Thank you very much. This was extremely helpful. In any event it will save him a lot of time and some worry.
The importing thing seems to be a known issue. According to him, he did some googling on it and found that many people had run into his exact problem. I appreciate the pointer. Best, erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 3-Mar-09, at 2:43 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote: > > Hi Eric > Not sure whats up with iTunes, I've never heard of this happening, but > Max certainly will rip to Apple Lossless. It can take advantage of all > audio encoders builtin to the Mac OS, and apple lossless is one of > them--it uses the same encoder that iTunes does. Setup an m4a encoder > and, when you're presented with the configuration for that encoder, > choose "Apple Lossless" from the data formats table (the default is > AAC). If you have two mpeg4 audio output options, choose the first > one. > I know this doesn't help with iTunes. Just thought I'd let you know > though that even if iTunes keeps giving you trouble Max will encode to > the format he wants. > > > On Mar 3, 2009, at 17:03, erik burggraaf wrote: > >> >> Hi guys, >> >> A client of mine got a mac to use as a senterpiece of his music >> system. His first order of business was to rip his massive cd >> collection into apple lossless .m4a format onto a 1 tb network hard >> drive, and this he set out to do with a vengeance. About 400 cd's >> in, >> ITunes suddenly refused to import any more cd's. He has it coming up >> and asking if he wants to play or import. Now when he chooses import >> the disc just sits there. When he chooses play the cd plays just >> fine. He's taken the machine into the apple store and they are >> replacing the optical drive, but I suspect this is a software >> problem, >> and both of us are thinking that when the machine comes back it will >> still refuse to import cd's, though it will play them just fine. >> >> Naturally I suggested installing max, and this we did. Then during >> the set up of max I discovered that max doesn't rip to m4a. >> Supposing >> his computer comes back with a bumb ITunes, is there a way to convert >> m4a files to other formats? Is there another lossless format that >> ITunes will read without a lot of palaver? We'd like to convert the >> already ripped discs to a new format and save the chore of rewripping >> them, then re-librafy the files and use Max to import the rest of his >> cd's into his ITunes library. How realistic is this? >> >> Just so you know, he is running all the latest updates, including the >> latest ITunes. >> >> Direction and suggestions would be very much appreciated. >> >> Best, >> >> erik burggraaf >> A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. >> Phone: 888-255-5194 >> Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com >> >> >>> > > The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a > thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot > possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to > get at or repair. > --Douglas Adams > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
