Converting flac.

[stephenmadpotato]

Hey, I have been trying to convert flac files to apple lossless, but can't seem to find a converter without losing ANY quality. Of course apple wants you to buy lossless music from them so they don't give any support whatsoever on this. There is no way I will convert to any bitrate of mp3 I can't stand mp3. I would prefer not to use wav as well. If anyone has any information that can help me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks,
Steve

 

[LukeA]

Apple doesn't sell lossless music.

Google 'FLAC ALAC'

With the Rockbox firmware, the iPod can play FLAC.

Have you ever tried the LAME mp3 encoder?

 

[Stereodude]

I think you'll have to go to .wave before you can go to apple lossless, but I'm not completely sure since I've never done it.

 

[meuge]

Hey, I have been trying to convert flac files to apple lossless, but can't seem to find a converter without losing ANY quality. Of course apple wants you to buy lossless music from them so they don't give any support whatsoever on this. There is no way I will convert to any bitrate of mp3 I can't stand mp3. I would prefer not to use wav as well. If anyone has any information that can help me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks,
Steve

If CDEx can't do it, nothing can.

That being said, I have a >$8000 retail sound system, and a very keen ear, and I have never been able to tell the difference between WAV and a 320kbit .ogg Vorbis ( I can hear the difference with MP3 very easily).

I would recommend archiving all your music as lossless, but if you need to use a compression, Ogg Vorbis is the way to go. You can even get firmware for iPods (rock box) that will support it.

 

[geepondy]

Guys, not to hijack the thread too much but I am going to buy a Sony DAP which supports the following formats, MP3, WMA, AAC-LC, Linear PCM. Which of these formats should I convert my cds to and which program (free I hope) should I use to do so? I never even heard of Linear PCM. WMA is better then MP3, right?

 

[stephenmadpotato]

Guys, not to hijack the thread too much but I am going to buy a Sony DAP which supports the following formats, MP3, WMA, AAC-LC, Linear PCM. Which of these formats should I convert my cds to and which program (free I hope) should I use to do so? I never even heard of Linear PCM. WMA is better then MP3, right?

It all depends what you want. MP3 typically has a 1-8 compression ratio which means it takes up very little space, but to anyone that likes good quality music they won't be able to stand it. In my opinion MP3 sucks, I like lossless quality. Unfortunately none of those are lossless quality. If you really insist on this, then from what I briefly read, it seems like people seem to think aac-lc is the best but don't quote me on it. I would download songs that were properly ripped and converted to that format and see which format you like the best.