Two questions, please:


1) What is *the* free software for Windows that I should be using to convert one big WavPack file into individual FLAC files for each track? I have a hardware device that can only play FLAC (for lossless formats). I'd like the software to preserves any tags or be able to tag the FLAC files from an external source.


2) If I want to burn the WavPack to a CD - is it possible? How?


thanks

1. Foobar... just add the cue to playlist, select the tracks, right-click->convert

2. Burrrn should work for that: http://www.burrrn.net/?page_id=4

awesome. thanks a lot for your reply.

do i need any plugins/flac converters for foobar or it has everything built-in already? sorry, i've never used foobar ...

Yes, you need to download FLAC. Then, when you try to convert Foobar will first ask you for the location of flac.exe.

i saw dBpoweramp mentioned in a different thread. what's the consensus on it? is it worth installing it or not really? or will foobar do pretty much the same things?

You'll need the FLAC command-line encoder; flac.exe. If it isn't located in '%programfiles%\foobar2000\', then a dialog will pop-up for you to select in which folder you have flac.exe located in.

Edit: Beaten by verbajim

I tried it but found it fairly limiting. With foobar, it's possible to specify command line encoders with any arguments of your choosing, so you'll have a bit more control over what's going on, but it'll also be somewhat more difficult to configure initially, especially if you intend to get a fairly complex configuration going. Only dBpoweramp Reference allows for the same degree of flexibility, according to the site, and the full version comes with a $28 entry fee.

I only played around with it, however, so it's possible there were some things I either missed that might change my opinion.

We do prebuild codecs for easy of use, but for those who really want to use their own command line there is [cli encoder], this is not limited to reference, it is available in all versions, even free.

If you have album art, dBpoweramp is very strong at preserving it cross formats (such as wavpack to flac).

I discovered that Winamp 5.5 also has an option to convert to FLAC if you right-click on a track > Send to: > Format Converter. For FLAC it uses Flake SVN r117 and there are some compression options.

What should the compression slider be set to? Because FLAC is lossless, wouldn't it make sense to try Best Compression? Speed should not be a factor if you just convert a few tracks.

Does it matter what FLAC encoder one uses? Would there be a difference between Flake and the reference FLAC encoder?

I'm new to FLAC and trying to understand it, I'm sure I would not be able to tell the difference between any converters unless they are really crappy I guess ...