maximum bit rate for ipod

Kurisu Makise · 25 Apr 2011 at 19:16

hey guys, not sure if i posted in the right place but i got a new 160gb ipod classic and its not letting me put on anything over 2000kbps

, all my music is in lossless and a few of the remastered albums i have are between 2900 - 4000 kbps. i dont know if its the file size or bit rate but i dont really want to compress them so is there any other way around this?
thanks

james.miller · 25 Apr 2011 at 19:17

ALAC

Kurisu Makise · 25 Apr 2011 at 19:20

i use that option when ripping cds to itunes, all of my music is in apple lossless.
still wont let me transfer to ipod though :confused:

james.miller · 25 Apr 2011 at 19:21

not sure where you're getting 4k bitrates from - are these ripped from vinyl @ 96khz/24bit ? if thats the case then maybe the ipods dont support 96/24? (dont know).

Kurisu Makise · 25 Apr 2011 at 19:24

yeah the john lennon album i have is from vynl @ 4k but i also have stuff from cd like the metallica black album remastered at avrg of 2900kps.

Disco Boy · 25 Apr 2011 at 20:55

Do you really need to listen to lossless when on the go? Unless you're carrying around an amp and incredible headphones that I can't imagine that you'll notice the difference between lossless and the maximum supported bitrate whilst out and about.

Kurisu Makise · 25 Apr 2011 at 21:13

its not that i need it at that bit rate i just want to sync the music cd to itunes to ipod without the hassle of compressing most of it.

thanks for the replies

Rameses · 25 Apr 2011 at 21:21

I understand the need for quality losses on your computer but on a travel device is just 'meh'

320 is enough and holds enough quality for travelling use.

Somnambulist · 25 Apr 2011 at 21:39

ALAC music library on computer, get iTunes to convert to 320kbps AAC when songs are put on your iPod, really easy to implement.

Feek · 25 Apr 2011 at 21:41

It's all very well saying that about the quality and it's true but it's the time it takes. About 70% of my library is lossless and when I filled up my iPod Classic, I decided to tick the '128k' box. Ten hours later the sync finished!

Miffy, I rip everything from CD in Apple Lossless and they work out around 1100kbps. I have one album where the tracks are around 3000kbps which won't sync to my iPod and I determined that it's not the bit rate causing the problem but it's the sample rate the iPod can't handle. That album is sampled at 96kHz compared to 48kHz for everything else.

I reckon you're going to have to tick that 128k box and have to wait for it to sync.

PardonTheWait · 25 Apr 2011 at 21:59

I had an album from vinyl at 96/24 and it wouldn't let me put it on my iPod, I ran it through XLD at 48 and it's fine.

I can't tell the difference through my Etymotics which by all accounts are very accurate iems, but I'm not the sort of audiophile type who would want to believe I could hear that sort of difference anyway!

XLD by the way is a very good little app for that sort of stuff, and free

Somnambulist · 25 Apr 2011 at 22:30

I guess if you constantly add/remove tracks then transcoding could be a PITA, but with a Classic you should only have to do once for your current library since you'd be leaving the lot on there. Also, as the Classic is a platter HDD player, the larger the file size, the more the HDD has to spin, the faster the battery is drained, so lossless will impact you there.