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Subject: Re: Is there a faster way to convert flac to mp3?
From: "[HELL_mary]" <kevin.moore@chromakey.org>
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In article <taamdbtqqf4qgg57dtcs1l2t12agpc4toj@4ax.com>, t0b0
<t0b0@t0b0.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Mar 2016 11:03:22 -0600, "[HELL_mary]"
> <kevin.moore@chromakey.org> wrote:
>
> >In article <ai0mdbp4efvog4j3teqotjev6ere6g0kui@4ax.com>, t0b0
> ><t0b0@t0b0.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I use foobar to convert .flac to .wav and then .wav to .mp3.
> >> Is there a faster way without converting lossy to lossy?
> >
> >WAV files are not lossy if you decode the FLAC files to WAV in LPCM
> >format.
>
> I understand wavs not being lossy, so I'm starting with flac and want
> to get to mp3 in fewer steps. I also understand converting lossy
> (flac) directly to lossy (mp3) craps the quality, so that's why I do
> flac to wav to mp3. Maybe there's a proggie that will do the double
> conversion in one step?
Oh! I misinterpreted what you wrote.
FLACs are not lossy. FLAC stands for "Free LOSSLESS Audio Codec".
FWIW: ANY converter (whether you see it happening or not) will decode
FLACs to WAV or AIFF and then re-encode to the target format.
I use xACT on MacOSX to convert between formats so I can't really point
you to any Windows apps with any confidence. Sorry.
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