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FLAC to ALAC for Apple compatibility
Magic_Randy:
My ecosystem is Apple centric including Macs, iPads, iPhones, HomePods, iPods, Apple TV, etc.
I have my hi-res audio in FLAC format which works fine except for my Apple devices. So I'm planning on converting the FLAC to ALAC.
Should I also keep the FLAC files? The downside is duplicate storage and duplicate files to maintain.
Any comments/suggestions welcome.
Randy
biblio:
ALAC to FLAC should maintain lossless quality? (not an expert)
If you're so deep in apple hardware that you'd convert the format to fit them why would you need to keep FLAC files as well? Better to maintain a library that works for you than to maintain 2 versions.
Magic_Randy:
--- Quote from: biblio on February 04, 2019, 08:33:35 pm ---ALAC to FLAC should maintain lossless quality? (not an expert)
If you're so deep in apple hardware that you'd convert the format to fit them why would you need to keep FLAC files as well? Better to maintain a library that works for you than to maintain 2 versions.
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Thanks for the input.
Just keeping one version was my thought too. Running it by others to see if I'm missing something.
Randy
dmitch77:
When I get FLAC files (e.g. by buying them) and convert them to ALAC to play on Apple devices, I always keep the FLAC version. My take is, I believe that FLAC support (in many instances of hardware and software) will be around a lot longer than ALAC support (in Apple products, only, for the most part). Also, these days, disk space is so cheap that I decided to not waste time trying to conserve it.
Awesome Donkey:
--- Quote from: biblio on February 04, 2019, 08:33:35 pm ---ALAC to FLAC should maintain lossless quality? (not an expert)
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Correct, FLAC to ALAC (or vice versa) are lossless conversions. Ultimately it's up to you if you want to keep the FLAC files, since you can just as well easily convert ALAC back to FLAC without any problems.
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