flac to mp3, without gui and without temp wav file Options

[AlexanderTG]

hi

is it possible to transcode from flac to mp3 without using any of the available gui's and without creating a wave file from the flac file first and then converting that wave file to mp3.

i would like to understand how this can be done (if it can be done).

Ax

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basically, what command line could be used to do this? im guessing i would need to make use of the stdin and stdout?

Thanks

This post has been edited by AlexanderTG: Aug 23 2005, 19:59

[Klyith]

If you make some that differs in various aspects, it would ofcourse be nice if you posted yours for others to look at.....

I will definitely do so after I figure out how it all works. It uses some code I haven't seen before. Maybe I can use tag.exe to do tags. That might be faster and easier, and it would also be more universal.

Here's what I had written out before. The batch file is ultra simple, but the instructions for binding to file associations may be helpful for people who don't want to use an installer...

You can make a batch file with this:

CODE

[path\]flac.exe -dc %1 | [path\]lame.exe [lame options] - %1.mp3
[pause]

[] = optional. The "pause" will make the command box wait for you to press a key before it closes so you can see what happened. I particularly like that because I use --verbose in the lame options.

Then save the batch file somewhere (if you put it in the same directory as flac.exe and lame.exe you don't need the path. Now you can associate that to a new entry in the right click actions for all flac files.

Then, in and windows folder, open tools -> folder options -> file types. Find & select the entry for flac, and click the "advanced..." button, and then the "new..." button. In the box that pops up, the first text entry is for the name that will be on the right menu. You can call it anything you want, something like "Flac to Mp3" would be good. Then click the "browse" and find your batch file. After you hit ok, you need go to the end of the entry and add " %1". That's space percent one, nothing else. Now hit OK three times.

Now you can right click any flac file and automatically make an mp3 copy. Just be sure to only do one at a time, because if you have multiple files selected and try it they will all go at once instead of one at a time. If you want to do a bunch use something like foobar that can make a queue.