What's the best way to convert FLAC into mp3?

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Ryafalt
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What's the best way to convert FLAC into mp3?

Post by Ryafalt » 17 Sep 2019, 11:43

I have both Audacity and Adobe Audition, but I'm not too sure which one gives the best results. (I'm assuming it's gonna be Audition but I just wanted to check with you guys just to be 101% sure)
Are there other methods? I'm guessing those online convertions won't give out the best quality...

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Re: What's the best way to convert FLAC into mp3?

Post by Natalie » 17 Sep 2019, 12:39

I usually do it through foobar2k, but I don't know if one way is better than another.

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Re: What's the best way to convert FLAC into mp3?

Post by Ryafalt » 17 Sep 2019, 12:43

Hmm, I'll add that to the list of the software I can work with. Thanks for the input :D

I first thought of converting the OST by audacity then make another mirror but this time it was converted by Audition. But that just sounds silly as well as redundant.

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Re: What's the best way to convert FLAC into mp3?

Post by ncrecc » 17 Sep 2019, 20:58

I just use Audacity. I don't think the choice of software could affect how the mp3 comes out unless it hides some encoding settings from you.

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Re: What's the best way to convert FLAC into mp3?

Post by Rob » 17 Sep 2019, 20:59

I use Foobar2K, which uses the standard LAME encoder to do the job. I don't think there'll be much difference in quality, especially if you're encoding at or above 192kbps.

Foobar is just nice since it automatically copies over all the metadata tags for you!

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Re: What's the best way to convert FLAC into mp3?

Post by William » 17 Sep 2019, 21:03

If you fancy a command line tool, ffmpeg is a good choice.

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Re: What's the best way to convert FLAC into mp3?

Post by Ryafalt » 19 Sep 2019, 16:41

Ohh I see! Thanks guys! I'll think I'll be using foobar2k :)

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Re: What's the best way to convert FLAC into mp3?

Post by 9a3eedi » 08 Dec 2019, 23:40

Natalie wrote:
17 Sep 2019, 12:39
I usually do it through foobar2k, but I don't know if one way is better than another.
I use foobar as well. It's just easy as heck to do batch conversions with it.

In the end, it's all using a command line encoder (lame) anyway, so it doesn't matter what front end you use so long as the back end is the same.

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Re: What's the best way to convert FLAC into mp3?

Post by Pasta Viking » 18 Dec 2019, 19:07

Audacity (or anything else with the lastest version of the LAME encoder) is generally the best way to do it, I've found.

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