CIANO seems to be an easy, convenient tool for converting audio files but it freezes when I try to convert FLAC to MP3. It works converting to OGG and AAC. I have read somewhere about codecs and LAME and gstreamer add-ons but all the pages I have looked up are a bit to techy for someone like me. Is there a simple guide? Or another program which will do simple audio file conversions? Thanks!
(I wasn't sure if I should enter this under "Software" or "Sound". Hope this is right ...
FLAC to MP3 with ciano - doesn't work
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FLAC to MP3 with ciano - doesn't work
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catweazel
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Re: FLAC to MP3 with ciano - doesn't work
Try VLC. On the Media menu, select Convert/Save, add the .flac and choose mp3 and the output.
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Re: FLAC to MP3 with ciano - doesn't work
...fre:ac is nice & simple.
Re: FLAC to MP3 with ciano - doesn't work
Reply to Australia: Thanks but...
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I may be doing it wrong, but with VLC I seem to have to enter a destination file for each track, which is tiresome (because I have lot of music). And it seems to always want to convert my files to MP4 by default.
Ciano was good because it is a simple drag n drop frontend and converted the filenames directly.
I have now installed XCFA which seems to have more functions than I need and still (unless I am doing it wrong) requires me to tick each file for conversion individually. The FLAC files of my 10 CD box of Billie Holiday are a lot of ticking ...
Reply to Greece:
As a non-expert, I have only installed programs that are available in the Software Manager. This fre:ac doesn't even seem to be available in the Synaptic Manager, so I am a bit diffident. But thanks.
ʇı ǝʌןos ʇ,usǝop ʎɹɹos
I may be doing it wrong, but with VLC I seem to have to enter a destination file for each track, which is tiresome (because I have lot of music). And it seems to always want to convert my files to MP4 by default.
Ciano was good because it is a simple drag n drop frontend and converted the filenames directly.
I have now installed XCFA which seems to have more functions than I need and still (unless I am doing it wrong) requires me to tick each file for conversion individually. The FLAC files of my 10 CD box of Billie Holiday are a lot of ticking ...
Reply to Greece:
As a non-expert, I have only installed programs that are available in the Software Manager. This fre:ac doesn't even seem to be available in the Synaptic Manager, so I am a bit diffident. But thanks.
Re: FLAC to MP3 with ciano - doesn't work
Try soundconverter (that's the package name). It's in the repos, uses the LAME encoder, is really very easy to use, and it's not flaky.
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TeaSwigger
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Re: FLAC to MP3 with ciano - doesn't work
Soundconverter, as Hosier Bob said, or KDE's soundKonverter, which is less simple and more configurable, are both good GUI apps for doing batch conversions.
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Re: FLAC to MP3 with ciano - doesn't work
Thanks all. We haven't discovered why Ciano doesn't work, so I won't mark it as "solved", but I now have two other programs, freac and soundconverter which fit the bill.
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Re: FLAC to MP3 with ciano - doesn't work
SoundConverter is the best one 
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Re: FLAC to MP3 with ciano - doesn't work
Sound Converter is what i always use. Use it to create mp3's for my phone, from my ripped CD FLAC files. Very straight forward, and never not worked
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