How to Import FLAC Audio Into iTunes with CDDB Meta Data

Of Zen and Computing — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:00:47 +0000

If you have Roxio’s disc burning software Toast, you can use it to import FLAC audio into iTunes with all the proper CDDB meta data. In the linked article, TC!! of Mac OS X Hints discusses how he accomplished this task by saving an album as a .sd2f Toast file and importing that disc image into iTunes.

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. It is a manner of compressing audio files without reducing sound quality.

Side note: I write “if you have Roxio’s disc burning software…” because Toast carries a price tag of $79. If you cannot afford Toast, take a look at our post “How to Play High-Quality .FLAC Audio Files in iTunes”.

Converting .FLAC Audio Files to .MP3 in Ubuntu Linux

Of Zen and Computing — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:21:33 +0000

“How to convert .flac files to .mp3 using Ubuntu Linux” is a tutorial by tech site SimpleHelp for making lossless audio ready for payback on your portable mp3 player.

You’ve downloaded some flac files, perhaps from http://bt.etree.org and now you want to convert the flac files to mp3 to take with you on your iPod or MP3 player. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to do just that, using Ubuntu Linux.

The tutorial uses SoundConverter to encode the .flac files as mp3 audio. SoundConverter looks like an excellent app for any Linux user who is into live music — it handles Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MP3, and WAV files.

FLAC is a lossless format for audio commonly found on BitTorrent and other download sites specializing in live concert recordings. Such formats make sure you get the best sound possible — so remember that it’s fine to convert these files to mp3 for your own use, but re-distributing mp3s to other live music fans instead of the .flac files is discouraged because the sound quality is considered inferior.

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How to Import FLAC Audio Into iTunes with CDDB Meta Data

Converting .FLAC Audio Files to .MP3 in Ubuntu Linux