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Originally Posted by SabRhund
So heres a spin off of the thread for the 'n00b' to the community.
I'm getting my PowerBook and my 60GB iPod in a few days, and I know nothing about any of this stuff. I plan on putting all 100+ CD's on my computer/iPod. What would you guys recommend, and why? Im assuming that lossless is the highest quality, but also takes up the most amount of space?
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No, lossless doesn't take the most space, aiff does. That's the straight audio with no conversion. ALC (Apple Lossless codec) takes about 1/2 that amount with supposedly no degradation in quality. Then the bit rates tell you what takes more space. Obviously, 320 takes more space than 160, etc. Most people are happy with 160 aac. I believe iTunes defaults to 128 aac, which isn't bad but not great either. I'd definitely recommend using AAC as opposed to mp3 unless you need mp3 for some reason (e.g., you have a CD player in your car that plays mp3s or something like that).