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    .FLAC music files

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Ardor, Aug 18, 2006.

  1. Ardor

    Ardor Notebook Evangelist

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    Is it worth getting Winamp and decoder to use the .FLAC files?

    Is the false trojan alarm really "false"?
     
    Ardor, Aug 18, 2006
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  2. kidA

    kidA Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    you don't need winamp, just the FLAC frontend decoder and you can make them .wav and then do what you want with them. i download alot of live shows which come in .flac because the artists don't want it compressed to mp3 and distributed easily. i personally prefer .shn though.
     
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  3. Ardor

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    Can they be played on their own though? Cause bringing them down to .wavs would make them take too much space...
     
    Ardor, Aug 18, 2006
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  4. MGS2392

    MGS2392 NAND Cat!

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    I use JetAudio. You can get the basic version here. I got the plus version with my iAudio X5...

    http://www.cowonamerica.com/download/index.html

    It won't do a few things that the plus version can, like convert to MP3 (but it'll convert to FLAC/OGG and all the less common formats). It plays back a plethora of codecs. I like it.
     
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  5. kidA

    kidA Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    once you have it in .wav, convert it to something like a 320kbps mp3. frontend also has a winamp plugin and since winamp 2.x (my preference) only takes up 5 mb at most, it shouldn't be a problem.

    There's also media monkey which does everything if you're looking for an all in one media player (check out download.com for it)
     
    kidA, Aug 18, 2006
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  6. iOsiris

    iOsiris Notebook Evangelist

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    Foobar2000 :D
     
    iOsiris, Aug 19, 2006
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    OpenFace Notebook Consultant

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    I prefer Foobar1999. It seemed like a better year. Of course, I am a man of nostalgia.

    There I go with my dry humor. I'm not "in the know" (as some would say) on what dry humor actually is, but I like the way it sounds.

    As for FLAC files, I would convert it into an MP3. I can't convince myself that the space consumed by the file is made up for in terms of quality. I am not very knowledgable in the field of file conversions. I would just use dbPowerAmp with the FLAC plugin and convert it. kidA seems to know more about this, though.
     
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    OpenFace, Aug 20, 2006
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  8. bluesboy

    bluesboy Notebook Consultant

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    I would have to agree with iOsiris. Just get Foobar2000. It's a free, open source program and it will be able to do alot of conversions for you too.
     
    bluesboy, Aug 21, 2006
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  9. masteraleph

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    Agreed with Foobar2000. Simple conversions to MP3 at ~190kbps VBR using LAME, to WAV, etc. And it'll play the FLAC files for you as well.
     
    masteraleph, Aug 22, 2006
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