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Basic Foobar Question

My cd collection is saved in lossless format on my PC's HD in iTunes. It's sent wirelessly downstairs to a Zardoz (modded Airport Express) that's wired to my pre. Based on the positive comments regarding Foobar, I now want to make the move to using Foobar in lieu of iTunes. Is it just a simple matter of moving my music files from iTunes to Foobar? Will I lose the current tags? And if I add a cd in the future, does Foobar pull in the tag info like iTunes, or will I have to type in the all the info? Is it possible to retain iTunes thereby having 2 music libraries -one to play my music via Foobar on my high end system and a second library in iTunes that will retain my wife's music that she likes to have on her iPod?
rockyboy
jcharvet
46 posts
 
My files are organized the same as you have it. Because iTunes is easier to manage, I keep my Apple lossless files that way and convert them to WAV files in Foobar. A playlist for the day will be a matter of seconds to convert - that will be the only inconvenience.

Moving everything to Foobar will be possible and should be easy if you are computer savvy. However, I prefer not to go this way because I still use the Apple lossless format in mobile devices.
zd542
5,339 posts
 
It should be easy. Install Foobar and use the same music folder as you do for iTunes when you set it up.
singleendedsingle
664 posts
 
Simply import all of your music collection and the file tags should be the same.
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