George Wade (apparently)
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Apr 25, 2008 4:58 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
New in Audacity 1.3.4
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Opening/Saving Formats
Metadata editor added for OGG, FLAC and WAV/AIFF exports, and general
improvements.
Metadata import improved.
Muted tracks are no longer audible in the exported mix.
That's all the searching I'm doing today: time for a healthy coffee
and walk, away from the keyboard ;)
George
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Conrad Hirano (apparently)
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Apr 25, 2008 4:58 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
On Apr 24, 2008, at 3:24 PM, Andrew Laurence wrote:
> I occasionally acquire (cough cough) audio recordings in the FLAC
> format. Of course, these don't play in iTunes, so I keep a copy of
> MacAMP Lite around for listening to them.
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> Any recommendations for listening to FLAC files?
VLC will play FLAC files, though it was kind of flaky.
> Further, does anyone have a favorite method/app for converting FLAC
> files into something native to iTunes/iPod (AAC or MP3)?
I used xACT to convert the files to AIFF, which iTunes can use
directly or convert to AAC or MP3.
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Matt Neuburg (apparently)
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Apr 25, 2008 4:58 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
On or about 4/24/08 3:24 PM, thus spake "Andrew Laurence"
<atlauren  es.nacs.uci.edu>:
> Any recommendations for listening to FLAC files?
Cog. Basic, but it does work very well, including gapless playback (good for
operas and such).
> Further, does anyone have a favorite method/app for converting FLAC
> files into something native to iTunes/iPod (AAC or MP3)?
Max. It is fantastic for this. m.
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Thomas Perrier
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Apr 25, 2008 4:58 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Andrew Laurence
<atlauren es.nacs.uci.edu> wrote:
> I occasionally acquire (cough cough) audio recordings in the FLAC
> format. Of course, these don't play in iTunes, so I keep a copy of
> MacAMP Lite around for listening to them.
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> Any recommendations for listening to FLAC files?
Toast can play them, and that's what I use, but mainly because
ultimately I burn them on a CD then delete the files. I only burn
uncompressed audio like FLAC or Apple Lossless files, since burning a
CD from an AAC or MP3 source is an heresy to these audiophile ears.
> Further, does anyone have a favorite method/app for converting FLAC
> files into something native to iTunes/iPod (AAC or MP3)?
No clue, since I don't have any MP3 player. (If I had, I'd rip the CD
burned above. :)
-Thomas
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Kirk McElhearn (apparently)
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Apr 25, 2008 4:58 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
On Apr 25, 2008, at 12:24 AM, Andrew Laurence wrote:
> I occasionally acquire (cough cough) audio recordings in the FLAC
> format. Of course, these don't play in iTunes, so I keep a copy of
> MacAMP Lite around for listening to them.
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> Any recommendations for listening to FLAC files?
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> Further, does anyone have a favorite method/app for converting FLAC
> files into something native to iTunes/iPod (AAC or MP3)?
I convert all mine to AAC for listening with XLD (http://tmkk.hp.infoseek.co.jp/xld/index_e.html
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Kirk
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Kirk McElhearn (apparently)
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Apr 26, 2008 9:29 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
On Apr 25, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Matt Neuburg wrote:
> Max. It is fantastic for this. m.
The problem with Max is that it takes two passes to convert files -
once to AIFF/WAV, then the second time to AAC or MP3. You don't make
two operations yourself, but the program works that way. With XLD, you
get just a single pass, making it roughly twice as fast to do the same
thing.
Kirk
Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com
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raykloss (apparently)
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Apr 26, 2008 9:29 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
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Dan Frakes (apparently)
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Apr 26, 2008 9:29 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
On 4/25/2008 4:58 AM, "Matt Neuburg" wrote:
>> Further, does anyone have a favorite method/app for converting FLAC
>> files into something native to iTunes/iPod (AAC or MP3)?
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> Max. It is fantastic for this. m.
Agreed; Max is great. There's also the new AudialHub, which I haven't yet
tried but expect to be good, given the company's other product, VisualHub.
< http://sbooth.org/Max/>
< http://www.techspansion.com/audialhub/>
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NTropy
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Apr 28, 2008 3:12 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
Wheeee hooooo - I can finally contribute to a discussion. I've found that the Xiph plugin does wonders for playing Ogg files in iTunes.
http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/download.html
According to the web site it should do the same for FLAC as well.
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deebee
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Apr 30, 2008 4:18 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
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fred128
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Apr 30, 2008 4:31 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
Another vote in favor of Cog for FLAC playback. Simple, stable, and I rather like keeping my FLACs separate from my iTunes database...
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frazer.wright
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Apr 30, 2008 4:31 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
I use Songbird to play the .flac files I, cough cough, acguire on occasions. Although they don't sound a deal better than good (i.e. 320) MP3s or AACs via iTunes and my M-Audio Firewire box. All played through a vintage Kenwood hi-fi.
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hjtromp
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Apr 30, 2008 4:31 am
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
Toast can export your FLAC in several formats fit for playing in iTunes.
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strysik
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May 1, 2008 8:37 pm
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Re: Dealing with FLAC audio files
> Further, does anyone have a favorite method/app for converting FLAC > files into something native to iTunes/iPod (AAC or MP3)? MacFLAC. You can export to AIFF or WAV or create FLAC files. You can convert AIFF to AAC, mp3, etc. with iTunes.
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