Re: iTunes with MCE?
- From: "Michael Creasy - [MS]" <mcreasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:35:29 -0800
In short, no. iTunes needs to convert first and then sync to the iPod. You
have to maintain two libraries.
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Michael Creasy [MS]
http://www.michaelcreasy.com/blog
"fsda" <Sh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> OK, I made the choice (mistake?) of buying an iPod for the first time a
> few months ago. Now, at my home, I have an iPod Nano and the Motorola
> ROKR. Now, when I decided to go with iPod (after having read about the
> vast, vast superiority of iTunes - which I actually find with use is no
> better overall than Windows Media Player, and highly inferior in some
> ways), I fully knew that this was a commitment to one platform. I.e.
> you either go with a "Plays for sure" device, a Sony device, or an iPod.
> Either way, unless you use MP3 exclusively, you are going to start
> collecting music and building a library for one platform.
>
> Now, when I did this, I figured, hey, I've heard such rave reviews about
> the iPod platform, and the Nano (before I knew about the scratches) did
> seem a generation ahead. So, I went with, and standardized on, iPod. I
> figured that maybe in two years I might switch back to the Windows Media
> platform for audio, or go Sony, etc. I knew all along that a transition
> would be required at that point. But I figured that any transition
> pains would be years away.
>
> Over the holidays, I ended up getting a Sony XL1 as a gift. I love the
> concept of having a centralized Media Center in the house, and so I want
> to use it for that purpose, including music.
>
> Of course, to store all of my music on Windows 2005 MCE, I am now using
> a platform that is somewhat incompatible with iTunes.
>
> Keep in mind that I always want the best sound quality possible, and I
> don't care about disc space. Therefore, when ripping CD's into iTunes,
> I always use the Apple Lossless format. And, I use this same format on
> my Nano - I don't care that it takes up a lot of space.
>
> Now that I've started ripping CD's to my Windows2005MCE system, I am
> using the WMA Lossless format for the same sound quality reasons.
>
> So here's my question:
>
> WHAT I WANT TO DO:
>
> I want to keep all of my music and organize it on the Windows2005MCE
> system (my Sony XL1). The music will all be in the WMA Lossless format.
> This computer is accessible by my desktop PC, laptops, etc., that I own
> in my home.
>
> My desktop (a Windows XP Pro system) can access the Windows2005MCE
> system. This desktop has iTunes installed, and this is the system that
> I use to sych with both my iPod Nano and the ROKR phone.
>
> For playing music on other computers, I will use Windows Media Player to
> access the 2005MCE system. I will not use iTunes for this purpose.
>
> I will keep iTunes on my XP Pro desktop, which can access the Windows
> Media music library installed on the 2005MCE system. I will keep iTunes
> for the sole purpose of synching with the iPod and RORK only.
>
>
> My understanding is the iTunes can access a Windows Media song library
> without messing with it and reorganizing it (is this true?).
>
> But, what I have read is that iTunes will insist on importing and
> converting all of my WMA music to ACC (or MP3) before it will allow
> synching to iPod.
>
> Is there anyway to leave all of my music in WMA Lossless, and still
> access the library from iTunes?
>
> Basically I want iTunes to convert the files on-the-fly as it synchs to
> the iPod - not convert the songs and store copies in ACC...
>
>
> Can this be done?
>
> [Note that I don't care about converting my current ripped library. I
> own all of my CD's, so I can easily rip them again. So maintaining my
> existing iTunes library is not a factor here - in fact, I want to get
> rid of the iTunes library to save space.]
>
>
> If I had known that I was going to get a Sony XL1 this December, I
> wouldn't gone iPod/RORK a few months ago, and instead would have gone
> with "Plays for Sure" devices only, just for maximum compatibility.
> But, oh well...
>
>
> Thanks in Advance!
.
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