How can I convert my Mp3's to FLAC?

[G Dumbya]

so I see my fellow bootleg fanatics whining about only getting their music in FLAC..

so I ask you.. how can i convert my MP3 collection to FLAC to share with ya' all here?

Easy:

1. Highlight the files on your hard drive.

2. Right Click.

3. Select delete.

4. Download the music from a lossless source.

But don't bother, everyone around here is happy to have mp3's. In fact, if I were you, I would re-encode the files to 64 kbps in .wma format to keep your files as small as possible. This will allow you to save more shows and make your uploads quicker.
It's still stereo quality so everyone wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blacksabfan]

Originally Posted by 3hrsoflunacy

Easy:

1. Highlight the files on your hard drive.

2. Right Click.

3. Select delete.

4. Download the music from a lossless source.

But don't bother, everyone around here is happy to have mp3's. In fact, if I were you, I would re-encode the files to 64 kbps in .wma format to keep your files as small as possible. This will allow you to save more shows and make your uploads quicker.
It's still stereo quality so everyone wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Says the man who doesn't whine. You make this big deal about it every time it's brought up, usually with some form of sarcasm or criticism. Build a bridge and GET OVER IT already. If people want to 'encrap' shows...there's not a whole lot you can do about it.

[G Dumbya]

Originally Posted by 3hrsoflunacy

Easy:

1. Highlight the files on your hard drive.

2. Right Click.

3. Select delete.

4. Download the music from a lossless source.

But don't bother, everyone around here is happy to have mp3's. In fact, if I were you, I would re-encode the files to 64 kbps in .wma format to keep your files as small as possible. This will allow you to save more shows and make your uploads quicker.
It's still stereo quality so everyone wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!

looks so easy maybe I could do it even!
or maybe i could have Dick, I call him Dick ha ha, show me how?

[abbey1]

You could even re-encode files down do 40 kbps in wma format. With the original source wav files being 1411 kbps, you've effectively eliminated 97% of that pesky file!! I'm sure the less than 3% left will still sound amazing.

Originally Posted by blacksabfan

Says the man who doesn't whine. You make this big deal about it every time it's brought up, usually with some form of sarcasm or criticism. Build a bridge and GET OVER IT already. If people want to 'encrap' shows...there's not a whole lot you can do about it.

Thanks for your advice blacksabfan. I choose to ignore it. By the way, there was no whining. There was genuine advice on how he can reduce his file size and still share shows in a format acceptable to most here.
Just trying to help out someone who wants to share. What are you up to - 10 shows you've uploaded? Perhaps he wants to be a big contributor to the community like you.

[blacksabfan]

Originally Posted by 3hrsoflunacy

Thanks for your advice blacksabfan. I choose to ignore it. By the way, there was no whining. There was genuine advice on how he can reduce his file size and still share shows in a format acceptable to most here.
Just trying to help out someone who wants to share. What are you up to - 10 shows you've uploaded? Perhaps he wants to be a big contributor to the community like you.

There's a difference between giving advice and being a douchebag. You're being the latter. But since you don't care what I think anyway, and I obviously don't care what you think...it's pretty much moot. I guess we'll leave it everyone else to decide.

Well, considering I first came to this site two months ago, and I have this thing called a JOB, and a LIFE that doesn't always revolve around this website, 10 is pretty decent. I probably haven't downloaded more than 10 or 12 anyway, so i think its a fair ratio. The ratio is what matters, if I downloaded a 100 shows and uploaded 10, your point would be valid...but it's not because that's not the case. Besides, I don't answer to you anyway. You're pretty much always here when I'm here, always bitching about someone or something. You need to get over yourself. There's nothing great about living in your parents basement and having your life revolve around collecting FLAC files and bitching and moaning about how other people choose to collect or what they collect. Obviously you don't get it though. On that note, I'm going to go shower, go out to dinner, and spend a quality evening with my friends. Perhaps I'll be back around midnightish. Don't whine too much while I'm gone.

[G Dumbya]

3hours does have a job though..
he has a cabinet level position in the Department of Entertainmen and Allegory.. what ?/ there is no Department of Entertainment and Allegory?

waht the hell is the DEA then? the what enforcement agency? good thing daddy was in charge of those guys in my younger days he he..

Originally Posted by blacksabfan

There's a difference between giving advice and being a douchebag. You're being the latter. But since you don't care what I think anyway, and I obviously don't care what you think...it's pretty much moot. I guess we'll leave it everyone else to decide.

Well, considering I first came to this site two months ago, and I have this thing called a JOB, and a LIFE that doesn't always revolve around this website, 10 is pretty decent. I probably haven't downloaded more than 10 or 12 anyway, so i think its a fair ratio. The ratio is what matters, if I downloaded a 100 shows and uploaded 10, your point would be valid...but it's not because that's not the case. Besides, I don't answer to you anyway. You're pretty much always here when I'm here, always bitching about someone or something. You need to get over yourself. There's nothing great about living in your parents basement and having your life revolve around collecting FLAC files and bitching and moaning about how other people choose to collect or what they collect. Obviously you don't get it though. On that note, I'm going to go shower, go out to dinner, and spend a quality evening with my friends. Perhaps I'll be back around midnightish. Don't whine too much while I'm gone.

Aren't you the high and mighty dickhead? Mr. I just joined this site a month ago and am going to preach my wisdom to the masses. Why do you care what I complain about or to whom I give advice about spreading inferior quality recordings?? I think you need to get over yourself. You're not the only one with a life. Mine is quite full, as well. For the record, I do not live with my parents as I have my own home. Probably worth more than yours, but that, too, is a moot point. Most of us in California don't have basements, so I do my collecting in my home office. Have fun with your little friends, and please don't choke and die at dinner. We need people like you who give as much as you take to balance out the lot of leechers around here.

[buks]

Originally Posted by 3hrsoflunacy

Aren't you the high and mighty dickhead? Mr. I just joined this site a month ago and am going to preach my wisdom to the masses. Why do you care what I complain about or to whom I give advice about spreading inferior quality recordings?? I think you need to get over yourself. You're not the only one with a life. Mine is quite full, as well. For the record, I do not live with my parents as I have my own home. Probably worth more than yours, but that, too, is a moot point. Most of us in California don't have basements, so I do my collecting in my home office. Have fun with your little friends, and please don't choke and die at dinner. We need people like you who give as much as you take to balance out the lot of leechers around here.

grow up , or go to a priest , he will hear your childness chit chat and give you solvation.

[theblob]

The fact is that "lossless" and "lossy" are so called for a reason. It's neither a battle of egos nor a battle of formats. SHN or FLAC for example makes only a small difference in weight, but no difference in quality. Lossy of course can be more or less hugely lossy, but it always involve a degraded quality, by definition. It's just a technical fact, not an opinion. It's not that someone "prefers" a format or another, it's not like preferring a band or another.

Then, of course one can prefer lossy to lossless, exactly like one can prefer dehydrated food to fresh food. Everybody is entitled to his/her own little perversities. The difference is that, while if one likes to eat dehydrated food that doesn't affect anybody else, to spread lossy files may be a problem, because some people appear to not understand the difference and will probably not notify that they are trading lossy. And the global quality thus degrades. Plus, other folks probably collect lossy files only because they do not that better formats exist, or do not know where to get them from or how to handle them, and to discuss the merits of lossless files may be useful to them.

So it's fine if you prefer dehydrated food. It's even fine if you convert a show to lossy for your personal use, like listening to it on an iPod etc. But it's just absurd to insult those who try to keep the overall quality as high as possible.

Some folks post here in lossless, which is always nice of them. Plus, there are many other places where to collect good shows in lossless and you can acknowledge that as soon as you cease thinking it's a matter of egos or of opinions.

http://aikolosslessboots.freeforums.org

http://dexondaz.blogspot.com/
http://qualityboots.blogspot.com/
http://zepmasters-quality-zep-boots.blogspot.com/

Please notice that I am not associated with any of them. I am just a collector in my (scarce) free time and I am grateful to the people who trade good music in good formats.

Originally Posted by buks

grow up , or go to a priest , he will hear your childness chit chat and give you solvation.

Learn how to spell asshole.

[nogganooch]

Originally Posted by 3hrsoflunacy

Learn how to spell asshole.

[KeenCommander]

To actually answer you question (interesting concept, there), there would be no point in converting from MP3 to FLAC because the quality has already been lost in the original compression to MP3. You'd be adding nothing to the files by doing so, other than excess space. But then again, for practical purposes, that's all FLAC ever does to begin with.

Feel free to post your collection anyways (as long as it hasn't already been shared), not all of us are useless, I mean lossless, obsessed and many people would be happy to have them.

Though why you'd actually want to do something for these people after the above treatment is beyond me.

[gringo557]

Talk about asking the wrong question in the wrong place . . . for god's sake WHATEVER you do, please don't post "FAKE" FLACs here!