I'm going through some of my early 24bit recordings and many are in .ape format. I don't see the original wavs anywhere. What is the best way to convert these files to wav or Flac?
Thank you.
Pretty sure xACT works.
http://xact.scottcbrown.org/
xAct is the best. So powerful and easy to use.
When I loaded a whole show of tracked ape files they didn't convert to wav and I had over 15 windows to close.
I use xact a lot for converting CDs to Flac.
Very strange —
I just checked a minute ago and was able to convert .ape to FLAC using xAct, no issue whatsoever — I am using xAct version 2.50. I didn't try to convert to WAV first, just straight ape to flac.
Quote from: relefunt on January 22, 2022, 04:15:09 PM
Very strange —
I just checked a minute ago and was able to convert .ape to FLAC using xAct, no issue whatsoever — I am using xAct version 2.50. I didn't try to convert to WAV first, just straight ape to flac.
Thanks for trying. I'll test one file too to flac not wav.
I was able to convert one of my own ape file to Flac but this one from Dan Heend I couldn't:
shntool [conv]: warning: failed to read data from input file using format: [ape]
shntool [conv]: + you may not have permission to read file: [/Volumes/Ultra 2TB/sci2001-10-31--4v's Heend 24:48-apes/SCI-20011031-Set1-T1.ape]
shntool [conv]: + arguments may be incorrect for decoder: [mac]
shntool [conv]: + verify that the decoder is installed and in your PATH
shntool [conv]: + this file may be unsupported, truncated or corrupt
It wasn't just the one file but the whole folder of Heend's 24bit recording of SCI 10-31-2001.
My ape file is on the same drive in the same folder.