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

I Am One Uninvited Chromosome

Scratch that. Figured out how to convert them. In import settings, change the AIFF bitrate to 'custom' instead of 'automatic', with the settings you want, and then right click on the file and 'make AIFF version'. Only changes a 109mb song to 60mb.

demetrios

AAJC wrote:

Is there a reason for the two separate sites to download files from? Is the one provided in the first post a legit (i.e., given by the 10 Club) site to use?

Curious if I should simply get the FLAC-HD files and use them in iTunes or go with the ALAC-HD files (never even heard of these until this thread).

Cheers,
AC

http://livedownloads.com/ is legit.

If you're all Apple, ala iTunes, iPad, iPhone etc .. user. I would go with ALAC-HD. For the PC user, FLAC-HD.

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Reading the comments over @ http://www.livedownloads.com/live-music ... er-UK.html . "These downloads should be free to those who bought tickets for the show." That would be cool. Maybe someday the next 10club tickets purchased we will get that option to download that show, digitally.

demetrios

So Manchester Night 2, FLAC-HD, tomorrow for download over @ http://www.livedownloads.com/default.aspx ?

demetrios

What the deuce? http://www.livedownloads.com/live-music ... er-UK.html

Where's the HD Flac & HD Alac?

demetrios

The Flac - HD for Manchester Night 2 is available now over @ http://pearljam.com/goods/product_info. ... ts_id=1146

demetrios

SWEET!!!

Digital Twilight

I just downloaded Manchester 1 in FLAC HD and it's bloody awesome. Worth the extra cost. I used my bootleg code to get $10 off the price.

Digital Twilight

I haven't enjoyed a bootleg like that in a long time

veddertown

Digital Twilight wrote:

I haven't enjoyed a bootleg like that in a long time

Is it as good as the hype then Dave?

What are you playing it through?

BF89905

After looking at the livedownloads.com website's FAQ's and not seeing any mention of the recently added FLAC-HD and ALAC-HD format types I sent them a few questions..... here are the responses I received :

1) What is the difference between FLAC-HD and ALAC-HD?

Both are equal quality 24bit recordings. ALAC-HD is an Apple format and can be played in iTunes without any conversion.

2) Can both of the above mentioned formats be placed onto a CD-R and played in a typical car stereo in HD quality? If not, how can these HD formats be played on a car stereo?

CD players only read 16bit. To play 24bit files you have to convert to 24bit wav then burn onto a blank DVD and play through your DVD player. You can convert the 24bit files to 16bit then to wav to be able to burn onto a CD (these will then be the same quality as the normal FLAC/ALAC.)

3) Are MP3 players/ipods capable of playing FLAC-HD or ALAC-HD files?

(Newer) iPods can play ALAC-HD, mp3 players can usually only play mp3 files. Flacs can be converted to other formats - like MP3.

What type of audio format is used on the Pearl Jam sample tracks on your website?
The samples are small files at a low bitrate.


You can play the files without conversion on VLC http://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
You can use: xAct http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14246 to convert.

These are 24 bit files. You can convert them to 24bit wav, burn them onto a blank DVD and play them through your DVD player as DVD-Audio You have to change them to 16 bit if you want to convert to WAV or MP3 for playback in iTunes or burn an audio CD. Flac HD FAQ: http://24bit.turtleside.com/

** I found the above 'turtleside' link to be very helpful and informative.

Please let me know if you require further assistance.
Thanks for supporting Livedownloads.com!

Digital Twilight

veddertown wrote:

Digital Twilight wrote:

I haven't enjoyed a bootleg like that in a long time

Is it as good as the hype then Dave?

What are you playing it through?

I use Winamp but that may not be the best player out there. My headphones are £50 Sennheiser's so nothing extravagant but they sound amazing. I'll be getting the rest in this format.

demetrios

BF89905 wrote:

After looking at the livedownloads.com website's FAQ's and not seeing any mention of the recently added FLAC-HD and ALAC-HD format types I sent them a few questions..... here are the responses I received :

1) What is the difference between FLAC-HD and ALAC-HD?

Both are equal quality 24bit recordings. ALAC-HD is an Apple format and can be played in iTunes without any conversion.

2) Can both of the above mentioned formats be placed onto a CD-R and played in a typical car stereo in HD quality? If not, how can these HD formats be played on a car stereo?

CD players only read 16bit. To play 24bit files you have to convert to 24bit wav then burn onto a blank DVD and play through your DVD player. You can convert the 24bit files to 16bit then to wav to be able to burn onto a CD (these will then be the same quality as the normal FLAC/ALAC.)

3) Are MP3 players/ipods capable of playing FLAC-HD or ALAC-HD files?

(Newer) iPods can play ALAC-HD, mp3 players can usually only play mp3 files. Flacs can be converted to other formats - like MP3.

What type of audio format is used on the Pearl Jam sample tracks on your website?
The samples are small files at a low bitrate.


You can play the files without conversion on VLC http://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
You can use: xAct http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14246 to convert.

These are 24 bit files. You can convert them to 24bit wav, burn them onto a blank DVD and play them through your DVD player as DVD-Audio You have to change them to 16 bit if you want to convert to WAV or MP3 for playback in iTunes or burn an audio CD. Flac HD FAQ: http://24bit.turtleside.com/

** I found the above 'turtleside' link to be very helpful and informative.

Please let me know if you require further assistance.
Thanks for supporting Livedownloads.com!

Awesome info!!

On the PC I play the Flac-HD files on the VLC Player & sometimes Winamp, but with the home entertainment center I have my PC hooked up to the Playstation 3 Media Server which plays the 24bit Flac-HD files so sweetly!!

I Am One Uninvited Chromosome

Not sure why ALAC HD is giving me so many problems. "Failed transfer stalled" seems to happen a lot. This is gonna take forever.

2-feign-reluctance

Listen though - not every DVD & BR player plays DVD Audio!! You need a $500 + universal BR player to get them playable on a disc on a home stereo. I've spent way too much time looking into DVD Audio options & my BR player won't play the disc. Wanna listen through your Mac or PC? That part was cake & as stated before - these HD files ARE fucking amazing.

2-feign-reluctance

And there is no way to play HD on normal CD. With everything so mp3 and conveniently packaged for consumption these days - HD audio has a very small market IMO. Shame really - Whole generation growing up on shite fidelity.

2-feign-reluctance

I Am One Uninvited Chromosome wrote:

Not sure why ALAC HD is giving me so many problems. "Failed transfer stalled" seems to happen a lot. This is gonna take forever.

Order from 10c - had a zip file available right away. Cant get ALAC there - but conversion is a snap if you use xACT for OSX

I Am One Uninvited Chromosome

I converted night one flac no problem. Thought that ALAC would be easier for night 2 but obviously not. There goes 20 bucks.

SpokenJeremy

Anyone know how to transfer the ALAC-HD to iPad? It says on the livedownloads page that ALAC-HD can be played in iTunes, iPhones, iPods and iPads, but when I go to transfer it, it says it can't.

I Am One Uninvited Chromosome

2-feign-reluctance wrote:

And there is no way to play HD on normal CD. With everything so mp3 and conveniently packaged for consumption these days - HD audio has a very small market IMO. Shame really - Whole generation growing up on shite fidelity.

Many hours later and my download is done but only 12 out of 28 songs are full length.

I Am One Uninvited Chromosome

SpokenJeremy wrote:

Anyone know how to transfer the ALAC-HD to iPad? It says on the livedownloads page that ALAC-HD can be played in iTunes, iPhones, iPods and iPads, but when I go to transfer it, it says it can't.

Same here. Format not supported. Was hoping not to go through the whole conversion thing like I did for FLAC HD because ALAC is for Apple stuff. Anyone?