I basically understand the pros/cons of non-compressed, lossy, lossless. For iTunes purposes, with just ONE household computer (iMac) serving 4 iPods of various capacities (1 g, 4g, 20g, 60g), my compromise has been ripping to 320kbps MP3. Any higher than that really compromises the library sizes as carried by the iPod users. Also concerned (rightfully?) about cross-platform usage as follows...
We may soon become a TWO computer family. The upcoming laptop may well be a PC, so I think I need a format that works on both Mac and PC. Is it correct that lossless AIF and ALC won't work on PC, and lossless FLAC or WMA won't work on Mac? I want to continue to use iTunes, and sync our iTunes library between the 2 computers (that can be done, yes??)
I basically understand the pros/cons of non-compressed, lossy, lossless. For iTunes purposes, with just ONE household computer (iMac) serving 4 iPods of various capacities (1 g, 4g, 20g, 60g), my compromise has been ripping to 320kbps MP3. Any higher than that really compromises the library sizes as carried by the iPod users. Also concerned (rightfully?) about cross-platform usage as follows...
We may soon become a TWO computer family. The upcoming laptop may well be a PC, so I think I need a format that works on both Mac and PC. Is it correct that lossless AIF and ALC won't work on PC, and lossless FLAC or WMA won't work on Mac? I want to continue to use iTunes, and sync our iTunes library between the 2 computers (that can be done, yes??)