is it possible to play Apple lossless *.m4a audio files on PS3?

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Originally Posted by Galley

Yeah, I copied it from Wikipedia. To get better information on the subject from people that really know what they're talking about (unlike me), check out HydrogenAudio.org.

i hope you weren't being sarcastic. i didn't mean to step on your toes

Originally Posted by quitemouse

well.... I need a couple more cups of coffee because I'm confused right now.

when I originally ripped all of my CD collection into Apple Lossless format,
my only intention was to store them in my 160GB iPod. Obviously the best
quality was to rip all of them into *.WAV format, but that would have
required me to get a 300GB iPod(which isn't out yet, AFAIK )

so, the next best thing was Apple Lossless, which was what I did.

are you guys now telling me that there's a better format than Apple Lossless
that I could have used? (short of *.WAV files) keep in mind that my main
objective is maximum sound quality at smallest possible file size, for use
on my 160gb iPod.

dude, unless you have professional headphones (AKG K240S and above), plugged into a modified EQ ipod, you are just takign up the drivespace on your ipod.

your ipod's "flat" EQ, is still not flat, and if you have any given consumer earphones/headphones they are usually not full range, let alone flat EQ.

unless the above on the first paragraph apply, you are:
A. not getting all the 20-20kHz frquencies anyway.
B. are listening through a (or a couple) consumer EQ smile(s) (boosted lows and boosted highs)

given, if you are using anything other than an ipod touch w/ an external EQ app, or the stock earphones. you are just as fine listening to your music in aac @ 192 or even 128.

but for lossless codecs, FLAC is definately the best bet. hands down. no contest.

IMO, ALAC is useless. in my experience ALAC coding/decoding is identical to aac. it may have its differences given that AAC is capped at certain bitrates, but i think it still rips in the same process as AAC only w/out the same bitrate cap.
take my word for it, your ALAC is carrying non audio meta-data that would otherwise be raw audio info in a FLAC file.