Moving music from PC to apple?

[edkoz]

All of my music is on my PCs (win 10) and I would like to copy to my Ipad. Not sure how how I would go about doing it. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks ED

[jdandy]

Ed.......What format are your music files on the PC, i.e. FLAC, WAV, etc.?

A quick search shows iPad supports the following music files:

AAC (bitrates from 8 to 320 Kbps)
HE-AAC (bitrates from 8 to 320 Kbps)
Protected AAC (DRM copy protection used on the iTunes Store)
ALAC (Apple Lossless)
MP3 (bitrates 8 to 320 Kbps)
MP3 VBR (Variable Bitrate)
AA (Audible formats 2, 3, 4) / Audible Enhanced Audio / AAX / AAX+
WAV
AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)

[nicoff]

Originally Posted by edkoz

All of my music is on my PCs (win 10) and I would like to copy to my Ipad. Not sure how how I would go about doing it. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks ED

You should be able to use iTunes for that. ITunes has a windows version. If you already have iTunes in your windows machine, check if all your music is showing in iTunes. If so, then all you have to do is open iTunes, connect your iPad, and sync all your music to your iPad.

[PHC1]

Yep, iTunes is the only way I can think of as well. If you have music that is on physical media, rip the CDs to iTunes on your computer and then it will show up on your iPad in iTunes.

[edkoz]

Originally Posted by jdandy

Ed.......What format are your music files on the PC, i.e. FLAC, WAV, etc.?

A quick search shows iPad supports the following music files:

AAC (bitrates from 8 to 320 Kbps)
HE-AAC (bitrates from 8 to 320 Kbps)
Protected AAC (DRM copy protection used on the iTunes Store)
ALAC (Apple Lossless)
MP3 (bitrates 8 to 320 Kbps)
MP3 VBR (Variable Bitrate)
AA (Audible formats 2, 3, 4) / Audible Enhanced Audio / AAX / AAX+
WAV
AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)

The files on the PC are FLAC. Thank you for the info. I'll see what I can do. ( i want to listen to the Ipad using my new head phones on a trip my wife and I are going on (long train ride).
Ed

[nicoff]

Apple does NOT support FLAC. Apple’s version of FLAC is called ALAC. You will have to convert your FLAC files to one of the types supported by Apple (see jdandy’s post above). Then, once you do that, you can add those converted files to your iTunes library and use iTunes to transfer them to your iPad.

[edkoz]

Originally Posted by nicoff

Apple does NOT support FLAC. Apple’s version of FLAC is called ALAC. You will have to convert your FLAC files to one of the types supported by Apple (see jdandy’s post above). Then, once you do that, you can add those converted files to your iTunes library and use iTunes to transfer them to your iPad.

Thank You!

[2fastdriving]

There are other options. A very quick google search brought this up.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flac...097564256?mt=8