Hello.

I would like to re-encode my existing FLAC files with the new FLAC encoder. I just can't convert my existing FLAC files with the same file naming scheme. I tried to make foobar decode the FLACs first, and then encode them with the new version, but I got an error. Right now I'll have to encode the FLACs with a different file naming scheme, then delete the old ones, and then rename the new ones to my scheme.

Is there a commandline (or other easy way) for the converter to overwrite my old FLACs with FLACs created with the new version?

I'm using foobar 0.9.2.

Nakkis

i think it's technically not possible to overwrite the files you're just reading. so the solution would be to somehow automate the process of file renaming.
i would convert my files to a different directory with the same filename and then manually remove the old ones

Yeah, convert them to a folder such as your desktop, then File operations>delete the ones in your media library, then massrename the ones on your desktop so they go back in your library.

If your FLACs are stored as single image files, you could use foobar's "Convert to album images with cuesheets or chapters" function to convert them to WAV+Cuesheet, then quickly convert those back to FLAC images.