Burning .APE files to CD

[Chekhonte]

I recently procured some audio files with an .APE extension and am having trouble finding a free program that will let me do it. Is there one out there?

[deepak]

Convert to WAV with either foobar or dbPowerAmp. Then burn like you normally would.

If you're using foobar download this plugin: http://www.foobar2000.org/components/index.html (Monkey's Audio Decoding support)

[Chekhonte]

Ug, I dread having to monkey with foobar. It can be such a pain in the ass at times but I'll give it a go tomorrow. If all goes well you'll be seeing some new bartok in the "what are you listening to now" thread.

[Chekhonte]

Ha I"m such a crybaby that I forgot to thank you for the help.

THANKS!!!

[Salt Peanuts]

If you just want to convert it to another format, dbPowerAmp is probably easier. In either case, dbPowerAmp is an indispensable tool for Windows.

[grawk]

If you just want to convert it to another format, dbPowerAmp is probably easier. In either case, dbPowerAmp is an indispensable tool for Windows.

As is max for mac

[Salt Peanuts]

As is max for mac

Yep. And thanks for the reminder - I had forgotten to get the new version.

[Chekhonte]

Fuck yeah! dbPowerAmp is really amazing. I'm glad you guys told me about it!

[deepak]

Fuck yeah! dbPowerAmp is really amazing. I'm glad you guys told me about it!

Yeah it's a great program

[gloco]

Monkey audio also converts ape files, I use it all the time and its free.

[postjack]

foobar is actually super easy for file conversions. Its free and fast. I use winamp to play my music, but I use foobar to do all my ape -> wav & flac -> mp3 conversions. I do use dbPoweramp for my flac -> wav conversions (when compiling a cue sheet to burn in EAC), its integration in the right click menu in windows explorer is very convenient.

[Chekhonte]

That's good to know. I recently reinstalled windows and really don't feel like setting foobar up again in the near future but when I do I'll give foobars file conversion a chance.

[postjack]

That's good to know. I recently reinstalled windows and really don't feel like setting foobar up again in the near future but when I do I'll give foobars file conversion a chance.

What I have is a bone stock foobar with the APE plugin/DLL file. I also have lame.exe somewhere on my HD (for MP3 conversions). When I want to convert say a directory full of APE files, I just add that directory to the playlist. Then I select them all, right click, and there is a "convert to..." selection. In there is MP3, or WAV, or what-have-you. Choose a destination directory and foobar goes to work.

This is very useful for converting FLAC to MP3. I keep my entire ripped music collection in FLAC on one harddrive, and MP3 on another (for use on the Shuffle and future iPhone). So I rip all my CDs in EAC to FLAC and put them in my "Music 2" directory. About once a month or so I dump the entire "Music 2" directory into the foobar playlist, and convert then all to 256kbps VBR LAME MP3, which I put in a temp directory called "asston of mp3s". Then I add those MP3s to my iTunes library (I have the box checked to automatically copy and organize MP3s added to the library). Then I delete all the MP3s out of the "asston of mp3s" directory, and move all the FLACs from the "Music 2" directory into my "Music 1" directory. Then the process begins again!

Its a tidy system, I'm quite pleased with it.

[carlosgp]

Use Burrrn for this. You onlyneed to press one button to burn any audio format to CD. And it's free.

http://www.burrrn.net/

[laxx]

I use burnnn and it's a real pleasure for flacs. I still haven't burned any ape files/cue sheets, but I wouldn't expect it to be any different than burning a flac/cue sheet.

[Chekhonte]

Use Burrrn for this. You onlyneed to press one button to burn any audio format to CD. And it's free.

http://www.burrrn.net/

Thanks for that. It looks real handy

What I have is a bone stock foobar with the APE plugin/DLL file. I also have lame.exe somewhere on my HD (for MP3 conversions). When I want to convert say a directory full of APE files, I just add that directory to the playlist. Then I select them all, right click, and there is a "convert to..." selection. In there is MP3, or WAV, or what-have-you. Choose a destination directory and foobar goes to work.

This is very useful for converting FLAC to MP3. I keep my entire ripped music collection in FLAC on one harddrive, and MP3 on another (for use on the Shuffle and future iPhone). So I rip all my CDs in EAC to FLAC and put them in my "Music 2" directory. About once a month or so I dump the entire "Music 2" directory into the foobar playlist, and convert then all to 256kbps VBR LAME MP3, which I put in a temp directory called "asston of mp3s". Then I add those MP3s to my iTunes library (I have the box checked to automatically copy and organize MP3s added to the library). Then I delete all the MP3s out of the "asston of mp3s" directory, and move all the FLACs from the "Music 2" directory into my "Music 1" directory. Then the process begins again!

Its a tidy system, I'm quite pleased with it.

God you're right. I didn't know foobar had a user friendly version come out. The last version I used forced you to set it up manually to display albums and artists in columns. I'm glad I can delete iTunes now.

[deepak]

The foobar gui can be a pain to setup the way you want it, but foobar is one of the big reasons I'm sticking with Windows for music playback. It's just so versatile.