brianjl

XLD has an option to down sample all images to whatever size you like so there is no need to adjust your art - just drag and drop. I can't find a setting in Max for this. So if I add a 20 mb TIFF or PNG, my file size is 20 mb's larger. Even adding a 300kb jpeg increases the alac by 4-5 mb. Very strange! I'd love to use XLD for everything, but it doesn't work well converting single flac files in batches. There must be a setting somewhere in MAX to compress the art.

I'm glad I figured it out before I converted a bunch. I can import the ALAC's into itunes, replace the album art with a smaller jpeg and it's back to normal size. I guess I'll just leave out the artwork when converting and add it in itunes. I've never noticed this problem when using XLD with single flac.clue files. MAX works much better with separate flac files, but the artwork is an issue. Thanks for the help.

I'm finding that adding even a 500 KB jpeg increases my ALAC file by 5 mb. Does anyone notice this when using Max?

I just went back and did some testing and noticed that I embedded high res scans when converting in Max. Adding a 25mg tiff will obviously make a large file! This explains all of the inconsistent file sizes.

All of my ALAC files are roughly between 750 and 1000, but some are 25 mb and others are 50 mb - same kbps & time. It must have to do with how the original cd was ripped I suppose. I don't have a lot of the original cd's so I can't go back a rip again.

I am in the process of converting all of my flac files to ALAC since I am a Mac user and I want to create a lossless library in itunes. Using Max or XLD, most ALAC files are coming out a few mb larger than the original flac, which is fine, but certain files such as SHM-CD rips, are twice as large after the conversion. Can anyone offer a suggestion on how to fix this or is it the nature of the ALAC process? I can handle slightly larger, but twice the size seems odd. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!