I just got an iPod Touch 2G last week. My main reason for buying it was to replace the clunky iRiver iHP-120 I've been using to play live recordings via the AUX input on my car stereo. I started using the iRiver because I made a vow to stop burning CD's for this purpose, because I find I usually only want to play most recordings once or twice. So, there is really no need to waste burning CD-R's to hear recordings in my car.
My issue is this....
Since I have transfered almost every bit of music I have into lossless FLACs and stored them on a server, I don't want to do more time intensive converting in order to transfer FLACs to my iPod Touch to play in the car.
It sounds like most people have to convert their FLAC files into something else to be loaded onto the iDevice they use. I just don't want to do that.
I have been reading about the hassles of playing FLACS on the iDevices and saw the post about the official FLAC Player available at the iStore. I've checked, and it is compatible with the iPod Touch I have. It also seems to allow gapless playback of FLACs on my player. I have not bought it yet because I want to make sure it'll do what I need it to do.
A number of years ago, I got a pre-paid iTunes card for my birthday and I download some music. So, my iTunes account only has a very few pieces of music in it. I basically don't use iTunes, because WinAmp works better for me, especially since all my music is FLAC'ed now.
Is there a Windows program that can organize my FLACs, like iTunes does for MP3's ACC's etc... so I can just plug the USB cable in, pick a show or two I want to load onto my iTouch and then use the iPod Touch to play those files in my car?
I have been searching around to find a quick easy way to manage and play FLACs, but I keep running into dead ends. I use WinAmp at home as my media player. But, I read that WinAmp doesn't support iDevices anymore because of an issue with Apple...
I admit I haven't looked into it thoroughly.
Anyway, I've looked around and I haven't found a quick and easy (one program way) to just load FLACs from my media server directly onto my iPod Touch and then play them in my car.
I can't believe I'm the only person that wants to do it this way. Can someone tell me the apps & workflow they use to accomplish this? If there is a WinAmp plug-in I need to have WinAmp sync with the iPod Touch let me know. That would be ideal.