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Best program to convert FLAC files?

post #1 of 11
12/7/11 at 7:38pm
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Im a PC user and id like to be able to down-convert to AAC.

 

Any suggestions?

 

A free option is always bestbiggrin.gif

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post #2 of 11
12/8/11 at 12:15am

Decode to WAV (flac -d) before encoding with NeroAAC.

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post #3 of 11
12/8/11 at 1:13am

dbpoweramp

 

Trial version is limited but free.  It's so good I bought the paid version ($38) - IMO totally worth it.

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post #4 of 11
12/8/11 at 2:52am
Foobar is able to do it. It isn't that great at batch conversion though, so if you're planning on converting a lot of music you might want to look elsewhere.
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post #5 of 11
12/8/11 at 8:10am
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Originally Posted by adamlau View Post

Decode to WAV (flac -d) before encoding with NeroAAC.



Sorry-dont understand what you mean here...

 

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post #6 of 11
12/9/11 at 1:41pm

What adamlau means is, convert your FLAC files to WAV.  (This is reasonable because FLAC is lossless).  Then use your fav AAC converter to convert the WAV files to AAC.

 

"flac -d" is probably the command-line command for decoding FLAC to wav.

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post #7 of 11
12/9/11 at 3:04pm

If you convert it to WAV first it'll take longer and you'll lose all your tags. Try Foobar2000 or dBpoweramp.
 

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Originally Posted by EnOYiN View Post

Foobar is able to do it. It isn't that great at batch conversion though, so if you're planning on converting a lot of music you might want to look elsewhere.


What? I find it great for batches.

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post #8 of 11
12/10/11 at 10:11am
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Originally Posted by andrewberge View Post

What? I find it great for batches.

Just checked it and it seems like they've completely redone the conversion feature in the newest versions. My experiences were based on an older version of Foobar so my apologies for the misinformation.
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post #9 of 11
12/10/11 at 11:17pm

dbpoweramp is worth the $38 imo, best out there for multiple files, tagging, album art etc

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post #10 of 11
12/11/11 at 2:06am
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Originally Posted by newtophones07 View Post

dbpoweramp is worth the $38 imo, best out there for multiple files, tagging, album art etc


Agree - best part about it is the multiple cores support.  Set a transcode for slow (quality) - but still set it to utilise all your cores - remains incredibly fast wink.gif

 

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post #11 of 11
12/15/11 at 5:21pm
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Originally Posted by andrewberge View Post

and you'll lose all your tags.



Oops.  Thanks for shedding light on that important nugget.  :)

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