Please can you create a aac plugin that works with itunes. This would be great because i have 120 gig of songs on dvd's but they are in acc format with itunes and this means that i would have to convert them all which would take forever!!
Please take this post seriously!!
Thankyou
Acc Plugin
Moderator: Gurus
Has been discussed at length lately. No response from the developers on this yet.
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Lowlander (MediaMonkey user since 2003)
Lowlander (MediaMonkey user since 2003)
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yes, AAC support would be great feature 
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Joel
AAC is as open as mp3 is. The problem is that Apple uses a closed DRM variant of it for the iTunes store.
MediaMonkey should support this and some other formats natively in my opinion.
MediaMonkey should support this and some other formats natively in my opinion.
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Lowlander (MediaMonkey user since 2003)
Lowlander (MediaMonkey user since 2003)
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only1miller
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m4a/aac support is a good thing
I agree with the folks asking for m4a/aac support. Also- as a warning to those transcoding their music from aac to mp3- know that transcoding from one lossy format to another only ruins the fidelity of the music. Changing your music to fit MediaMonkey is NOT a good idea. I love MediaMonkey and would love to use it exclusively, but I am of the belief that .m4a coding really does provide a superior sound at the same bitrate than .mp3. It wouldn't be an issue, but when fitting a ton of music on an iPod, you need every advantage you can get.
Once MediaMonkey finally implements built-in aac support, I'll probably walk away from Helium (the music manager I use now) for good.
Once MediaMonkey finally implements built-in aac support, I'll probably walk away from Helium (the music manager I use now) for good.
AAC Support
I agree. I'm only using iTunes at the moment to manage my iPod. If I could use MediaMonkey instead, I would.
I'd still keep two libraries - one in AAC format for the iPod, one in FLAC for home use & as a backup - but I'd manage both via MediaMonkey.
What would be really cool is "shadow-library" functionality in MediaMonkey, the ability for MediaMonkey to maintain - and intelligently update - two separate libraries, one consisting of uncompressed or losslessly compressed files, and another of lossy compressed copies for portable use.
I'd still keep two libraries - one in AAC format for the iPod, one in FLAC for home use & as a backup - but I'd manage both via MediaMonkey.
What would be really cool is "shadow-library" functionality in MediaMonkey, the ability for MediaMonkey to maintain - and intelligently update - two separate libraries, one consisting of uncompressed or losslessly compressed files, and another of lossy compressed copies for portable use.
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only1miller
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Shadow Library
Yeah, that sounds like a neat idea. I don't know of anything that does this currently, but you might want to check out Anapod Explorer by Red Chair software. It has the ability to transcode on the fly as you load music to your ipod (from one format (FLAC) to another (AAC) ) and you specify the bitrate, etc.
And no, I don't work for the company
And no, I don't work for the company
MediaMonkey can do this too...It has the ability to transcode on the fly as you load music to your ipod (from one format (FLAC) to another (AAC) ) and you specify the bitrate, etc.
Extensions: ExternalTools, ExtractFields, SongPreviewer, LinkedTracks, CleanImport, and some other scripts (Need Help with Addons > List of All Scripts).
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ACCAdmin0911
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Re: m4a/aac support is a good thing
I've been using MM for a couple years now, and have always been impress with the Awesome range of abilities of MM. In my personal opinion (and we all know the old saying...), MM is the most awesome audio software for the music lover, serious or just enjoyer. I abolutely agree with only1miller when he says trancoding lossy formats will destroy the music quality. I am agreeing and also begging for .m4a support in MM due to the fact that MM has always been my favorite option for working with my music, and not just a simple plug-in. I wish to have the same abilities with .m4a files as I do with .mp3. I back only1miller in his belief the .m4a file has a superior quality sound than .mp3. And the reason for my insistance of .m4a support is: I connected my primary desktop to my home theater system and love the sound of my mp3s converted to dual channel over a 5.1 surround sound system. I can only dream of the pleasure it would be to listen to my same CD library converted to .m4a, encoded to dual channel, over the same system. Once that library is tag properly, played thru the new iTunes, with its album art visualalation, ya can tell Microsoft to take Windows Media Center on a flying leap off anything with Extreme Elevation, because they just wasted too much money on, not just one OS, but 2 (Media Center 2005) & the New Vista...only1miller wrote:I agree with the folks asking for m4a/aac support. Also- as a warning to those transcoding their music from aac to mp3- know that transcoding from one lossy format to another only ruins the fidelity of the music. Changing your music to fit MediaMonkey is NOT a good idea. I love MediaMonkey and would love to use it exclusively, but I am of the belief that .m4a coding really does provide a superior sound at the same bitrate than .mp3. It wouldn't be an issue, but when fitting a ton of music on an iPod, you need every advantage you can get.
Once MediaMonkey finally implements built-in aac support, I'll probably walk away from Helium (the music manager I use now) for good.
Media Player 11 won't even save them....