FLAC>WAV app?

[alphajerk]

any [hopefully free] apps out there that are good for this? im trying to get some live shows in FLAC to WAV to make them sound better than they do currently and then burn to CDs.

[spokenward]

You can download FLAC here:

 

http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html

 

If FLAC is already installed on your PC

 

you can open a command prompt

navigate to the file directory

give the following command:

 

flac -d name_of_file_here.flac

 

you can see all of the commands with

 

flac -h

 

or download one of the lightweight frontends to FLAC like this one http://members.home.nl/w.speek/flac.htm

[veracohr]

Or if you need one for Mac OS:

 

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Audio/MacFLAC.shtml

[alphajerk]

 

you can open a command prompt navigate to the file directory give the following command: flac -d name_of_file_here.flac

 

 

i installed it, but that command line isnt recognized internally or externally.

[spokenward]

That would be a PATH or ENVIRONMENT problem.

 

You could search for flac.exe. and add that location to your PATH environment variable.

 

This appears to be a pretty lucid page on the subject:

http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/environment.htm

 

They link to the MS reference pages for XP.

[alphajerk]

i just ended up using the front end that came with it... thanks. real simple app.

[Cry Logic]

Flac front end works like a charm....and fast too....

Here's a nifty page on The Lossless Audio Blog that explains

how to add flac functionality to WMP and also has links to a

little proggy called WMP Tag Support Extender that will add Tag support

for Flac (and Ape and Ogg Vorbis) to WMP.

[alphajerk]

yeah, i have that running already... WMP doesnt work that well with FLAC files however, even with that installed.