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Any quality loss in converting FLAC to WAV?

post #1 of 8
3/23/11 at 1:51pm
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In order to play them on iTunes I have to convert my FLAC files to WAV.. just wondering if there was any quality loss associated with this, thanks.

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post #2 of 8
3/23/11 at 1:59pm

No loss, you're just decompressing.  You may be able to find something that converts FLAC to ALAC though, depending on your host.  There's also a program called fluke that works with some quicktime infrastructure to allow import of FLAC into itunes and playing it directly.  Won't work for an iPOD, but should work fine on a PC or MAC.

 

- Ed


Edited by falis - 3/23/11 at 2:01pm
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post #3 of 8
3/23/11 at 2:00pm

Can't you just convert them to ALAC? There's no loss in either format, and .wav is a space hog.

 

Use dBPoweramp. It's free to try and only about $25 to buy for life.

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post #4 of 8
3/23/11 at 2:05pm

Agreed. If you take a WAV, then convert it to FLAC/ALAC and then back to WAV again, you should end up with the exact same file. 

I use Max to convert my lossless music to ALAC.

 

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post #5 of 8
3/23/11 at 2:19pm

Forget WAV, you can even use tags... i dont know how you would be able to browse for the songs on your ipod. Go with ALAC.

 

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post #6 of 8
3/23/11 at 3:46pm
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Originally Posted by immtbiker View Post

Can't you just convert them to ALAC? There's no loss in either format, and .wav is a space hog.

 

Use dBPoweramp. It's free to try and only about $25 to buy for life.



Space is no issue for me.. well if there is no quality loss, I'll just stick to converting them to .wav and using them in itunes.

 

Although.. is there a free .flac to .alac converter? The one I use doesn't support .alac

 

And does .alac play on macs? (I use windows)

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post #7 of 8
3/23/11 at 8:18pm
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Originally Posted by officetally View Post


Space is no issue for me.. well if there is no quality loss, I'll just stick to converting them to .wav and using them in itunes.

 

Although.. is there a free .flac to .alac converter? The one I use doesn't support .alac

 

And does .alac play on macs? (I use windows)


ALAC is Apple Lossless Audio Codec. You can convert the WAV files to ALAC if you'd like. Just use the built in encoder.

 

In iTunes...

Edit > Preferences > Import Settings > Apple Lossless Encoder

 

Then just right click any file and select "Create Apple Lossless version".

 

That's what I do even though I have dBPoweramp.


Edited by salannelson - 3/23/11 at 8:19pm
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post #8 of 8
5/14/12 at 2:18am

FLAC and WAV are both lossless audio formats. Converting FLAC to WAV will not lose the audio quality. You may type how to convert FLAC to WAV in Google to find a detailed guide to help.L3000.gif
 

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