Transcoding ALAC to FLAC

[tyrion]

Not sure if this is the right place for this topic. Now that I have the Oppo as my source I want to know if there is a fast and painless way to convert my ALAC files (close to 800GB) to FLAC. Any help will be appreciated. I believe it can handle .wav as well so that may be the easier route as I think I can do that through iTunes.

[Knuckledragger]

Max is the tool you want. It a powerful program, but more than a bit buggy and updated erratically.

There is a known bug in the preferences window when you select the Formats tab. More than half the time, it will refuse to show the relevant options and just as likely crash. Fortunately, the settings are persistent, so you only need to change them once.

[recstar24]

Is there a windows program equivalent out there?

[grawk]

I'd use xld

dbpoweramp is what you'd use on winders

[Knuckledragger]

Yes. Foobar2000 will do everything Max will, and more.

[blessingx]

Does the Oppo show tags or only file names? If the former stay way from WAV.

[tyrion]

Thanks all. I was lazy and after posting decided to use google and downloaded XLD and hopefully, I used it correctly and will have everything converted by morning. Thanks again for the assist.

[manaox2]

Yes. Foobar2000 will do everything Max will, and more.

That is what I use to do the job on Win 7.

[deepak]

Is there a windows program equivalent out there?

Like Dan said dBPoweramp. The program owns, and is only limited by your cpu speed and number of cores.

[morphsci]

dbpoweramp is what you'd use on winders

Like Dan said dBPoweramp. The program owns, and is only limited by your cpu speed and number of cores.

Word(s).

[postjack]

another vote for dbpoweramp. years ago i plunked down a small amount of cash for the full version. definitely money well spent, the batch converter and right click menu converter have gotten immense use. superb cd ripper as well, for the record. much more functional and easier to use then EAC.

[tyrion]

I gave it a try last night, left it alone for a while, returned and there was an error. I will give it another try tonight. I'm guessing operator error.

[tyrion]

there may have been a bad file somewhere, too.

I need to see if there is a setting that will skip over the bad file and continue the process. Otherwise, this will be a big pita.

[aardvark baguette]

i have dbpoweramp set to verify the conversion after applying the change.

[Knuckledragger]

*chuckle* Max hasn't been updated since 2009, but from the bottom of the sbooth main page says "Copyright © 2006 - 20011 Stephen F. Booth. Design by Andreas Viklund." Clearly, he's more far in the future than any of us.

I have never used DBPowerAmp, but I have to wonder, does it handle RePlayGain as well as Foobar? One of FB2K's real strengths is RPG processing. When I used to use it to convert lossless to lossy, I'd RPG the the audio first. That meant I'd never get any nasty volume surprises in the iPod, and I didn't have to contend with Apple's useless auto volume function.

[aardvark baguette]

shrug

[monsieurguzel]

Another vote for XLD here. I used to be a longtime Max user but eventually shipped since XLD is much better supported. Interface has gotten substantially better of the years and is quite good at mass tagging albums now. That being said, the absolute best tagging program for Windows (if that's your thing) is called Tag'n'Rename!

[manaox2]

If your on Windows, you might as well have Foobar2000 even if just for playback. No harm in trying it out, because it is free and has many tutorials online if you need. It does a great job doing batch conversions of pretty much any format for me.