Pearl Jam 2012 Bootlegs 24 Bit FLAC & ALAC - HD Formats

demetrios
demetrios Posts: 97,795
edited November 2012 in The Porch
http://www.livedownloads.com/live-music ... er-UK.html

ALAC - HD: Higher than CD quality 24 bit audio, playable in iTunes and on iPods, iPhones, iPads and most audio players.

Recorded by John Burton and mixed by Brett Eliason
FLAC-HD and ALAC-HD are 24 bit / 96KHz with no dynamic compression or limiting
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,795
    http://www.livedownloads.com/live-music ... loads.html

    MP3's $9.99
    Flac $14.99
    CD $16.98
    AFlac $14.99
    FLAC-HD $19.95
    ALAC-HD $19.95

    So many PJ formats.

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTn2a9VtT80Hq08ZWK8uhs8kAPBNDUmk4tWDAhDpjF42smR5NuFA7HepXRZzw

    Recorded by John Burton and mixed by Brett Eliason
    FLAC-HD and ALAC-HD are 24 bit / 96KHz with no dynamic compression or limiting
  • simmers33
    simmers33 Posts: 234
    So D......which one are you going to buy and why?

    Go..... :D
    Good evening...
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,795
    simmers33 wrote:
    So D......which one are you going to buy and why?

    Go..... :D

    The CD's, i'm gonna wait till the box set comes out. But for digital download, i'm buy the 24 bit Flac HD. :)

    4sPrj.png?1

    A Pearl Jam bootlegoholic's dream!!!!! :D
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    demetrios wrote:
    simmers33 wrote:
    So D......which one are you going to buy and why?

    Go..... :D

    The CD's, i'm gonna wait till the box set comes out. But for digital download, i'm buy the 24 bit Flac HD. :)

    4sPrj.png?1

    A Pearl Jam bootlegoholic's dream!!!!! :D
    Wow 2.74 gigs for the bootleg...that will take up a lot of my hard drive....I see an external 1.5 TB drive in my future :D
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,795
    MedozK wrote:
    demetrios wrote:
    simmers33 wrote:
    So D......which one are you going to buy and why?

    Go..... :D

    The CD's, i'm gonna wait till the box set comes out. But for digital download, i'm buy the 24 bit Flac HD. :)

    4sPrj.png?1

    A Pearl Jam bootlegoholic's dream!!!!! :D
    Wow 2.74 gigs for the bootleg...that will take up a lot of my hard drive....I see an external 1.5 TB drive in my future :D

    Oh yes!! Looks like I need a new Western Digital 2 TB HD to go along with the 10TB PJ Playstation. ;)
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    What does HD in audio do? I was going to download ALAC but should I do ALAC-HD? How to choose!
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    Suziemay wrote:
    What does HD in audio do? I was going to download ALAC but should I do ALAC-HD? How to choose!
    More expensive = Better.... doesn't it? :)
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,795
    MedozK wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    What does HD in audio do? I was going to download ALAC but should I do ALAC-HD? How to choose!
    More expensive = Better.... doesn't it? :)

    Oh yes!!!

    Flac & Alac = DVD audio
    Flac-HD & Alac-HD = Bluray audio

    Well, something to that nature.
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    demetrios wrote:
    Flac & Alac = DVD audio
    Flac-HD & Alac-HD = Bluray audio

    Well, something to that nature.
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTn2a9VtT80Hq08ZWK8uhs8kAPBNDUmk4tWDAhDpjF42smR5NuFA7HepXRZzw
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,795
    Download complete! Listening now ...

    OH .. MY .... GOD!!!!!!! :shock:
  • smanchac1
    smanchac1 Posts: 2,256
    The hd downloads make a big difference?
  • knik
    knik Posts: 94
    smanchac1 wrote:
    The hd downloads make a big difference?
    Oh yes!
  • knik
    knik Posts: 94
    Suziemay wrote:
    What does HD in audio do? I was going to download ALAC but should I do ALAC-HD? How to choose!

    If you mainly use Apple products go for ALAC (or ALAC-HD), otherwise FLAC (or FLAC-HD).

    If you plan on burning the downloaded music to a CD and using the CD to listen to music most of the time, then I suggest you either download FLAC or ALAC.

    If you are not going to burn a CD, and instead mainly use your PC to play back the music, then download the FLAC-HD. ALAC-HD if you use Apple stuff (Mac, iPhone, iPod).
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    knik wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    What does HD in audio do? I was going to download ALAC but should I do ALAC-HD? How to choose!

    If you mainly use Apple products go for ALAC (or ALAC-HD), otherwise FLAC (or FLAC-HD).

    If you plan on burning the downloaded music to a CD and using the CD to listen to music most of the time, then I suggest you either download FLAC or ALAC.

    If you are not going to burn a CD, and instead mainly use your PC to play back the music, then download the FLAC-HD. ALAC-HD if you use Apple stuff (Mac, iPhone, iPod).
    Believe it or not I actually know the difference between FLAC and ALAC (hi-fiving myself)

    Can I burn ALAC-HD stuff on a CD if I wanted to? I would listen to it on my iThings mostly, but would love to be able burn them on CDs too.

    Thanks!
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Not directly to my knowledge because those raw files are too big & don't come in an instantly playable/burnable/listenable format. Paging IT...some wisdom?
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  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    knik wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    What does HD in audio do? I was going to download ALAC but should I do ALAC-HD? How to choose!

    If you mainly use Apple products go for ALAC (or ALAC-HD), otherwise FLAC (or FLAC-HD).

    If you plan on burning the downloaded music to a CD and using the CD to listen to music most of the time, then I suggest you either download FLAC or ALAC.

    If you are not going to burn a CD, and instead mainly use your PC to play back the music, then download the FLAC-HD. ALAC-HD if you use Apple stuff (Mac, iPhone, iPod).
    Is ALAC-HD playable in iTunes?
  • knik
    knik Posts: 94
    Suziemay wrote:
    knik wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    What does HD in audio do? I was going to download ALAC but should I do ALAC-HD? How to choose!

    If you mainly use Apple products go for ALAC (or ALAC-HD), otherwise FLAC (or FLAC-HD).

    If you plan on burning the downloaded music to a CD and using the CD to listen to music most of the time, then I suggest you either download FLAC or ALAC.

    If you are not going to burn a CD, and instead mainly use your PC to play back the music, then download the FLAC-HD. ALAC-HD if you use Apple stuff (Mac, iPhone, iPod).
    Believe it or not I actually know the difference between FLAC and ALAC (hi-fiving myself)

    Can I burn ALAC-HD stuff on a CD if I wanted to? I would listen to it on my iThings mostly, but would love to be able burn them on CDs too.

    Thanks!

    Good question!
    I wasn't sure, so I tried burning a CD with the hi-res download, and it works.
    I can play back the CD on a normal CD player fine.

    I did not use iTunes for burning the CD, so I'm not sure how iTunes would handle the 24bit to 16bit conversion required for burning the CD, but I think it would be no problem.

    The sound quality of the CD won't be as good as playing back the HD file directly though. It will be just normal CD quality (maybe a bit better because the ALAC-HD file that you are trying to burn to the CD is not dynamically compressed like the normal ALAC file).
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    demetrios wrote:
    Download complete! Listening now ...

    OH .. MY .... GOD!!!!!!! :shock:

    How does it sound compared to Kufala years and compared to 2000/2003 boots?
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  • knik
    knik Posts: 94
    MedozK wrote:
    knik wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    What does HD in audio do? I was going to download ALAC but should I do ALAC-HD? How to choose!

    If you mainly use Apple products go for ALAC (or ALAC-HD), otherwise FLAC (or FLAC-HD).

    If you plan on burning the downloaded music to a CD and using the CD to listen to music most of the time, then I suggest you either download FLAC or ALAC.

    If you are not going to burn a CD, and instead mainly use your PC to play back the music, then download the FLAC-HD. ALAC-HD if you use Apple stuff (Mac, iPhone, iPod).
    Is ALAC-HD playable in iTunes?

    Yes it should be playable if you have a windows PC, and also if you have a Mac.
    In case you have a mac, this is what I found in the following article on http://www.macworld.com/article/1160651/how_to_find_and_play_high_resolution_audio_on_the_mac.html

    " Macs can natively support up to 24/96, played through iTunes or other software. However, without a couple settings tweaks, audio files with resolution higher than 16-bit/44.1kHz will automatically be downsampled to that resolution. So the first thing you need to do is set your sound output to 24/96. To do so, open Audio MIDI Setup, found in /Applications/Utilities. Select the desired output on the left, and then change the settings in the Format section on the right to 96000.0 kHz and 2ch-24bit.
    Once you’ve made this change, you can play files at any resolution up to and including 24/96 "

    Hope that helps.
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    knik wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    knik wrote:
    If you mainly use Apple products go for ALAC (or ALAC-HD), otherwise FLAC (or FLAC-HD).

    If you plan on burning the downloaded music to a CD and using the CD to listen to music most of the time, then I suggest you either download FLAC or ALAC.

    If you are not going to burn a CD, and instead mainly use your PC to play back the music, then download the FLAC-HD. ALAC-HD if you use Apple stuff (Mac, iPhone, iPod).
    Believe it or not I actually know the difference between FLAC and ALAC (hi-fiving myself)

    Can I burn ALAC-HD stuff on a CD if I wanted to? I would listen to it on my iThings mostly, but would love to be able burn them on CDs too.

    Thanks!

    Good question!
    I wasn't sure, so I tried burning a CD with the hi-res download, and it works.
    I can play back the CD on a normal CD player fine.

    I did not use iTunes for burning the CD, so I'm not sure how iTunes would handle the 24bit to 16bit conversion required for burning the CD, but I think it would be no problem.

    The sound quality of the CD won't be as good as playing back the HD file directly though. It will be just normal CD quality (maybe a bit better because the ALAC-HD file that you are trying to burn to the CD is not dynamically compressed like the normal ALAC file).
    Hmm, I'm beginning to think I'm probably one of those people where ALAC-HD won't sound too different from ALAC and I know how to handle ALAC format so maybe I should just stick to those. I will sleep on it for now.

    Thanks for the help! :mrgreen:

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