Dunno if this is the right section, but what's the easiest way (pretty sure you can?) to auto convert the music from your library to MP3 as it is copying to your portable MP3 player? Most of my music is FLAC and I don't have the space to store an MP3 copy of it on my hard drive.
Auto convert FLAC to MP3 for mp3 players
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Dunno if this is the right section, but what's the easiest way (pretty sure you can?) to auto convert the music from your library to MP3 as it is copying to your portable MP3 player? Most of my music is FLAC and I don't have the space to store an MP3 copy of it on my hard drive.
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Right now I have a 1GB iPod...but I need a new player (higher capacity). It would just be used as a hard drive.
I want to use a program that would eliminate having to two copies of music on my computer-FLAC and MP3-and just convert it as it is transferring.
I want to use a program that would eliminate having to two copies of music on my computer-FLAC and MP3-and just convert it as it is transferring.
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Uh...what? You can use foobar2000 to convert the songs, then manually delete the FLAC after you're done with them.
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that would be too logical.
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Use J.River Media Jukebox. It transcodes lossless on the fly to the format of your choice by default when transferring to portables.
Originally Posted by nate911  Right now I have a 1GB iPod...but I need a new player (higher capacity). It would just be used as a hard drive. I want to use a program that would eliminate having to two copies of music on my computer-FLAC and MP3-and just convert it as it is transferring. |
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I actually have a solution to this, and some of you may understand what I'm getting to with this:
Since you have the original CDs, you should be safe just to get rid of the FLAC files and just rip the CDs in iTunes straight into MP3.
Since you have the original CDs, you should be safe just to get rid of the FLAC files and just rip the CDs in iTunes straight into MP3.
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Just use a normal encoder and have the output directory set to your MP3 player
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Right, but I use my iPod as a drag and drop device/HD; I don't use iTunes.
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I use foobar2000 atm.
Since my iPod is only 1GB (lol) ... I'm fine with converting into MP3 on the computer, but when I get to transfer all my music onto a bigger player, I am going to have to do something different. (Possibly a Cowon O2, not really sure...)
Originally Posted by kaivorth He wants to keep the high quality FLAC on his PC, and MP3 on his Ipod, without saving the MP3's on his computer...I'm sure Windows Media Player would do this with the FLAC codec, but...you have an Ipod. lol |
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Originally Posted by Chipp Use J.River Media Jukebox. It transcodes lossless on the fly to the format of your choice by default when transferring to portables. |
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Originally Posted by The Mad Mule I actually have a solution to this, and some of you may understand what I'm getting to with this: Since you have the original CDs, you should be safe just to get rid of the FLAC files and just rip the CDs in iTunes straight into MP3. |
Since my iPod is only 1GB (lol) ... I'm fine with converting into MP3 on the computer, but when I get to transfer all my music onto a bigger player, I am going to have to do something different. (Possibly a Cowon O2, not really sure...)
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Mm, then an external hard drive (500GB+) is probably your best bet at this rate.
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I'm not aware of a Foobar component that does that. As per my other post, the best solution I know of is using J.River or another simmilar program (like Winamp) to manage the media on your player.
Originally Posted by nate911 Anybody else? I just want to convert FLAC to MP3 WHILE I am transferring music to the player. |
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Winamp does this automatically for me. Transcodes to 192kbps from FLAC while transferring to my Sansa E270.
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I suppose theyre's a program to rip flac from my CD's? Or even the mp3's currently on my rig? Naw probably not, since that's an upgrade and you can't up-convert a lower quality format
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Originally Posted by Chipp Ripping CDs, recording radio, etc. Many people simply choose the scumbag way and steal the music via P2P. |
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My personal favorite ripping program is EAC. CD-DA Extractor is also very good.
You could transcode from MP3 to FLAC, but you will gain zero quality (but a whole lot of size).
Originally Posted by d3v0 I suppose theyre's a program to rip flac from my CD's? Or even the mp3's currently on my rig? Naw probably not, since that's an upgrade and you can't up-convert a lower quality format
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You could transcode from MP3 to FLAC, but you will gain zero quality (but a whole lot of size).
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