Subj : conversion between lossless codecs
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jan 02 2022 13:10:00

Hello Wilfred!

** On Sunday 02.01.22 - 17:19, you wrote to me:

 AA>> probably be too old to care.  ;)   Nobody else needs to
 AA>> own my audio treasure except me.

 WvV> Are you sure, it won't be of value in your inheritance to
 WvV> someone? ;)

Sting was interviewed many years ago and asked a similar  
question.  He said, "I'm not leaving anything for my kids.   
They can work hard to build their own damn fortune" ..or  
something along those lines.  I doubt that he's changed that  
sentiment.  I have a similar attitude.


 AA>> Apple can't render my existing iTunes program
 AA>> inoperative.

 WvV> Are you sure?

Pretty sure; it works quite fine offline.


 WvV> And will your hardware+os the software runs on last as
 WvV> long as the files? Do you have backups?

Not too worried about that. I have at least 2 other XP pcs, and  
two Win7 pcs as alternatives.  I haven't really started a FLAC/ 
AppleLossless programme yet. I realized that a commited project  
to convert 2000+ CDs would take a while! LOL.  And.. I would  
really need some terrabytes of storage that I do not have.  
Sofar, I haven't come across a CD of mine that isn't  
represented on Spotify - so, the urgency to FLAC isn't there.


 AA>> Besides.. I can always transcode the AppleLossless to
 AA>> FLAC using something else.

 WvV> Are you sure that will exist and function properly, after
 WvV> Apple had gone bankrupt? ;)

I don't need iTunes to transcode AppleLossless to something  
else. I've been using AnyCoder and dbPoweramp in that manner.

I doubt that Apple in particular would ever go bankrupt in my  
remaining lifetime.  But there is nothing to say that they  
wouldn't close down the iTunes service for lack of sales.   
However, they are still competing with the likes of Spotify and  
TIDAL.
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  ../|ug

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