Comments on: Music — one for home, one for the road. http://schlachet.net/2008/07/music-one-for-home-one-for-the-road/ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joshua Rodmanhttp://schlachet.net/2008/07/music-one-for-home-one-for-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Joshua Rodman Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:25:32 +0000 http://schlachet.net/?p=854#comment-171 Uhh... I am a spacecase, obviously the speed depends on the encoder for the lossy format, so maybe it would take longer, like 15 minutes or somesuch. Uhh… I am a spacecase, obviously the speed depends on the encoder for the lossy format, so maybe it would take longer, like 15 minutes or somesuch.

]]> By: Joshua Rodmanhttp://schlachet.net/2008/07/music-one-for-home-one-for-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Joshua Rodman Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:24:35 +0000 http://schlachet.net/?p=854#comment-170 A lot of people just use a script to recode from flac/alac to ogg/mp3/etc while loading data onto their music player. Given that flac encodes at around 100x realtime on a typical modern machine, this can work well for 1-2gb flash player, which hold around 10 albums, ie. 10 hours, 600m, 6m download. For a harddrive based player it's not as great. For terms of richness of third party tools, widespread device support, and speed, I recommend FLAC over ALAC, but the apple stuff might make ALAC easier for you. A lot of people just use a script to recode from flac/alac to ogg/mp3/etc while loading data onto their music player. Given that flac encodes at around 100x realtime on a typical modern machine, this can work well for 1-2gb flash player, which hold around 10 albums, ie. 10 hours, 600m, 6m download. For a harddrive based player it’s not as great.

For terms of richness of third party tools, widespread device support, and speed, I recommend FLAC over ALAC, but the apple stuff might make ALAC easier for you.

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