11-24-2013, 11:38 PM
deckeda wrote:
if you're using ALAC you're presumably playing back via iTunes?
Yes. However, an advantage ALAC has over FLAC is that I can preview an ALAC-encoded song in a Finder window; I can't do that with FLAC.
deckeda wrote: What's the advantage with another ripper? Batch capability?
More flexibility with regard to where and how files are saved.
iTunes' folder structure is a pain in the ass and, as you know, defaults to a subdirectory in the user's home directory on the startup drive. I did not want to save these files there because:
1) Lossless rips of my 600+ CDs would blow out my 1 TB startup drive
2) Wanted to save to a RAID 1 server so as to have a back up copy of the rips in case of a drive failure
Batch capability will be an advantage if I ever decide to transcode from ALAC to FLAC.