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Originally Posted by koland
Are you having issues with FLAC and a mobile device? I store my FLAC files on a Synology server and can listen that way, but it's pretty easy to use an audio converter to change the format to MP3 for portable listening. You lose some quality, of course, since FLAC is a full-range format (as is apple's lossless format), while MP3 uses compression to make the file smaller while losing a bit of audio range.
I use Media Monkey (paid version) to convert to MP3, but there should be many others out there. I think their free verson only includes MP3 and MP4 as 30 day trials, since they have to pay a license fee on the code, themselves. Gold has lifetime updates and I've been using it for many years instead of itunes for most listening and cataloging of my music.
ETA: a quick search turned up one utility that might do just what you want (and it's free) - https://sourceforge.net/projects/flacsquisher/ (green download button next to utility name, not red one add on top that gets you adware) |
No. It's not for me.
I posted
Folksongs of the World and pointed out that the album couldn't be downloaded to a mobile device. I was wondering if Android Converter or something like it might allow peeps who like to download their music to a smart phone, MP3 player, or whatever to be able to download the album and convert it to a form that they could, then, put on their mobile device(s).
Being old (ha) and set in my ways like I am, I am happy downloading music to my laptop (I live, eat, and sleep with it. And you'll take it away from me when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. ha). I haven't gotten used to downloading music to the one or two mobile devices that I have that I actually could do that with. So, I downloaded the album to my laptop and I am a happy camper. I was trying to find a way to help others out.
Let me know if I still haven't expressed myself clearly enough. And, thanks for the info. It might come in handy one of these days.