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      03-28-2012, 09:42 PM   #10
Lincoln30
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Originally Posted by rollinstone157 View Post
I use Max (OS X) or DBPowerAmp (Windows) to convert my ALAC/FLAC files to WAV lossless, which gives me nearly uncompressed music, with metadata. Then, I use DoubleTwist (OS X/Windows) to send my AAC/MP3's to the drive, and manually copy-paste the output folders from DBPowerAmp/Max to said drive. Works awesome!

DoubleTwist automatically puts things by Artist-->Album--Track # Song Title, so I just browse the directory and select what I want. I haven't been able to get the artists to populate the built-in artist/album/song database yet...but I hear a combox unit could help with that.

The drive itself is a 120GB HDD in a cage, with a cigarette USB adapter and a USB y-cable. I cannot tell you how well this setup works. For more speed/reliability, I might upgrade it to an SSD eventually, once the last-gen models get "dirt" cheap--or as cheap as a 120GB SSD will get!
I would like to upgrade to an SSD eventually too. The 1TB portable drive (gets power from the USB) was $129 on Amazon. I could fit everything I want to have in the car on 256GB drive but Flash drives and SSDs in this size are pricey compared to the HD.

I forgot to mention in my previous post that I formatted the drive FAT32.
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