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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.
picard
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Fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music (2022)
Have you tried https://www.funkwhale.audio/?
It can be used effectively as a "private spotify". Labeling is a solved problem thanks to https://picard.musicbrainz.org/, and the fact that a lot of the music you buy these days comes pre-labeled already.
You then have a web-app (and/or a mobile app, if that's your thing) where you can stream music as you would with Spotify.
You can even build yourself a little music-sharing commune with friends, where you all upload the albums you buy and accumulate a nice collection of diverse tunes.
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What do you use to tag your music on an NAS (Unraid)?
I use picard for my collection. My work flow is Picard > Lyrics Finder > Foobar for BPM, RealGain and DR > Custom python script to pull genre and mood from Last.FM and spotify> then Advanced Renamer to perform naming clean up of folder names. I lowercase and underscore spaces. Also does files if I happen to need Mp3Tag when Picard doesn't find anything. Once this is done I move files on to may NAS.
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The Quest for Semantic Music Tagging Software
Musicbrainz Picard - A great application that I've used in the past to identify and organize my saved music collection. It's not focused on adding semantic tags though: it's used for adding metadata to .mp3 files.
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Spotify code suggests HiFi tier is coming with lossless audio for $20 / month
I do the same but run it though Picard[0] before adding to Plex.
[0]https://picard.musicbrainz.org/
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Musicserver that works with folders, not albums
feed all of your music to something like 'musicbrainz picard' - it will sort out all the tags and provide the artwork too
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Spotify/Youtube Music alternative?
Aside from properly ripping and tagging your own physical collection I'd generally refer you to r/piracy but I think they've gone a bit strange since the blackout. I'm fairly sure anything more specific in that direction would not be appropriate for this subreddit.
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(if this is not appropriate for the sub feel free to delete) I'm burning a cd and I'm just wondering what the numbers under the # symbol mean? Thanks in advance.
Downloading MusicBrainz will be a lifesaver for you.
- Apple Music with broken/blank meta-data.
- How do you keep your music library organized?
- Humble Bundle: 20 MP3 audiobooks for $20, including Murderbot Diaries Books 1-6
What are some alternatives?
staxrip - 🎞 Video encoding GUI for Windows.
beets - music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger
flac - Free Lossless Audio Codec
Lidarr - Looks and smells like Sonarr but made for music.
alac - The Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) is a lossless audio codec developed by Apple and deployed on all of its platforms and devices.
yt-dlp - A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
QTFiles - use qaac without installing iTunes
Jellyfin - The Free Software Media System
makeportable - Extract components required by qaac from iTunes installer
puddletag - Powerful, simple, audio tag editor for GNU/Linux
Cider - A new cross-platform Apple Music experience based on Electron and Vue.js written from scratch with performance in mind. 🚀
youtube-cue - Generate CUE sheet from timestamps in youtube video description