Topic: any way to piece back flac files into one wav file

[leehookem]

say if you d/l a show and the tracking is off....way off.  is there any way to put it back together so that you can track it correctly?

[Brian Skalinder]

There're a bunch of options, but I don't recall them all off the top of my head.  Try searching Ask The Tapers and Computer Recording for these keyword combinations...

wav merge
wav join

...and you'll find several options.

[leehookem]

Thanks Brian.

+T

[dunebug81]

if you burn the files to CD Soundforge/CD Architect can rip the tracks as one big wav.  Thats how I do it...im sure there are other ways as well.

-Greg

[NewHomebrew]

1) Decode the FLAC files to wav.

2) Open all the wav files in your favorite wav editor.  I like wavelab.

3) You can copy and paste them all together (paste > special > append) until you have one long file, save it

4) Then use CDWave to cut the long file where you like.  This program is free and cuts on sector boundaries


The downside to burning a cd and then re-extracting is that you add a CDr generation and waste a piece of media.

[dmonterisi]

shntool is the easiest way...open the command prompt, navigate to the folder where the flacs are kept, enter "shntool join *.flac"  this will join the flacs into a wav called "joined.wav" in the folder where the flacs are stored.  so you should split them into different folders for each set so that the second set isn't appended to the first set.  if you wanted to make it a flac, there is a switch to make the output a flac file, but i don't remember what it is.

[fozzy]

dunno if this works on windows but on linux you can do

shntool join *d1*

[NewHomebrew]

shntool is the easiest way...open the command prompt, navigate to the folder where the flacs are kept, enter "shntool join *.flac"  this will join the flacs into a wav called "joined.wav" in the folder where the flacs are stored.  so you should split them into different folders for each set so that the second set isn't appended to the first set.  if you wanted to make it a flac, there is a switch to make the output a flac file, but i don't remember what it is.

That does sound easier and faster than the way I do it.  One thing I do like about doing it manually is it gives you a chance to examine the track transitions closely for all the little evil stuff you usually find there!

[dunebug81]

Well I dont care much about CDR generations and if you use a CDRW you can just erase it.  If you rip the disc in soundforge you can have it put in markers where the tracksplits are so you can see exactly where the break is and just move it accordingly and extract the regions.

-Greg

[spyder9]

I've used Addawav with absolutely no issues, no sbes.  Its free software and doesn't pound on your CPU.

[leehookem]

1) Decode the FLAC files to wav.

2) Open all the wav files in your favorite wav editor. I like wavelab.

3) You can copy and paste them all together (paste > special > append) until you have one long file, save it

4) Then use CDWave to cut the long file where you like. This program is free and cuts on sector boundaries


The downside to burning a cd and then re-extracting is that you add a CDr generation and waste a piece of media.

that's what I did!  nice and easy.

thanks for the responses guys.

T's all around.

[NewHomebrew]

Well I dont care much about CDR generations and if you use a CDRW you can just erase it.  If you rip the disc in soundforge you can have it put in markers where the tracksplits are so you can see exactly where the break is and just move it accordingly and extract the regions.

For stuff I didn't care about, no big deal, but if you have any interest in maintaining the original data you're better off using EAC to extract and some decent quality non-RW media.

[Brian Skalinder]

if you have any interest in maintaining the original data you're better off using EAC to extract and some decent quality non-RW media.

If you have any interest in maintaining the original data, you're better off not burning and performing DAE, but rather fixing the FLACs/WAVs direct from HD.

[NewHomebrew]

if you have any interest in maintaining the original data you're better off using EAC to extract and some decent quality non-RW media.

If you have any interest in maintaining the original data, you're better off not burning and performing DAE, but rather fixing the FLACs/WAVs direct from HD.

Yes, that point was made above.  Trying to stave off the "rippers".

[Brian Skalinder]

Yes, that point was made above. Trying to stave off the "rippers".

Alright, I'm confused - seems like in the previous post you're encouraging EAC / DAE with CDR media:

if you have any interest in maintaining the original data you're better off using EAC to extract and some decent quality non-RW media.

Though I see now you recommend skipping the CDR gen here:

The downside to burning a cd and then re-extracting is that you add a CDr generation and waste a piece of media.

At any rate - right!  Best not to use EAC / DAE.

[NewHomebrew]

The downside to burning a cd and then re-extracting is that you add a CDr generation and waste a piece of media.

I quote myself... try the earlier post.