Questions tagged [flac]
FLAC (acronym for Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an audio compression codec without loss of information.
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Use shnsplit to split a FLAC file given a CUE file
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What I'm trying to do
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What I'm trying to do
Let's suppose I have a FLAC file and a CUE file with the information to ...
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Can't split 24bit flac files on the command line
I am trying to export a 24bit flac file in my ubuntu terminal. I've tried two different methods, but neither work.
Method 1: shntool
when I run this command:
shntool split -f times.cue -O always -o ...
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ffmpeg framemd5 - how do you get the checksums to match between LPCM and FLAC?
I'm converting losslessly compressed video and audio files (Utvideo/LCPM) into the FFV1/FLAC codecs using MKV as a container to save on storage space without compromise in quality. I'm using ffmpeg's ...
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If FLAC is a file format, how can one software make them smaller than ffmpeg with maximum compression?
While compressing all my FLAC files with the latest version of FFMPEG with maximum (12) compression level, it turns out that some of them become LARGER afterwards.
How is this possible? Even if a non-...
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How do you convert PSF music files to FLAC without using some "online tool"?
I love the soundtrack to the 1997 PlayStation video game Breath of Fire III.
I have its soundtrack as MP3 files on my computer.
After hearing what a huge difference it made to go from MP3 to FLAC for ...
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Is there any hidden danger in re-converting all my FLACs with "-compression_level 12"?
For some time now, I have been upgrading my music library from bad-sounding MP3 files to lossless FLACs. This obviously takes much more storage space.
The 465 GB internal disk which contains my "...
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Lossy to lossless conversion (audio)
I have an mp3 file which i want to convert to a flac. I realise that it wont "improve" the quality rather I want it in a flac format so that when I edit it each time and re encode it, it won'...
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Copy tags from mp3 to flac using kid3 and Dupeguru
I have a folder of mp3 files, and also one of flac files. I want the mp3 files to be replaced with the flac files, with the original tags of the mp3 files.
Using dupeguru, I can pinpoint which flac ...
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How can I convert DSD file formats to FLAC, WAV, (etc) with Linux?
I've recently started getting into more higher end HiFi, and found some downloads which are only available to buy in DSD format. (No FLAC available.)
Can I convert to/from DSD formats to FLAC using ...
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FFMpeg: convert any file (video/audio) to custom bitrate and dynamic range
So, in my specific case, I have a couple of FLAC files that are approximately 1500kb/s, and they are 24-bit. I want to convert them to 16-bit, and to make them around 500kb/s
I didn't find any info ...
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MPV: Cycle through cover art (if multiple images are present) of the current playing flac file
I have flac files that contains several embedded cover art which includes front, back, booklet etc. Is it possible to cycle through cover art (if multiple images are present) of the current playing ...
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After cutting out (with ffmpeg) a part of a music file (flac) the music player shows still the time stamps of the original file
I have one music file (in flac format). I wish to cut out a part from it.
I does it with this command:
ffmpeg -i file.flac -codec copy -ss 00:16:06.400 -t 158.760 result.flac
ffmpeg successfully cut ...
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Conversion from High Res FLAC to 16/44.1 FLAC, keeping all metadata
I want to convert High resolution flac such as 24 bit 96 Hz and others, to 16 bit 44.1 Hz CD format, while preserving all metadata. Any suggestions?
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How to convert ffmpeg 24 bit flac to 16 bit alac?
I was needing help with the command to turn a 24 bit flac to 16 bit alac.
To turn 24 bit flac to 16 bit flac:
ffmpeg -i input.flac -sample_fmt s16 -ar 48000 output.flac
To turn flac to alac:
ffmpeg -i ...
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How to batch delete embedded covers from FLAC files
I came across a thread which discusses the way covers should be removed.
https://askubuntu.com/a/1162249
These two commands seem to do the job:
metaflac --remove --block-type=PICTURE,PADDING --dont-...
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How to convert flac inside mkv ffmpeg?
Guys! I was wanting to know if anyone can tell me how to losslessly convert FLAC audio to LPCM without any quality loss at all?
This is info from of the mkv. Stream #0:0: Video, Stream #0:1: Audio: ...
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How can I batch convert a directory of subfolders from FLAC to ALAC?
Right now I'm converting each folder in Terminal manually using the following command,
for i in *.flac; do echo $i; ffmpeg -i "$i" -y -v 0 -vcodec copy -acodec alac "${i%.flac}"....
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Windows: Recursively convert FLAC to MP3 w/ ffmpeg
I have ffmpeg installed and use batch files to convert MP4 h.264 to MKV x.265 successfully, but I have a problem with converting FLAC files to 320 kbps MP3 w/ no metadata needed. Although many posts ...
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Incorrect Album Artist and First Track in Plex
I ripped my parent’s Christmas CD collection as FLAC files with Windows Media Player. The first track of every album is just titled “Track 1” and the album artist of every album is “Various Artists”. ...
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FFMPEG conversion from MP3 to FLAC - why is the file so large?
So for various reasons I'm converting an MP3 to a FLAC with the following:
ffmpeg -i x.mp3 -map 0 -map -0:v -compression_level 5 x.flac
x.mp3 is 21MB and the resultant x.flac is 102MB
I assume, ...
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Converting one .ts file into a number of .flac files
I have a 45 GB .ts file of a concert. I want to take just the audio of the file and convert it to a series of .flac tracks. I tried to use vlc to convert the audio to .flac and then cut that file into ...
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What bitrate should I use when extracting channel from mp2 to FLAC with ffmpeg?
I have a stereo mp2 audio that I want to extract the right channel to a mono FLAC audio. The detected info of the mp2 is this:
Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16p, 224 kb/s
I ran the extract command ...
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WebM With a Still Image and an Audio
How can I join together a cover and a music into WebM with the best audio quality using ffmpeg? I really can't figure it out.
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Music database identifier (e.g. MBID) in EAC FLAC/Vorbis metadata
I want to …
… rip Audio CDs with FLAC output using Exact Audio Copy (EAC).
… include an universally unique identifier for the exact release (specific label/year/country/etc.), additionally to common ...
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Windows 10 File Explorer: FLAC files taking longer to appear the first time their folder is opened
Microsoft did something to file explorer (Windows shell) a while ago (I think it started with the Fall Creators Update) that causes an incredibly annoying delay when opening a folder containing FLAC ...
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How to get ffmpeg to copy lyrics from flac to mp3?
Using ffmpeg 4.2.1, Windows 10 64-bit, at the command line to convert.
I am also using Tag&Rename and iTunes to set and view any ID3 tags.
Here is the ffmpeg command I am using: ffmpeg -i input....
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Flac error when decoding
I have a song that cannot be converted or decoded or played with any player.
When I use a flac frontend to attempt decoding i get the error:
flac: ERROR, --until value is before --skip point
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Covert FLAC to AIFF while saving tags/metadata
I need a command-line tool to convert a bunch of XXX.flac files to XXX.aiff while preserving the tags (artist, title, album, etc.). None of the tools I tried (ffmpeg, sox, flac) seem to do the job ...
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Converting m4a (alac) to flac using ffmpeg, output is lower quality?
I'm trying to convert my imported music collection to flac for compatibility reasons. Anyway, I'm converting using this command:
ffmpeg -i file.m4a file.flac
Now technically, this works fine, and ...
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Detect Near-Duplicate Audio Files [closed]
Suppose I have a few directories of somewhere around 4000 audio files, about half of which are FLAC and the other half are MP3. Suppose I want to detect, not by tag metadata, but only by audio data, ...
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How to use the Linux arecord command to generate multiple FLAC files?
I would like to use the Linux arecord command to record and save multiple FLAC type files using the file time flag or similar:
--max-file-time
For a wav file it is fairly straight forward to save ...
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ffmpeg -ss: issue with a flac uncompressed
I have my music library in FLAC Uncompressed, and I have an issue with at least one file, when using it with FFmpeg -ss option.
If I convert it to FLAC level 0 it works fine.
When using FFmpeg -ss ...
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Flac to mp3 conversion offsets sound by a few ms
When running this simple conversion command: ffmpeg -i fileA.flac fileB.mp3
, the mp3 output is offset by about 5 ms.
This does not happen if I try to convert to Vorbis/Ogg (i.e ffmpeg -i fileA.flac ...
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How to best compress MP3/Flac so that download time is less? [closed]
How to best compress MP3/Flac so that download time/data is less?
(like RAR and else)
I'm afraid I get restricted access from my ISP.. so I want to compress the files as much as possible... if the ...
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Converting FLAC to MP3 using FFMPEG?
So I am using ffmpeg to convert flac files from a certain folder to mp3 at 320k bitrate.
I am using this answer as a reference.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/41096234/9259505
So the command I use in ...
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Seperating duplicates in different codecs in foobar2000 library
I have a music library that is mostly flac. However every .flac album has an .mp3 duplicate in a folder named 'albumtitle [mp3]', since I copy the mp3 versions to my smartphone.
In foobar2000, ...
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Bulk convert a music collection with a mix of lossless and lossy formats
I have a large-ish collection of music files, most of which are flac, some mp3 and other lossy formats. I want to create a copy of the whole collection in mp3.
The problem that I have is that when ...
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FFmpeg - convert WebM/Opus to WAV or FLAC in single step?
I want to create WAV and FLAC audio files from WebM files with Opus audio streams, and I want to do so without further degrading the audio. I am currently using a 2-step process as follows (WAV ...
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What command line options should I use to convert FLAC level n to FLAC Level 8 without quality loss?
I have some very high quality FLAC files that I've purchased, which as a result take up a lot of space. I have the processing power and time, and I'd like to convert my entire FLAC library to FLAC ...
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Cannot rip audio CD where each track appears as a data track
Over the past few weeks I've converted my entire (store-bought) CD collection to .flac files, both for backup purposes as well as easier playback. Several of the CDs featured copy protection, but I ...
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How do I normalize the audio volume of my FLAC collection?
It seems that some CDs have a much lower general audio volume than others. This is not a problem if listening to an entire album, but it becomes a problem, when listening in shuffle mode: there is a ...
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ffmpeg resample to flac loud clicks/noise
I'm using ffmpeg to resample a DSD file to Flac & mp3. I don't experience any problems with the mp3 resample, but with the flac resample there is always a loud click at the end of a track, as seen ...
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Numerous FLAC files in my music library will play only with VLC - can anything be done?
I discovered today after upgrading and rebuilding some server hardware that Plex, Windows Media Server, and this new "Groove" thing won't play some of my FLAC files I ripped from CDs. These files ...
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Extract graphic images from FLAC audio files
I bought some music online and downloaded it in FLAC format, and I was pleasantly surprised to see some artwork apparently embedded into each audio file. I suspect that they're a bit higher ...
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How can I copy coverart from flac to opus with ffmpeg
I am trying to convert some flac files which all have coverart embedded to opus with ffmpeg. All but the coverart gets copied over just fine, but I find myself unable to move the cover over as well. ...
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ffmpeg FLAC decoding error
I am using ffmpeg to convert some FLAC files to other format, but it stops at this error
ffmpeg version git-2017-03-23-1a5631d Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 4.8 (...
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Lossless conversion from wav 24bits to flac
Is it possible to have a lossless conversion from a wav file
Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s24le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 48000 Hz, 1 channels, s32, 1152 kb/s to a wav file ?
I tried using ffmpeg :
ffmpeg -...
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.FLAC having the same bitrate as decoded .WAV
I got a .flac file (17.9MB, 24bit/96kHz) from the Internet and I am unable to figure out why it feels like there is no compression in the file at all. The decoded .wav(15.9MB, 24bit/96kHz) is a bit ...
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Create a .cue sheet using metadata from multiple .flac files
I'm in the process of tidying up my Cayin N5 music library and the player itself seems to fail in reading metadata from .flac tracks of single album (it lists filenames instead of song names written ...
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Which audio format truly has the best sound quality? [closed]
I've been to every website, and I've heard again and again that FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) has the best sound quality AND it compresses the file. But I'm wondering if there is a format with ...
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