How do you convert FLAC?

ballgame

Is there a free software to convert FLAC? And what do you conver them too?
I want to buy a show and not sure if I should do MP3 or FLAC since I dont know how to convert. Will the software "Switch" conver them?

Thanks

finnannie

I have winamp with the flac plugin - works great.

Bangers_n_mash

Get the flac installer for your system here: http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html

Then to burn cds just use flac frontend to decode the flac to wav, and burn the wav files. It's really simple.

For playing the files on your computer, as finnannie says, winamp with the flac plugin is great. I think ot comes as standard now, so you don't have to install. http://www.winamp.com/player

If you ask me, Switch is a useless pile of shit.

mozetti

ballgame wrote:

Is there a free software to convert FLAC?

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. So yes, it's free from the developers (linked above).

pearljim

Bangers'n'mash wrote:

If you ask me, Switch is a useless pile of shit.

Why? I'm not a technical person but I use it to convert my flac files to .aiff, I have a mac, and it seems to work fine. I'm I missing out on something?

Thanks

LeatherMosquitoMan

Dude go w/the FLAC. You'll get rid of the track skip AND it sounds sooo much better!!

If you have any trouble, pm me and i'll walk you through it.

ballgame

can I get FLAC songs into ITunes and IPod?

It sounds like FLAC are only files to be played from the desktop

Also it sounds like you convert them to .wav. Wavs are so big and Im almost maxed on space with all the otehr PJ shows I have. Mp3 are smaller and that helps me. So if I convert to Wav do you loose anything?

ballgame

Im listening to Lisbon with ITUnes and FLAC. I have my head phones on. FLAC seems fuller but hard to tell

With FLAC its like a conditioner.

ballgame

I used Nero to burn but it has the gaps between songs

jrd

ballgame wrote:

I used Nero to burn but it has the gaps between songs

you have to tell Nero to cut out the 2-second gaps between the songs, it's an option in Properties or something like that (can't remember, at work at the moment :( )

ballgame

thank you. Ill look for that when I get home

schmoff

use Toast to burn flac files, no gaps no converting
if you don't have toast your missing out especially the Mac users out there
Toast does everything
a flac CD burns in like 2 minutes and there is no converting the files, you want to keep them flac
if your converting them to something else why bother with flac?

ballgame

schmoff wrote:

use Toast to burn flac files, no gaps no converting
if you don't have toast your missing out especially the Mac users out there
Toast does everything
a flac CD burns in like 2 minutes and there is no converting the files, you want to keep them flac
if your converting them to something else why bother with flac?

that sounds interesting. I dont use a Mac so it is Windows compatible? And you can burn FLAC right to CD? That sounds nice. Is it free or do you have to pay?

schmoff

i think nero is the pc version of Toast
you should be able to make an audio cd using straight flac files

ballgame

jrd wrote:

you have to tell Nero to cut out the 2-second gaps between the songs, it's an option in Properties or something like that (can't remember, at work at the moment :( )

I dont see that, can you direct me another way?

Brisk.

dbpower mp is the best converter.

wolfbear

I downloaded Flacfrontend years ago and it's always worked great for me.
http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=FlacFrontend

jrd

ballgame wrote:

jrd wrote:

you have to tell Nero to cut out the 2-second gaps between the songs, it's an option in Properties or something like that (can't remember, at work at the moment.

I dont see that, can you direct me another way?

Start Nero Burning ROM, select whatever you need to get to the window for burning an audio CD and add the WAV files you want to burn - they should all appear with a 'Pause' of 00:02.00 (2 seconds).

Now use the cursor to select all the tracks, when you've selected them they should be highlighted.

Now right-click with the mouse on any of the highlighted tracks and that should open up the 'Audio Track Properties' window in which you can change the pause from 2 seconds to zero. Hit 'Apply' and 'OK' and the tracks should all now appear with a Pause of 0 seconds.