAC encoder since it isn't included with either MM or MB, and I'm pretty sure it's the same with the others on that list. Setting up qaac as an external encoder isn't hard, though you do need to follow instructions.
QTFiles
- Important info for all retro streamers. Change audio encoder to Apple AAC. Default FFmpeg AAC is trash, especially for NES and Gameboy games.
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Solved issues with FLAC to AAC conversion on current iTunes build
- IMPORTANT: These QTfiles are not included in the official encoder pack: I had issues converting FLAC to AAC and could not find a clear answer (kept getting "The encoder has terminated prematurely with code 2 (0x00000002); please re-check parameters") and I finally discovered that I needed to download the QTfiles dlls in order to properly convert from FLAC using qaac. These files can be downloaded here (https://github.com/AnimMouse/QTFiles/releases). Just unzip the 7zip folder into the encoder folder where you installed Foobar2000 (default location on Windows 10 would be: "C:\Program Files (x86)\foobar2000\encoders")
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iPod Classic 120gb - iTunes won't transfer Apple Lossless (refalac 1.75 .m4a) or AIFF.
You can get the actual AAC encoder here if you don't already have it: https://github.com/AnimMouse/QTFiles
What are some alternatives?
staxrip - 🎞 Video encoding GUI for Windows.
gamdl - A Python CLI app for downloading Apple Music songs/music videos/albums/playlists/posts.
flac - Free Lossless Audio Codec
libwinmedia - [Archived] A cross-platform simple media playback library for C/C++.
alac - The Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) is a lossless audio codec developed by Apple and deployed on all of its platforms and devices.
FFMPEG-Audio-Encoder - A powerful FFMPEG audio encoder GUI
makeportable - Extract components required by qaac from iTunes installer
Cider - A new cross-platform Apple Music experience based on Electron and Vue.js written from scratch with performance in mind. 🚀
freyr-js - A tool for downloading songs from music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.
picard - A cross-platform music tagger powered by the MusicBrainz database. Picard organizes your music collection by updating your tags, renaming your files, and sorting them into a folder structure, exactly the way you want it.
Symphonia - Pure Rust multimedia format demuxing, tag reading, and audio decoding library