How to Play FLAC on iPod, iPhone, iPad, iTunes and more?

As the free lossless audio codec, FLAC is favored by many audiophiles
who prefer the high quality of sound. However, this audio format can not
be supported by any of the apple products like iPod, iTunes, iPad,
iPhone.

This article will introduce a step by step guide on how to play FLAC on iPod in lossless or lossy way.
This guide applies to:

• Convert FLAC to Apple Lossless or AIFF to play lossless FLAC on iPod
  Touch, iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Mini, iPhone 3G,
  iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad2, iTunes, Quicktime, iMovie, FCP, FCE.
• Convert FLAC to MP3 to play FLAC on iPhone/iPad/iTunes/iPod/Quicktime/iMovie/FCP/FCE/Windows Media Player in lossy way.
• Convert FLAC to other audio formats including lossy AC3, AU, M4A, MP2, OGG, RA, and WMA.

The following will take convert and play FLAC on iPod as an example.

Make preparation: Run Bigasoft FLAC Converter

Free download
Bigasoft FLAC Converter (Mac Version, Windows Version), install and run it.

As the powerful FLAC Converter, Bigasoft FLAC Converter can easily
convert FLAC to lossless audio format including Apple Lossless, AIFF or
WAV. It also converts FLAC to lossy audio format in smaller file size
like MP3. It even converts FLAC to other audio formats including lossy
AC3, AU, M4A, MP2, OGG, RA, and WMA. Moreover, it can convert all kinds
of video formats including AVI, WMV, ASF, AVCHD, RAD, BIK, DivX, MKV,
MOD, TOD, MTS, VOB, MPEG, MOV, MTS, MT2S, RM, 3GP, FLV, F4V, WebM, 3GPP,
MVI and more to audio formats including MP3, WMA, WAV, MP2, AC3, RA,
M4A, OGG, AIFF, Apple Lossless, AAC etc.

Step 1  Import FLAC file

Hit "Add File" button to import FLAC file you want to play on iPod

Step 2  Set iPod supported audio format

Click the drop-down button on the right side of "Profile" to select desired output audio format for iPod.

• To play lossless FLAC on your iPod, select ALAC - Apple Lossless Audio Codec(*.m4a) from the "General Audio" category.
• To play lossy FLAC on your iPod, select MP3 - MPEG Layer - 3 Audio(*.mp3) from the "General Audio" category.

Step 3  Convert FLAC to iPod friendly audio format

Press "Convert" button to finish converting FLAC to iPod supported audio format.

Step 4  Play FLAC on iPod

Once the conversion is finished, click "Open Folder"
button of this FLAC to iPod Converter to get the converted FLAC file.
Start iTunes, then drag and drop the converted file to the iTunes Music
Library for syncing to iPod for playing.

Conclusion

With the above software and step by step guide, Apple fans can easily
enjoy lossless or lossy FLAC on iPod on the go. Besides you can also
play FLAC on iPhone/iPad/iTunes/QuickTime/Windows Media Player/iMovie
and more. Wait no more, just free download this powerful FLAC Converter
to have a free try.

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Bigasoft iPod Transfer Enhance OS X Lion's AirDrop Feature

In mention of OS X Lion, we all know that the most advanced features it introduces are Multi-Touch Gestures and Full-Screen Apps. Maybe, few people know that OS X Lion's AirDrop makes sharing iPad/iPhone/iPod files with people nearby dead easy.

Lion's new AirDrop makes basic file exchange between nearby users as simple as Bluetooth, as fast as WiFi, and as easy as drag and drop. Bigasoft iPod Transfer even enhances AirDrop, which makes transfer music and movies from iPad/iPhone/iPod to Mac OS X Lion as easy as drag and drop, and finally AirDrop can easy share the transferred music and movies with other nearby Mac OS X 10.7

Bigasoft iPod Transfer can easily transfer music/movies/playlist from iPod/iPhone/iPad to Mac OS X Lion with or without iTunes installed! Besides transfer files from iPod/iPad/iPhone to OS X Lion, the powerful iPod transfer even can transfer media files between multiple iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod touch, iPod touch 4, iPhone, iPhone 3G/3GS, iPhone 4, iPad and iPad 2.

What's more, with AirDrop in Mac Lion, you can send the transferred music and movies to anyone around you — wirelessly. AirDrop doesn’t require setup or special settings. Just click the AirDrop icon in the Finder sidebar, and your Mac automatically discovers other people nearby who are using AirDrop. You’ll even see contact photos for those who are already in your Address Book. To share a file, simply drag it to someone’s name. Once accepted, the file transfers directly to the person’s Downloads folder. When you’re done with AirDrop, close the Finder and your Mac is no longer visible to others.

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How to copy music from iPod to PC

Nowadays, most iPod fans have a huge music library and all of it is kept on a trusty PC. Now imagine that one day, your computer's hard drive crashes, and that music library is now gone.

Then you remember that all your songs are still on your iPod, safe and intact. You plug it in, and then you realize that iTunes only allows the downloading of music from iTunes to iPod, not iPod to iTunes. There is nothing you can do right now. Do you really want to spend hours re-downloading all your music? We didn't think so.
Bigasoft iPod Transfer helps to transfer media files between iPod/iPhone/iPad and computer in just one click. It can copy iPod songs, movies, and playlists back to computer and import computer files or folder even without iTunes.

Luckily for you, with the handy iPod copy software, you can easily copy songs from iPod with just 4 easy steps. Here's how to copy songs off iPod and copy it back to your computer.

Free Download and launch

Firstly, Free Download Bigasoft iPod Transfer (for windows, for mac) and fire up the software. Then, the following main interface pops up.

Step 1 Connect iPod

Dock iPod and open it, connect iPod to your computer through USB cable.
The software will automatically detect the iPod, display all the contents of iPod in the left device list and show its device info on the right window.

Step 2 Select songs

Locate the library or playlist in which your songs stayed and check the songs to be transferred in the file list on the right window.

Step 3 Copy songs back

Click the "Export to Local" button to select the target folder for saving iPod files in the dialog that appears, and then start to transfer music to computer.
Tips: You can directly drag selected songs to Windows Explore for fast copy.

Step 4 Eject

From the File menu, choose Eject and Eject All.
Tips: You can press Ctrl + J to fast eject iPod.

Enjoy

All your songs in iPod have been saved to your PC with the iPod rip tool now. You can play or re-import them to iTunes.

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How to solve "cannot be played on iPod" error message

Won't iTunes let you put movies on your iPod? Sometimes your movies can be imported into movie library and played in iTunes fine, while when you sync with your iPod, iTunes pops up a message: "movie was not copied to the iPod because it cannot be played on this iPod".


Not all iTunes videos can be transferred to iPod; there are lots of limitations including resolution, bit rate, aspect ratio, size audio codec, and so on. You need convert them to iPod compatible video.

Here is a two solutions to help you fix the "cannot be played on iPod" error message. It's dead easy. The solutions are also applied to solving "cannot be played on iPad/iPhone/Apple TV" error massage.

Solution 1 Convert with Bigasoft iPod Video Converter

Download Bigasoft iPod Video Converter (for Windows ,for Mac ), then install it.

Step 1 Import any video files

Locate the video files which cannot be transferred by iTunes, drag them from iTunes or Windows Explore/Mac Finder into the iPod video converter.

 

Step 2 Convert for watching on iPod

Click "Start" button to start video conversion. After conversion, drag the output video files to your iTunes and voila.

Solution 2 Use "Create iPod version" in iTunes

Locate and select the video file which cannot be transferred in your iTunes Library, and from the Advanced menu, choose Create iPod or iPhone Version. While converting, you will notice an item named "Converting..." appear in the iTunes Source list.



When the conversion is complete, iTunes will create a copy of your movie in your library. There will be two movies listed with the same name.

Conclusion

Converting with iTunes is a free and built-in solution yet it is a terrible experience because of its dead slow conversion speed. Another issue is that it is impossible to retain much video and audio quality or create high definition video for enjoying high quality and high definition video on iPod/iPhone/iPad/Apple TV.
While using Bigasoft iPod Video Converter for conversion to solve "cannot be played on iPod" or "cannot be played on iPad/iPhone/Apple TV" issue is a much faster (6x faster) and a pleasant job which also enables you to animate videos with smart a video editor like video trim, crop, clip, add water mark, and more. Besides, enjoying high quality and high definition video on the go comes true for you. What's more, you can save it for conversion from many video formats to iTunes and Apple devices supported.

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