from my old windows computer I have around 20G of music in flac format. Now, I got a mac and I would like to add this music to itunes, so I need to convert them to mp3 format.
So, what is the best way to convert a so big music library to mp3?
Thanks
asked Jul 13, 2010 at 7:36
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3 Answers
The most practical thing to do is not convert it.
answered Jul 13, 2010 at 7:45
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A little confused if this was part of the op's question but, would it be possible to play the .flac files on an iPod? Jul 13, 2010 at 7:50
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Those will not play on an iPod, they would need to be converted to AAC or MP3 first. Jul 13, 2010 at 14:04
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If you don't need to play them on other devices, also check out flukeformac: code.google.com/p/flukeformac Jul 13, 2010 at 14:05
For anyone running OS X and finding this question from Google, I would suggest following the method listed here and using ffmpeg in the Terminal.
Install homebrew:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Then install ffmpeg and all its libraries:
brew install ffmpeg
brew install ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-ffplay --with-freetype --with-libass --with-libquvi --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --with-opus --with-x265
Then within the terminal, navigate to the folder containing the FLAC files to be converted and run ffmpeg's converter with something like this:
for q in *.flac; do echo "$q"; ffmpeg -i "$q" -aq 0 "${q%%flac}mp3"; done
Credit goes to the original poster of the above command at the linked thread.
You could convert them to Apple lossless. Or use xIph as Ignacio suggests. I got this link from google: Convert to Apple lossless
