program for transcoding flac to 320 cbr

the program has to be free... i want to transcode into folders with the same names as the ones the flacs are in

foobar?

  On 7/31/2010 at 3:55 AM, Root5 said:

foobar?

no, foobar2000 won't convert to 320 cbr as far as i know

there are linux command line programs which when combined with a script could do this very well. so my advice is to learn the bash shell, emacs, and maybe perl and also install cygwin lol.

LAME

Foobar can convert anything if you give it a codec. I haven't heard the term CBR before, but after briefly looking it up, I assume it means constant bitrate, as opposed to VBR. So I assume you're trying to convert into mp3.

I have converted flacs into 320 mp3 before. I just used the lame codec.

he needs to preserve directory integrity

i think audacity can do this if properly setup

just fucking google it tht! tne

I have, all2mp3. Suits me fine. 320, cbr vbr

i don't think i'm even gonna try this because i've already transcoded to v0 and many of the bitrates are far lower than 320... composers in person 22cd box set

  On 7/31/2010 at 4:00 AM, kaini said:

there are linux command line programs which when combined with a script could do this very well. so my advice is to learn the bash shell, emacs, and maybe perl and also install cygwin lol.

+1

I made several scripts when confronted to such situations, and I never never purposely learnt bash. (and don't listen to kaini, you only need bash)

i was exaggerating but doing that shit in windows requires either cygwin or having win7 + learning powershell

i guess you're right then.

Powershell ? What the fuck is that shit ? Is it as good as bash ? Did they finally implement tab completion ? I definitively left the windows boat around the 3rd release of SP pack for XP so I have no idea.

  On 7/31/2010 at 5:46 AM, Babar said:

i guess you're right then.

Powershell ? What the fuck is that shit ?

That shit is surprisingly good: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell

being ms, it does have dependencies on about a hundred other things being installed lol

http://winlame.sourceforge.net/

I really like it, personally

retains metadata from FLAC files too

MediaMoney

  On 7/31/2010 at 7:34 AM, goffer said:

MediaMoney

Xrecode

best ever/

  On 7/31/2010 at 4:15 AM, kaini said:

i think audacity can do this if properly setup

  On 7/31/2010 at 4:32 AM, tht tne said:

i don't think i'm even gonna try this because i've already transcoded to v0 and many of the bitrates are far lower than 320... composers in person 22cd box set

v0 dips below 320 because there is no point in encoding for example silence in 320kbps. CBR is a huge waste of space, IMO.

And foobar can encode anything, it's just up to the encoder that it uses. In this case LAME would work well.

  On 8/1/2010 at 2:11 PM, plstik said:

  On 7/31/2010 at 4:15 AM, kaini said:

i think audacity can do this if properly setup

If properly set up Audacity is capabable of almost anything, but there's always the chance of Audacity saying 'hey fuck you, I'm going to something else and completely screw you over, fuck you'.

That's why it's called Audacity.