Downloaded .flac files, what's that ? - Club CDFreaks

krystof · 25-06-2004

supposed to be music and by the size maybe .cda or .mp3 with very high bitrate...
renamed these .flac without success so far...

**xtacydima** · 25-06-2004

FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec

http://flac.sourceforge.net/
http://filext.com/alphalist.php?extstart=%5EF
http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=FLAC

krystof · 26-06-2004

ok...
and now, as it music files, do i have to rename them to play???
or to burn first to a CD ????

*Mr. Belvedere* · 27-06-2004

Just download the plugin for winamp and play them (or make .wav files of them)

**xtacydima** · 28-06-2004

Trial this:
http://www.sharetool.com/MP3_Audio/R...ter_23625.html

Software Description:
FairStars Audio Converter is a media file conversion tool to convert WAV, AIFF, AU, Creative VOC, SVX, IFF, APE, FLAC, OGG, VQF, MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF to WMA, MP3, VQF, OGG, FLAC, APE, WAV formats. You can convert multiple files in a single batch, regardless of their source and target formats. In addition, the program includes a built-in player. The audio format conversions are performed without any temporary files, allowing high conversion speeds. Other features include normalization (adjust volume), support for ID3 tags and more.

*bcn_246* · 06-08-2004

just stick with mp3 it simpklre that way

ReD_KiPPeR · 06-08-2004

Yep- mp3 is simpler, but flac is lossless! I much prefer flac on my Audigy 2 ZS + Altec Lansing ADA-995 5.1 setup!

*bcn_246* · 07-08-2004

yeh, i guess, but can you really tell the difference form a 160kbps mp3 and a original cd?, i can barely tell the differnce from a 128kbps

ReD_KiPPeR · 07-08-2004

I couldn't tell the difference on my old system, but i can tell the difference on my current system. FLAC has a fuller sound and is very crisp. MP3's sound alot muddier and you lose quality on the higher frequencies. But you have to sacrifice a hellava lotta hard disk space - about 10 times!

nooby god · 08-08-2004

@ red ripper: have u used the lame 3.90.2 encoder with API (-- alt present insane)?

It is better than flac and only takes up a little bit more than aps.

ReD_KiPPeR · 08-08-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by nooby god

@ red ripper: have u used the lame 3.90.2 encoder with API (-- alt present insane)?

It is better than flac and only takes up a little bit more than aps.

Just a point - how can it be better than flac? Flac is lossless! Flac is exactly the same as the data on the CD, only its compressed using lossless algorithms so absolutely no quality is lost!

Although if API is better than APS it'll be pretty good (as APS quality was pretty good). I'll give it a try.

*bcn_246* · 11-08-2004

how small is flac compaired to mp3, for a staderd 4 min track

punjabi_mc · 11-08-2004

flac is way better than mp3 in quality coz its lossless

Quote:

yeh, i guess, but can you really tell the difference form a 160kbps mp3 and a original cd?, i can barely tell the differnce from a 128kbps

U won't notice any diff on ur pc or an old player .. but on newer hi-fi players offering proper amplification of all frequencies , it will be a lot different .
A 192 kb/s mp3 wud sound a lot better than a 128 kb/s mp3 on these players .

*bcn_246* · 11-08-2004

cool, but on my ipod it sound fine...

ReD_KiPPeR · 13-08-2004

Your looking at about 20-40 meg a track for flac. The quality is superb, but you are unlikely to hear any difference compared with 192 (or even 128) kbps mp3 on any portable device to date. You need yourselves a decent sound card and a decent set of speakers to notice anything.

*bcn_246* · 13-08-2004

ok, thanks so considering most of my mp3s are used on my iPod it wouldnt be worth the masisve amount of space needed for .flac files, .aac is the one i am considering.

ReD_KiPPeR · 23-08-2004

Btw- thats quite a rig you have there! Dual 3.2ghz p4's! Zoom!

*BadReligionPR* · 24-08-2004

Just use foobar 2000 to play them, you might find yourself using it for a lot of other stuff too!

jdub · 24-08-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcn_246

yeh, i guess, but can you really tell the difference form a 160kbps mp3 and a original cd?, i can barely tell the differnce from a 128kbps

I can HEAR a difference between any 2 files, the real question is whether or not I care.

25-06-2004	#1 (permalink)
krystof New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sao Paulo BRAZIL Posts: 27	Downloaded .flac files, what's that ? <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> supposed to be music and by the size maybe .cda or .mp3 with very high bitrate... renamed these .flac without success so far...

25-06-2004	#2 (permalink)
xtacydima Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 3,848	Re: Downloaded .flac files, what's that ? FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec http://flac.sourceforge.net/ http://filext.com/alphalist.php?extstart=%5EF http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=FLAC __________________ My Rig: Antec P160 P4 3.0E GHz running WinXP w/SP2 Scythe SCMN-1000 Heatsink w/Arctic Silver 5 Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 (550W power supply) ASUS P4C800 Deluxe Motherboard 2GB RAM - Corsair XMS TWINX2048 (2x1GB) 3200C2Pro CL2.0 ATI RADEON X850XT AGP 2 - WD 37GB Raptor's (in RAID 0) via onboard Promise controller Western Digital 250GB SATA HDD on Primary SATA channel Western Digital 150GB SATA HDD on Secondary SATA channel Lite-On LTR-52246S 6S0F (IDE1 Master) Lite-On JLMS XJ-HD166S DS1C (IDE1 Slave) *NEC 3500AG 2.TC Quiet* (IDE2 Master) Lite-On SOHW 1673S JS07 (via USB 2.0 to IDE & set to Master)** Found a Solution here helpful? Like the forum's? Well then, what are you waiting for JOIN NOW!!!

26-06-2004	#3 (permalink)
krystof New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sao Paulo BRAZIL Posts: 27	Re: Downloaded .flac files, what's that ? ok... and now, as it music files, do i have to rename them to play??? or to burn first to a CD ????

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28-06-2004	#5 (permalink)
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ReD_KiPPeR New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 15	Re: Downloaded .flac files, what's that ? Yep- mp3 is simpler, but flac is lossless! I much prefer flac on my Audigy 2 ZS + Altec Lansing ADA-995 5.1 setup!

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bcn_246 Top Referrer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oxfordshire, UK Posts: 3,520	Re: Downloaded .flac files, what's that ? yeh, i guess, but can you really tell the difference form a 160kbps mp3 and a original cd?, i can barely tell the differnce from a 128kbps __________________ Click HERE to join CDFreaks... do it or I will dead you.

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ReD_KiPPeR New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 15	Re: Downloaded .flac files, what's that ? I couldn't tell the difference on my old system, but i can tell the difference on my current system. FLAC has a fuller sound and is very crisp. MP3's sound alot muddier and you lose quality on the higher frequencies. But you have to sacrifice a hellava lotta hard disk space - about 10 times!

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ReD_KiPPeR New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 15	Re: Downloaded .flac files, what's that ? Your looking at about 20-40 meg a track for flac. The quality is superb, but you are unlikely to hear any difference compared with 192 (or even 128) kbps mp3 on any portable device to date. You need yourselves a decent sound card and a decent set of speakers to notice anything.

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24-08-2004	#18 (permalink)
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23-08-2004	#17 (permalink)
ReD_KiPPeR New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 15	Re: Downloaded .flac files, what's that ? Btw- thats quite a rig you have there! Dual 3.2ghz p4's! Zoom!