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Gear / Technical Help => Post-Processing, Computer / Streaming / Internet Devices & Related Activity => Topic started by: jkm78 on November 04, 2008, 10:18:35 PM

Title: converting MP3 to FLAC or SHN
Post by: jkm78 on November 04, 2008, 10:18:35 PM
anyone know of a program that allows this process....i found something called Audio Converter, but they want $30....any suggestions?
Title: Re: converting MP3 to FLAC or SHN
Post by: Gordon on November 04, 2008, 10:23:38 PM
why in the world would you want to go mp3 > flac or shn??  flac or shn > mp3 sure for personal use but why the other way around?

oh and dbpoweramp will do it ;)
Title: Re: converting MP3 to FLAC or SHN
Post by: boojum on November 05, 2008, 01:29:38 AM
foobar will do it, too. (foobar2000.org)  And, again, why would you want to do this.  You cannot improve the quality of the sound and all you will get is a larger file with exactly the same sound quality.
Title: Re: converting MP3 to FLAC or SHN
Post by: tilomagnet on November 05, 2008, 10:45:13 AM
Don't do it. Waste of space.
Title: Re: converting MP3 to FLAC or SHN
Post by: brownm84 on November 06, 2008, 04:32:56 PM
And, again, why would you want to do this.  You cannot improve the quality of the sound and all you will get is a larger file with exactly the same sound quality.
If you really want to go for Audacity and Traders Little Helper will also do it for free but unless you have a specific use for this keep it in mp3, you'll save space and it is much more compatible for playback.  flac is not very compatible with most playback systems (on a computer plug ins will usually solve the issue).
Title: Re: converting MP3 to FLAC or SHN
Post by: tgakidis on November 06, 2008, 08:17:48 PM
anyone know of a program that allows this process....i found something called Audio Converter, but they want $30....any suggestions?

 ???  :P