[SlimDevices: Beginners] Apple Lossless Support & Flac Tags

[snarlydwarf]

musictappy;282263 Wrote: 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am thinking of purchasing the Squeezebox Duet, but have a few
> questions before I do.  The web page says that Apple Lossless is a
> supported format. Does this mean that I can assume it is now supported
> natively, and will allow fast forward and rewind in Apple Lossless
> files?  I have quite a bit of music in Apple Lossless, and being able
> to scan through tracks is important to me.

No, it doesn't support ALAC natively, it would be transcoded to FLAC.

> 
> If this is not the case, and files must be in Flac to scan through the
> file, can someone tell me if it is possible to add an "Artist Sort" tag
> to Flac files?  I have played with Flac for some time now, but see no
> place to include an Artist Sort tag.  In my mind, Miles Davis needs to
> be filed under "D," not "M."  That is the main reason I began using
> Apple Lossless over Flac, Itunes recognizes this Artist Sort tag.  

SC supports 'ARTISTSORT' as a flac tag, as do many other programs. 
FLAC tags are freeform: you can have "WIDDLYDOO=YES" if you wanted, and
any decent tagging software should allow that.

Though SC doesn't support the WIDDLYDOO tag, it does, and has for a
long time, supported ARTISTSORT.


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