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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

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jcharvet
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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.
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