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Thread ID: 126493	2012-08-31 06:14:00	VLC conversion	Cicero (40)	Press F1

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1298101	2012-09-01 00:25:00	One that works very well is xrecode (http://xrecode.com/) Just use the portable version if you dont want to install it.	wainuitech (129)
1298102	2012-09-01 02:10:00	This will do what you want. www.nch.com.au That works well Dave, the exrecode was to complicated for me, thanks Wai. Not much good being superior to MP 3 if it doesn't play on a propitiatory machine. But thanks lads, I am now able to play on my new CD USB player.	Cicero (40)
1298103	2012-09-01 02:25:00	That works well Dave, the exrecode was to complicated for me, thanks Wai. . Complicated ???? Narr its dead simple. look at the picture below. Open program. Add Files, - Navigate to the files you want, either single files or a whole folder. Select Destination Select output format Click Start Just did 8 songs at one time, it does the whole lot in one go not a single track at a time. 4189 Last time I used Switch, it was only a Free trial version, which stops working after a while, + it adds in toolbars if you're not careful.	wainuitech (129)
1298104	2012-09-01 02:38:00	Complicated ???? Narr its dead simple. look at the picture below. Open program. Add Files, - Navigate to the files you want, either single files or a whole folder. Select Destination Select output format Click Start Just did 8 songs at one time, it does the whole lot in one go not a single track at a time. 4189 Last time I used Switch, it was only a Free trial version, which stops working after a while, + it adds in toolbars if you're not careful. Thanks Wai. I will give it another go as I have 11 gigs of music to convert.	Cicero (40)
1298105	2012-09-01 03:01:00	Not much good being superior to MP 3 if it doesn't play on a propitiatory machine. Ironic(?) since it would cost them nothing to support FLAC (being free and open source etc) but MP3 is the one with licensing issues, and the worse quality. If the machine can support playing of WAVE format, you could convert to that instead, then you'd have no quality loss. However, you'll probably be just as happy with a high-bitrate MP3 file.	Agent_24 (57)
1298106	2012-09-01 03:16:00	Ironic(?) since it would cost them nothing to support FLAC (being free and open source etc) but MP3 is the one with licensing issues, and the worse quality. If the machine can support playing of WAVE format, you could convert to that instead, then you'd have no quality loss. However, you'll probably be just as happy with a high-bitrate MP3 file. Am unsure what is supports apart from MP 3. Will not play wave conversion.Mind you it is only a $120 player, bur for all that it is great for day background classics of our choosing. The concert program plays some terrible sounds, more PC I suspect.	Cicero (40)
1298107	2012-09-02 23:24:00	I keep two copies of my music collection, a lossless one in WMA format (I'd use FLAC but WMA integrates into media centre more easily and the quality is the same), and a 192kbps MP3 version for use in all those devices that don't like my Lossless files. I do the conversion with dBpoweramp but I paid for it so it's not free (does have a 30 day trial I think). I think a lossless file for archival purposes and an MP3 for general playback is a good compromise. MP3 may be an old out of date codec with lower quality and compression performance than modern codecs but there are two important points that it's detractors overlook; 1. MP3 plays in pretty much everything 2. Storage space really isn't an issue these days so you can use a higher bitrate and get good quality. I have my entire 250+ CD collection @192kbps on a 16GB micro SD card in my phone.	dugimodo (138)
1298108	2012-09-03 04:13:00	All these FLAC, WMA and all the rest of it is beyond me. Most of my films will work on TV (.avi) apart from the flv things, which TV does not recognize.	Cicero (40)
1298109	2012-09-03 07:48:00	Well a bit of nerdy tech stuff, off the top of my head so there may be some minor errors. Codec is an abbreviation of encoder / decoder and is the name of the method used for encoding/decoding and (usually)compressing audio (and video as well but not the topic). Each codec also tends to use it's own file extension to help identify the files. .wav indicates a file encoded using the stadard PCM format as found on Audio CD's. this can be considered uncompressed .MP3 came from the movie world and is something like" motion picture expert group audio layer 3" it was developed to save space when encoding movies (I think) and adapted for Audio to save file space. It is a compressed audio format with lower quality than .wav and by far the most common compressed format. .ogg is the ogg vorbis free codec, similar to MP3 but free off royalties and possibly better performing .WMA - microsoft had to get in on the act and created this to compete with MP3 - it is functionally much the same as .MP3 or .ogg with the addition of optional DRM .WMA (lossless) is microsofts lossless codec, confusingly it uses the same extension but is not the same codec .FLAC stands for free lossless audio codec (or close to it) and is exactly what the name implies People that object to royalties tend to support either ogg or flac. Lossless codecs are like Zipping .wav files, they save space but are mathematically identical so there is no loss in quality. They also add the ability for tags and album art etc which .wav doesn't support. There is no quality difference between lossless formats as they all reproduce the original .wav file. There are other codecs as well but these are the most common ones (other than Apple's and other variants of AAC which I was going to pretend didn't exist). Windows Associates file types with a default program, obviously on your machine .FLAC is associated with VLC and that's why they appear to be VLC files but they are not, any player with support for that format could play them and the association can be changed in windows (many programs do this during install which can be a nuisance if you like to try different players). flv is the video format youtube uses and wasn't intended to be downloaded although programmers quickly got around that and many players (including VLC) will happily play them. Still because it's not a format officially supported for download hardware manufacturers don't tend to build in support for it. I don't download from youtube myself, I just play them online whenever the mood strikes me.	dugimodo (138)
1298110	2012-09-03 08:10:00	Great stuff Dugi, you are obviously a wizard at this stuff. All seem unnecessarily complicated to me, will not bore you with my thinking on the subject, as I am sure it would be rubbish. I shall read it all again and hopefully will get a better understanding, one appreciates the trouble you have taken, thanks a mill.	Cicero (40)
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