Hi all,

I downloaded the FLAC software from sourceforge, but
it's not clear how I rip to FLAC. Or do I need to
rip to WAV first, then convert to FLAC?

By the way, how many of those portable players
are capable of playing FLAC?

Thanks.

"Yibbels" wrote ...
I downloaded the FLAC software from sourceforge, but
it's not clear how I rip to FLAC. Or do I need to
rip to WAV first, then convert to FLAC?

By the way, how many of those portable players
are capable of playing FLAC?


My understanding was that FLAC is an "after-market" compression
scheme like ZIP, etc. It would certainly be handy to have a "FLAC
codec" that would do the compression/decompression on the fly."

There are certainly SOME players that decode FLAC. Is there
some central source of independent, 3rd party news/reviews of
the portable player market?

On 5/2/2005 8:28 AM, Yibbels wrote:
Hi all,

I downloaded the FLAC software from sourceforge, but
it's not clear how I rip to FLAC. Or do I need to
rip to WAV first, then convert to FLAC?

By the way, how many of those portable players
are capable of playing FLAC?

Thanks.


If you are running Windows use dbPowerAmp; it rips right to FLAC with
tag info.

iRiver HD-based players will play FLAC, but I use ogg on my iRiver HP120.

Dan