Just wondering what the best freeware programs to use for this would be. I would prefer to use lame 3.97b2 for the mp3 encoding. any help would be appreciated.
cheers
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Hi,
Just wondering what the best freeware programs to use for this would be. I would prefer to use lame 3.97b2 for the mp3 encoding. any help would be appreciated.
cheers
Just wondering what the best freeware programs to use for this would be. I would prefer to use lame 3.97b2 for the mp3 encoding. any help would be appreciated.
cheers
Foobar2000
LOL arpeggio...
Or use MediaCoder.
Or use MediaCoder.
thanks guys
LOL pepoluan...
Or use dBPowerAMP.
Personally I use batch files for this kind of stuff.
Or use dBPowerAMP.
Personally I use batch files for this kind of stuff.
QUOTE(greynol @ Jul 19 2006, 11:21) 
LOL pepoluan...
Or use dBPowerAMP.
Personally I use batch files for this kind of stuff.
Could you post an example batch? I rip to flac tracks with cuesheet and want to convert those to mp3's. A batch file would be perfect for me. Will it transfer the tags? Thanks for any help.
QUOTE(madxcream @ Jul 24 2006, 15:16)
Could you post an example batch? I rip to flac tracks with cuesheet and want to convert those to mp3's. A batch file would be perfect for me. Will it transfer the tags? Thanks for any help.
My batch files don't preserve tags. The guy who's a guru at this stuff is Synthetic Soul. Check this post. You might want to send him a PM.
You also mentioned cuesheets. Are your flacs separate tracks or are they disc images? I'm trying to understand how a cuesheet is helpful in this situation if you're using separate tracks that already have tag information.
QUOTE(greynol @ Jul 19 2006, 18:21)
LOL pepoluan...
Or use dBPowerAMP.
I use this....but they haven't updated their LAME version for a while, it's 3.96.1 so they're prolly waiting for a non-beta release
Very useful software and I'm happy to pay the small amount they ask. It also retains all your tags including replaygain information. I tell it to use ID3v1 and ID3v2 and you can give it all the usual LAME stuff
QUOTE(greynol @ Jul 24 2006, 18:24)
QUOTE(madxcream @ Jul 24 2006, 15:16)
Could you post an example batch? I rip to flac tracks with cuesheet and want to convert those to mp3's. A batch file would be perfect for me. Will it transfer the tags? Thanks for any help.
My batch files don't preserve tags. The guy who's a guru at this stuff is Synthetic Soul. Check this post. You might want to send him a PM.
You also mentioned cuesheets. Are your flacs separate tracks or are they disc images? I'm trying to understand how a cuesheet is helpful in this situation if you're using separate tracks that already have tag information.
Well I'm actually playing around with AutoFlac. The cuesheet with the flac tracks can actually burn an exact copy like a cuesheet with a disc image (as I believe and I've actually tried ripping and burning a cd with alot of pregaps and it seemed to play like the original disc). Correct me if I'm wrong. It can burn the cuesheet and flac tracks using EAC to burn it.
If I'm misinformed, please correct me.
QUOTE(arpeggio @ Jul 19 2006, 12:50)
Foobar2000
Word.
QUOTE(madxcream @ Jul 25 2006, 12:04)
The cuesheet with the flac tracks can actually burn an exact copy like a cuesheet with a disc image (as I believe and I've actually tried ripping and burning a cd with alot of pregaps and it seemed to play like the original disc).
Sure, this is correct, though I think you need to decompress those flac files first if you're using EAC.
I still don't understand what a CUE sheet has got to do with converting your flac files to mp3 files while preserving the tag information.
QUOTE(cuivenion @ Jul 19 2006, 13:40)
Hi,
Just wondering what the best freeware programs to use for this would be. I would prefer to use lame 3.97b2 for the mp3 encoding. any help would be appreciated.
cheers
Covert FLAC to MP3 = ALL2LAME http://members.home.nl/w.speek/all2lame.htm
You also need the flac and mp3 codecs, download them from http://www.rarewares.org/
Gr.
QUOTE(greynol @ Jul 25 2006, 14:36)
QUOTE(madxcream @ Jul 25 2006, 12:04)
The cuesheet with the flac tracks can actually burn an exact copy like a cuesheet with a disc image (as I believe and I've actually tried ripping and burning a cd with alot of pregaps and it seemed to play like the original disc).
Sure, this is correct, though I think you need to decompress those flac files first if you're using EAC.
I still don't understand what a CUE sheet has got to do with converting your flac files to mp3 files while preserving the tag information.
The cuesheet doesn't, I just stated I have the flac tracks and the cuesheet. I was thinking in line with using acdir, but that is just for a cuesheet with a single image file right? I cannot use acdir on a cuesheet based on tracks can I?
QUOTE(madxcream @ Jul 25 2006, 14:42)
QUOTE(greynol @ Jul 25 2006, 14:36)
I still don't understand what a CUE sheet has got to do with converting your flac files to mp3 files while preserving the tag information.
The cuesheet doesn't, I just stated I have the flac tracks and the cuesheet. I was thinking in line with using acdir, but that is just for a cuesheet with a single image file right? I cannot use acdir on a cuesheet based on tracks can I?
I'm not sure about acdir, though it doesn't appear that it was designed to be used with separate tracks. I need to apologize for earlier, I thought you were the original poster.
QUOTE(greynol @ Jul 25 2006, 15:52)
I'm not sure about acdir, though it doesn't appear that it was designed to be used with separate tracks. I need to apologize for earlier, I thought you were the original poster.
No worries. I'm not very good at explaining things very clearly. Thanks for your help. I messeged Synthetic Soul and will see what he says. If I find a way, I'll post it here.
QUOTE(madxcream @ Jul 25 2006, 14:57)
No worries. I'm not very good at explaining things very clearly. Thanks for your help. I messeged Synthetic Soul and will see what he says. If I find a way, I'll post it here.
You're welcome.
Did the link I provided earlier not work?
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....mp;#entry358740
It isn't a batch file per se, but it does show you the command lines needed to create mp3s from flacs and copy their tags over, though I haven't tried it.
I prefer Max.
Feature rich CD ripper and audio file converter.
Feature rich CD ripper and audio file converter.
QUOTE(arpeggio @ Jul 19 2006, 18:50)
Foobar2000
Bingo
QUOTE(probedb @ Jul 25 2006, 05:40)
I use this....but they haven't updated their LAME version for a while, it's 3.96.1 so they're prolly waiting for a non-beta release Very useful software and I'm happy to pay the small amount they ask. It also retains all your tags including replaygain information. I tell it to use ID3v1 and ID3v2 and you can give it all the usual LAME stuff
The regular mp3 encoder uses lame_enc.dll, so you can replace it an use any version you want. Or better yet, use the generic CLI plugin and use lame.exe Very useful software and I'm happy to pay the small amount they ask. It also retains all your tags including replaygain information. I tell it to use ID3v1 and ID3v2 and you can give it all the usual LAME stuff This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.