Thanks, Esther. I will give Easy Music a whirl, since I would like to convert, but I did download VLC, and the files are playing perfectly.
On May 16, 2013, at 9:06 PM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Christine, > > If you just want to convert the FLAC files to mp3 format in order to > play it, a number of people have used a new Mac app named Easy Music > Converter: > • Easy Music Converter (current price $5.99) > https://itunes.apple.com/app/easy-music-converter/id572507484?mt=12 > > This app does fast batch conversions between a large variety of audio > and video file types. (Oddly enough, AIFF format, which is the Mac > standard uncompressed format, is not one of the supported types, > although WAV format -- the Windows equivalent standard uncompressed > format for sound files -- is supported.) The program will also do > audio extraction from video files. > > I think this will be easier for you than using Fluke. By the way, > many people who regularly use FLAC format for ripping and storing > music on the Mac (but who are not on the macvisionaries list), prefer > to use a free program known as XLD (for X Lossless Decoder) to rip, > convert, and work with FLAC files and cue sheets. XLD will support > more accurate ripping if you are a music purist, and want to include > more metadata information (e.g. tags) in the FLAC format files. The > main challenge for new users is that XLD's command switches follow the > tradition of terse unix and linux manual page descriptions. So unless > you want to maintain FLAC libraries and work with cue sheets, I'd > recommend that you simply convert from FLAC to mp3. If the buzz words > about accurate ripping, cue sheets, etc. don't convey anything to you, > then you probably don't want to work directly with music in FLAC > formats. > > The program I suggested should be much easier for you to use, and may > be useful for other purposes. While Easy Music Converter was offered > for free for about the first day and a half it was introduced in the > Mac App Store in mid-April, the current price of $5.99 is a relatively > low price. It just dropped to $5.99 today from $9.99. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > > On May 16, 2:19 pm, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> There's a mac app called alltomp3. Will that work? >> On May 16, 2013, at 7:57 PM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Flac stands for free lossless audio codek. They ar compressed audio files >>> that can be decompressed to the exact specification of the original audio. >>> No quality loss. >> >>> Apple doesn't support these as far as I know which is a great loss. You >>> can do one of two things. The Approach I recommend if you really must, is >>> download fluke and add Flack support to both ITunes and Finder. >> >>> The other approach is to download flip for mac and install quicktime and >>> then presumably it makes flac happen, but fluke is so easy when it works >>> that I can't see why you'd want to bother. >> >>> The third option which is what I recommend, is to ditch ITunes and get VLC. >> >>> Hope this helps, >> >>> Erik Burggraaf >>> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the >>> ontario disability support program athttp://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog >>> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >>> or on the web athttp://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >>> On 2013-05-16, at 7:40 PM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >> >>>> Has anyone ever heard of these? I was just sent some music which has flac >>>> as an extension. Can these be imported into my music library without too >>>> much hassle? >>>> Christine >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
