I first burned all my CDs to my PC when i purchased my first 15GB iPod back in 2004. After importing my first 100 CDs or so I realised I’d made a mistake choosing quality settings that would allow me to fit as many tracks as possible onto my iPod and computer, as I realised I was better off choosing the best settings possible, as in the future I’d probably have more storage available to accommodate my bigger files. So, I went back and re-imported all my CDs in the best format possible.
I’ve been doing the same again over the last couple of months to add my music in the FLAC lossless format. The filesizes are huge, up to 50MB a track, but I can tell the difference when I play music on my good system. Using MediaMonkey to do this is brilliant as it automatically converts my FLAC files on my iPod to something that it can play.
Unfortunately I hadn’t been able to find a way to play FLAC files in Windows Media Center until yesterday, when I found a guide to playing Lossless Music in Windows Media Center. After a few simple steps I was able to play all of my tracks within VMC, which is fantastic, as VMC is the main way that we listen to music in our home.
To read the guide click here.
