A while back I found that VLC had some problems converting FLAC files into WAV or any other format. Didn't really get anywhere with advice from these forums, so I avoided FLAC files as far as I could. Just got hold of another bunch of FLAC files, so I tried to convert them again, using the latest version of VLC. Exactly the same problem. The files play perfectly, but when I try to convert them the resulting output sounds massively distorted. WAV, MP3, MP4, AAC they are all the same - completely useless.
Any chance of a fix?
JR
FLAC File Convertion Doesn't Work
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Re: FLAC File Convertion Doesn't Work
On version 0.9.9 which I am now using conversion seems to work for fine for Ape formats beautifully.
Problems I am having include it blowing up with dot net debugger errors sometimes and other times when I double click an audio or video file, it seems to get confused on launching the file, trying to determine if it should stop playing the current file or just launch an entirely new instance of VLC. I'm on Windows server 2003 as a lean desktop platform.
Conversions go something like this. Play the FLAC file to get it into the playlist. Click STOP. Go to Ctrl-R (convert save) have to jump through a whole bunch of hoops at this point.
1. Have to navigate to the folder and find the file.
2. Usually have to choose ALL files because APE isn't available as a default extension for audio (?)
3. Have to choose the next Convert Save button
4. Have3 to choose file check box
5. Have to change from custom to MP3
6. Have to change the 128 to something that isn't junk like 256 on the generated stream output string manually
7. Have to manually enter a destination filename or it names the output like "_.mp3" if we try anything clever like "*.mp3"
8. THEN we click save and it converts a single file magnificently from APE directly to MP3.
What would be amazing would be if this were possible from the command line. Like for FLAC files we can just run
FLAC -d -f %1
then we just convert the wave file to an MP3 with LAME.
LAME -b 320 -q0 --cbr %1 %2
Where %1 is the source wave file and %2 is the output filename which could easily be "%1.mp3"
Flac to MP3 is completely automated with simple batch files but APE to MP3 has no such very simple drag drog point click conversion possible for me because the best converter I've found VLC is NOT at all user friendly (for me).
Any help is appreciated!
Problems I am having include it blowing up with dot net debugger errors sometimes and other times when I double click an audio or video file, it seems to get confused on launching the file, trying to determine if it should stop playing the current file or just launch an entirely new instance of VLC. I'm on Windows server 2003 as a lean desktop platform.
Conversions go something like this. Play the FLAC file to get it into the playlist. Click STOP. Go to Ctrl-R (convert save) have to jump through a whole bunch of hoops at this point.
1. Have to navigate to the folder and find the file.
2. Usually have to choose ALL files because APE isn't available as a default extension for audio (?)
3. Have to choose the next Convert Save button
4. Have3 to choose file check box
5. Have to change from custom to MP3
6. Have to change the 128 to something that isn't junk like 256 on the generated stream output string manually
7. Have to manually enter a destination filename or it names the output like "_.mp3" if we try anything clever like "*.mp3"
8. THEN we click save and it converts a single file magnificently from APE directly to MP3.
What would be amazing would be if this were possible from the command line. Like for FLAC files we can just run
FLAC -d -f %1
then we just convert the wave file to an MP3 with LAME.
LAME -b 320 -q0 --cbr %1 %2
Where %1 is the source wave file and %2 is the output filename which could easily be "%1.mp3"
Flac to MP3 is completely automated with simple batch files but APE to MP3 has no such very simple drag drog point click conversion possible for me because the best converter I've found VLC is NOT at all user friendly (for me).
Any help is appreciated!
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Re: FLAC File Convertion Doesn't Work
You should try VLC 1.0.0 where it should be easier ...
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