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All-right, I've had it with iTunes and their no FLAC support. I'm breaking free. ALAC, although now open source, just isn't supported on too many devices/programs to use it as an alternative. So I ask you Film Score Monthly Message Boarders, what else is there? All I want is something that can rip CDs to FLAC/play FLAC, handle large libraries, feature album art prominently, and isn't from a transient company that won't last. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!!!!!
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My big issue with iTunes is it deleting my playlist just when ever it wants. I put together tons and tons of playlists, which are basically the soundtrack albums. I listen to them, put them on my iPhone etc. etc. delete them from my iPhone put on new playlists then months later I'm like I get a craving to listen to The New World by Horner and go to my playlists on my Mac at home and sure enough, the playlist has been deleted and then I have to create it again.
Anyone have that issue? I went to Apple's genius bar and they said they have lots of complaints about this, but they told Edwin and I, they haven't gotten enough complaints for them to look into it further. Odd answer. They know there is an issue, but won't look into it. 
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Jan 18, 2017 - 9:13 PM
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Squiddybop
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All-right, I've had it with iTunes and their no FLAC support. I'm breaking free. ALAC, although now open source, just isn't supported on too many devices/programs to use it as an alternative. So I ask you Film Score Monthly Message Boarders, what else is there? All I want is something that can rip CDs to FLAC/play FLAC, handle large libraries, feature album art prominently, and isn't from a transient company that won't last. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!!!!!
Winamp can actually do pretty much everything you're looking for. I've got over 3,500 albums ripped as FLAC files to a network drive, and use Winamp to sort them all by composer and year. I use Exact Audio Copy for the ripping, but Winamp can rip to FLAC as well if you only want to use a single program. The album art is a bit small with the way I have it set up, but you should be able to change that to make the album art much more prominent if that's your preference.
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XLD is a free download. It provides error-free rips, and if even one tiny sector of a disc is damaged, it tells you so in the post-rip report. I have been backing up my accumulation over the course of the last 6 or 7 years using this program.
Onya, does it allow you to rip back to an iPod or can you only do that via iTunes? My big issue is finding an iTunes alternative BUT I love my 3 iPods. (Yep, 3 160GB iPods.)
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Don't understand why your music has to be in the FLAC format? Apple Lossless works with iTunes and is just what the name implies, a lossless audio format.
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I use iTunes and have converted most of my CDs to ALAC by now... I'm not 100% happy with iTunes, but for my money it is far mightier and more convenient than any of the alternatives I have tested.
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