Hi, I saw this topic: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....topic=40782&hl= and I thought it would be handy to have a Mac OS X optimized FLAC build. So if anyone has compiled FLAC for Mac OS X, please upload it here!
Thanks!

You can grab it here:

http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html

Not sure what the compile options were. I have the developer tools installed, but im not really sure what safe compile options can be used. I'd presume they would have been used on that compile?

Kristian

Ah, I see. It's nice to see binaries because I don't know how to compile correctly.

But when I download the FLAC 1.1.2 (no installer) file I get three folders, "bin", "man" and "share". Where should I put these so I can run flac in the Terminal by typing "flac"?

You need to put them in your PATH. The PATH is a special variable which denotes the list of folders that Terminal will check when you type any command. The files in the "bin" folder should go into a "bin" folder that is in your PATH. A common one is /usr/bin (the folder named "bin" in the folder "usr"). The files in flac's "man" folder should go into a folder for Manuals in your PATH. A common one is /usr/share/man/man1. The files in flac's "share" folder should go into a folder for Shared items in your PATH. A common one is /usr/share/PROGRAM_NAME (where PROGRAM_NAME would be "flac" of course).

Ordinarily, the Finder hides these folders from you because it assumes you are like most Mac users and afraid of the command line. To see them in the Finder, go to the Terminal and type "open /usr/share/man/man1" or whichever folder you choose.

There is a caveat: merely dragging and dropping folders will cause the old folder contents to be deleted. That would be very bad. You must combine the items in the folders, without overwriting the files that are already there.

Many many thanks! It works perfectly!