Re: [SurroundSound] Re: convert flac to mac...

(And my use of "more mac friendly" is not to suggest that there aren't PLENTY of ways to play FLAC's natively in OSX, just that for my personal every day listening Apple Lossless files are easier to deal with).

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Stephen Brandon <duke.brandonshire@gmail.com> wrote:

RW - Thank you for getting us slightly back on topic. I was going to suggest as an addition to the OP's list of things you can do to convert a FLAC to a more Mac friendly format is convert it to Apple Lossless (ALAC). I actually do this with most of my FLACs (at least the stereo ones), because for most of my every day listening it's simpler to use iTunes etc. (also means I can get them automatically backed up to iTunes Match).

I generally use XLD to convert mine (https://code.google.com/p/xld/downloads/list) and I've been very happy with it as a program.

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Cheezmo <cheezmo@gmail.com> wrote:

That would be a good trick.  I would like to see you do it.

You would be able to extract an AIFF or WAV file with the same audio content as the MP3 (but taking up much more space).   If you converted the FLAC to a an MP3, you would be creating a more compressed (more quality loss) mp3, as if you had converted the original MP3 to MP3 again.

You can NOT get the same MP3 file back out.  You can get a lossless file AIFF/WAV with the exact same audio quality as the original MP3.

That is because it is a codec, not a container.

On Nov 3, 2014, at 7:56 AM, RW <rlwainwright@gmail.com> wrote:

#1, FLAC is a lossless container.  If you put a lossy MP3 into it, you can retrieve that MP3 with no losses incurred.  End of story.  Secondly, if you wish to convert FLAC to a more Mac friendly type, use dbPowerAmp and convert it to ALAC which is Apple's rip-off of FLAC.  The resulting ALAC files will then allow one to retrieve the original content un-molested.  End of story...


On Thursday, January 3, 2013 10:15:07 PM UTC-5, fisherking wrote:

i am valiantly trying to get a surround mix (flac files) to work on my mac. i have tried numerous conversions (in toast, burn, various esoteric apps),

but continually wind up with...static.

have been googling for hours. cannot figure this out.

any suggestions? have 2 flac files that show as dts. (am on ML 10.8.2).

...and here's where i insert a sad smilie face...

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