Anyone can help or give advice on Flac and Cue sheet.

First i want to mention that i love and know Flac is lossless and try to download music in flac if possible. The thing is for burning it to cd its ok. However if there is music you like and want to have for use on computer i would love it reduced and in to mp3 format for saving space. Then at times we also get to download a big flac file with cue sheet that contains all songs merged.

SO my 2 questions are:

1. What free program can i use to convert Flac to mp3 without havning to burn it to cd first and then ripping it?

2. My second question if i have a big Flac file and Cue sheet that has many songs in it merged how do i split the songs using a Cue file? Any free software and easy to use?

Thanks in advance.

1 - I use dBpowerAmp, but it's not free. Do a google for freeware audio convertors, there's heaps of them


2 - Medieval Cue Split, freeware
[www.medieval.it]

Use Foobar and open the cue sheet in it. Then convert the files to mp3. You'll get seperated mp3 files.
It's all free and easy to use.

http://www.foobar2000.org/

Thanks guys for replying.

@ vox12string,
About Medieval Cue Splitter i read about a "Known bug: MPC engine can cause a bit of jitter at the beginning/end of tracks." Is this so?

Also if i go to google and search for converters i know there is many but afraid to download one with spyware.

a good advice don't encode to mp 3,

i spen't a lot of time to replace my old mp 3,s

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kowalski
Use Foobar and open the cue sheet in it. Then convert the files to mp3. You'll get seperated mp3 files.
It's all free and easy to use.

http://www.foobar2000.org/

Converting with foobar 2000 (v1.1.2) - www.foobar2000.org
If you don't have on your PC you have to install "LAME MP3 Encoder" (free source - [lame.sourceforge.net]). Before converting you have to give the path to lame.exe (Commandline Encoder) not until then foobar will convert to mp3. "Lame" isn't included in Foobar 2000.
Also you can edit the mp3 quality from 65 kbps to 320 kbps.
Otherweis foobar 2000 is one of the easiest way to convert to mp3.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2011-01-27 16:45 by werther2003.

You can use FOR FREE a great aussie software to convert many differents kid of files (i use this one also):

Switch - NCH (there's a pay version also a free one):

[www.nch.com.au]


Cheers,


Martín

Thanks guys for all your advices much appreciated.

Ok so this is what i have chosen to do. I have downloaded Medieval for purpose of using when i have downnloaded a single Flac file and cue that contains many tracks and comes with a cue sheet. So i can split tracks from the cue sheet.

Then for using mp3's on my computer only, i downloaded Switch NCH for purpose of converting flac files for use on my computer only.

My preference is always FLAC when burning cd boots.

Everything worked great and all successfully.

SO thanks again all much apreciated.