Big Wheel Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 Just signed up on easytree and picked up a couple of shows in FLAC format. What's the best way to convert them to MP3 so I can listen on my portable? I've been searching a bit and it looks like this can't be done entirely with LAME, but I'm not sure... Appreciate all the help! Quote
John B Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 This program has worked flawlessly for me: http://mikewren.com/flac/ It was recommended on etree and is very easy to download and use. Quote
king ubu Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 Don't know about FLAC > MP3, but if you want to burn them on regular CDRs, you got to install FLAC Frontend. All very easy. That one makes WAVs out of the FLACs, and I suppose you using an MP3 player know how to handle WAVs. ubu Quote
king ubu Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html (btw, I don't know the thing John posted above) Quote
John B Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 (btw, I don't know the thing John posted above) same thing. I linked to the guy who wrote the program, you linked to a mirror site. Quote
king ubu Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 Saw that after I posted... but how would you do MP3s with FLAC Frontend? Via WAV, as I suggested? Using that or another programme? (Not that it matters to me, as I don't have any use for MP3s.) Quote
John B Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 (edited) Saw that after I posted... but how would you do MP3s with FLAC Frontend? Via WAV, as I suggested? Using that or another programme? (Not that it matters to me, as I don't have any use for MP3s.) I don't know either. I only use the program for burning onto cdr. It should be fairly easy to figure out, given the prevalence of ipods these days. Edited March 7, 2005 by John B Quote
Jim Dye Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 (edited) I use Foobar2000. It is perfect for going from FLAC to MP3. Foobar2000 Special Installer Make sure you download the Special Version because it includes the tool you need (foo_clienc.dll) to transcode from FLAC to MP3 or anything format you like. I don't have the time to write out a full FAQ, but these screen shots should help. Edited March 7, 2005 by Jim Dye Quote
Jim Dye Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 You can configure any encoder you wish! Quote
Big Wheel Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Posted March 7, 2005 Awesome, Jim. That looks like just what I need! I'll probably have a couple more questions, but thanks! Quote
Big Wheel Posted March 8, 2005 Author Report Posted March 8, 2005 Ok, I've got foobar2000 downloaded, but I can't seem to figure out how to get LAME to show up in the "output presets" bar in the Diskwriter menu. When clicking "add new" I just get 3 options: Legacy 0.7 output support, WAV fixed-point, and WAV floating-point. There doesn't seem to be a way to add LAME the way it shows up in Jim's screenshots. I've hunted around and they suggest copying LAME (and all the files in the LAME directory besides lame.exe?) into the foobar2k directory, but that doesn't seem to work for me... Quote
Big Wheel Posted March 8, 2005 Author Report Posted March 8, 2005 Never mind, I realized that Jim meant to do the "full" install instead of "normal." Should work now... Quote
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