ALAC compatibility with FLAC Lossless

[Hugh Solomon]

 I have a drive with 1.5TB Applelossless(ALAC) CDS.  Would these transfer over to the B2 which is FLAC easily so that I wouldn't have to reload all those  CDS and rip them on to the B2 from scratch. This may be a stupid question but I am a novice here and would very much like to use the B2   for music CDs and get them transferred over in an easy fashion

Thank you Hugh

[Dennis]

See here: https://www.brennan.co.uk/itemcontent.php/content/CanItDo

Does B2 play ALAC
Yes - the B2 will play WAV, FLAC, MP3, AAC and ALAC.

[fred.w....@gmail.com]

The collection would need to be written to a USB device which was first formatted to FAT32 using the B2 to do this.

The collection would need to be written to the USB device in a directory format that matches this 

Top level

music

Next level

        Artist 1

Next level

                   CD 1

Next 

                   All the music files for that CD and a file of cover art.

                  CD 2 

Next

                 All the music files for that CD...

etc

      Artist 2

              CD 1

                 All the music files for that CD...

etc.

The B2 can then import your music using its USB functions.

Fred

[PMB]

Hi Hugh,

Might be worth trying with a single CD first to check the organisation that Fred outlined. You could use a USB memory stick for this.

Paul

Brennan Support.

[Hugh Solomon]

Thank you all for your help and suggestions. This sounds somewhat complex whichever way one does it. Reripping CDs or manipulating the Hard drive I have. Will keep you posted on progress

Hugh