The Poojer Posted September 22, 2010 Posted September 22, 2010 i have a bunch of flac files that i want to put onto my new ipod, apple doesn't accept flac...i have a couple programs that i use, but i am limited in the number of files i can convert. Also a nice feature would be the ability to convert multiple files at once rather than dealing with them individually...oh yeah, free-ware is preferred..thanks in advance.
LeviF Posted September 22, 2010 Posted September 22, 2010 (edited) i have a bunch of flac files that i want to put onto my new ipod, apple doesn't accept flac...i have a couple programs that i use, but i am limited in the number of files i can convert. Also a nice feature would be the ability to convert multiple files at once rather than dealing with them individually...oh yeah, free-ware is preferred..thanks in advance. What OS do you use? On my PC (Windows XP), I decode .flac files using Winamp, then encode from .wav to .mp3 in iTunes. On my Mac (OS X 10.6), I decode .flac files using xACT, and encode from .wav to .mp3 in iTunes. Edit: I'll try to figure out where I found out how to do these things and post them here. Edited September 22, 2010 by LeviF91
LeviF Posted September 22, 2010 Posted September 22, 2010 Found a good guide to it. http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/08/14/how-to-convert-flac-files-to-mp3-using-windows/ There's a link in there to an OS X guide as well, which uses xACT.
The Poojer Posted September 22, 2010 Author Posted September 22, 2010 I use xp....didn't realize Winamp did that, I use vlc and I don't believe they do....may get Winamp for that reason
Pete Posted September 22, 2010 Posted September 22, 2010 (edited) I use xAct for my Mac. Good program. And you can do multiple files at once on xAct Edited September 22, 2010 by Pete
ajzepp Posted September 22, 2010 Posted September 22, 2010 Why would you want to take a lossless file and turn it into a lossy one? Just go to AudioCircle.com and ask about converting your FLAC files into apple lossless files, that way you're not losing any data.
The Poojer Posted September 23, 2010 Author Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) because up until reading this, i did not know of this option....thanks for the lead Why would you want to take a lossless file and turn it into a lossy one? Just go to AudioCircle.com and ask about converting your FLAC files into apple lossless files, that way you're not losing any data. because up until reading this, i did not know of this option....thanks for the lead Edited September 23, 2010 by The Poojer
DonInBuffalo Posted September 23, 2010 Posted September 23, 2010 If anyone else is looking for a freeware flac to mp3 converter, I found one last night on the third try: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/freeware/convert/flac-to-mp3 The first one I found was free to download, but you had to pay for a fully functional copy, and the second one I tried had viruses embedded. As far as I can tell this one works fine.
ajzepp Posted September 23, 2010 Posted September 23, 2010 because up until reading this, i did not know of this option....thanks for the lead Oh okay...well unless you just don't care about the sound quality at all, I'd strongly recommend you keeping them in a lossless format. Apple Lossless is the best of both worlds...it is a lossless format and also takes up a little less space than the other lossless formats. I buy mp3s off Amazon when I can get them for cheap, but other than that I always upload CDs to my computer in apple lossless so that it remains CD quality. There are a lot of great audio forums, but I definitely recommend audiocircle.com for this information....I have learned a lot from them over the last few years.
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