https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/53.aspxLearn all about the functionality and solve your set-up issues on this Forum.enCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/258020.aspxMon, 08 Feb 2010 22:58:22 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:258020Stan0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/258020.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=53&PostID=258020<p>I re-ripped many of my most favorite CDs to WMA lossless.&nbsp; This is the only lossless and gapless format that the BS5 supports.&nbsp; If you&#39;re going to re-rip, you may as well go for lossless and gapless.&nbsp; If you have an iPod (or a BS2), this does lead to having to maintain some extra copies of music since these players do not play WMA.&nbsp; Kind of a pain, but really not that bad...&nbsp; Personally, I wouldn&#39;t bother to re-rip just to go from 192 to 256.</p> <p>Is this necessary?&nbsp; It depends on your ears, your listening style and your musical tastes.&nbsp; I find I have to listen very carefully to tell the difference between lossless and 256kps MP3 (the format most of my music is ripped to) with most music (and often, if I&#39;m honest, I cannot really say for sure).&nbsp; I can usually tell when classical is compressed so I&#39;ve never bothered with classical mp3s.&nbsp; After I ripped my most very favorite 60-70 CDs to WMA, I decided I&#39;d re-rip other albums to lossless if I found their current format lacking, and, so far (6 mos laster), I haven&#39;t re-ripped many CDs.</p> <p>You can transfer music from iTunes on Mac to the BS5, but there&#39;s no automatic &quot;sync&quot;.&nbsp; You drag music from iTunes to the BeoConnect icon in the dock, and it gets copied to the BS5.&nbsp; I do not believe there is connectivity from iTunes on Windows.</p> <p>I think covers larger than 500x500 will not display, but I haven&#39;t messed with this very much.</p> <p>Stan</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/257786.aspxSun, 07 Feb 2010 12:15:42 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:257786propaganda0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/257786.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=53&PostID=257786<p>I need some tips as to the best way to prepare my music collection for the BS5/BM5. At the moment I have all my CDs + downloaded purchases in my iTunes Library. It seems that I ripped my CDs in MPEG format at 192Kbs (iTunes default), the downloaded music is either MP3 or AAC at 256kps. Should I consider re-ripping the CDs at a higher bitrate and if so what would be the best format. I have already had a look through this forum but got confused by some of the advice.</p> <p>Can the BM5 be synced to the iTunes library?</p> <p>I see that album covers should be 500 x 500 - should larger sizes be reduced to that size or just left alone?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>