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I Have just spent last few hours converting my i tunes library into lossless, Next i have few hundred cds to import[|-)

]My ipod  still has the standard compression songs from before, Do i connect ipod and it sorts itself or do i have to delete ipod songs to get the new lossless converted on it

New starter just going in to computer based music always looking for all help

Depends on whether you 'replaced' the old versions when you re-ripped - iTunes will have asked you if you wanted to do so. This does depend on iTunes picking up the same album and song titles when you ripped them again (it doesn't always), in which case it should replace those on your iPod when you sync.

Are you saying you have converted music purchased from iTunes (128 or 256 AAC) to Lossless files?  If so, you have just completely wasted your time.  The file size will be bigger, but the quality will be NO different. In fact it could be poorer due to concatenation. Re-importing your CDs as lossless is another matter. They will be MUCH better than 128 or even 256 AAC.  Once a file has been compressed in MP3 or AAC, Ogg Vorbis or WMA you CANNOT put back what has been lost. 

 

On to the other question if in iTunes preferences you set the program to sync automatically and your library is full of lossless files where previously there were MP3s or AACs it will automatically replace the one with the other.  If you go into preferences and select 'Sync Manually' you can choose which files get loaded and which do not. You could even have, for example, Beethoven's 9th in 128 and Lossless to compare at your leisure.

Hi

I left clicked on song, right clicked and then clicked on "create  apple lossless version" and then deleted old song

Please tell me i have done right,

Aha, missed that. No - all that's done is create a lossless version of a file that had already been saved at lower quality. If you don't have the original discs to import that music from again, there's absolutely no point in having lossless versions.

That said, I wouldn't bother going back and converting them back to 128 or 256 - unless you want a) to be able to differentiate between lossless and lossy files or b) save disc space - since you now have top-notch quality copies of those already compromised files

No i have nothing from itunes, it is all cd imports before i knew of lossless, I now have cds importing in lossless, They were AAC in there and i think mp3

AAARRGGHH!!!  

 ok so on my ipod i still have the original imports, Of which are near as damn half the memory space, Should i re do my cds from scratch ie delete itunes and ipod, Then put into lossless PROPERLY as i intend to use the computer for my music eventually

What a prat

Hey, at least you didn't start ten years ago when 128k seemed like a really good idea because you had an 8gig hard drive.

If the music you have in iTunes is all from your own cds then yes, that's what i'd do - reimport at lossless, then sync your iPod. Note however that with a nano you haven't got that much space and you might actually <>want lower-res versions of the files so's not to fill it up with half an album. That said, getting them all in lossless to begin with by re-importing means that you can then choose what size files you use for your iPod whilst still having the bit-perfect copies for hifi listening if you want them. Unless you only ever intend to use the iPod...?

Thanks for making me feel a tad better.

hifi will be the main use of my music as i have a fair few cds and want to use sonos or sim in future, I will erase all tomorrow and start again

Whats the quickest way to delete all please,

I will then prob getting bigger ipod and put certain music on at a time for when i am out and about, I am after quality for good listening in the future.

Thank you so much for your help,

Click on one song in iTunes, then click Ctrl-A - all will be selected.  Press delete, it'll ask you if you want to delete the files as well as removing from library, and you're done.

I hope you dont delete and reimport in haste too! Try a compariosn test by inporting a couple of CDs at lossless and see if you can tell the difference between them and the versions you have converted to lossless.

I ended up only re-importing the stuff I had originally imported at the lowest rates. I did not bother with higher stuff as I struggle to tell the difference between lossless and anything over 300kbps.