Using a flac file in sb...

can soundbooth convert a flac file to something useful in pp cs3? i'm trying to use one and its giving an error. Am I doing something wrong?

cmltech:
Here is an address with many many links to plugins and conversions to and from FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) files.
http://flac.sourceforge.net/
I'm new to Soundbooth and this computer -- I listened to the FLAC files with Cool Edit and the FLAC "filter" (seems more like it ought to be called a plug-in to me, but what do I know.) The site (one of the SourceForge links), and used it to convert the one I didn't have on CD, a Louis Armstrong St. James Infirmary, to a WAV file. (All the music files on the Avant Garde Project site are off copyright and legal, BTW.)
http://www.vuplayer.com/audition.php
lists it as working in Audition -- maybe someone here can tell us if it will work in Soundbooth.
FLAC is a great format, IMO: I had the chance to compare clips from published CDs of Ezra Sims' microtonal compositions with the FLAC files posted on the Avante Garde Project site and some of the FLAC files sound better than the CDs (the Project says it gets the best masters it can). The FLAC files are about a third the size of the corresponding WAV files. Ezra's music is subtle and tonally complex -- a good test for the format. (The Project Archive is a treasure trove for contemporary music enthusiasts -- much there that is making its way from "avant garde" to "contemporary classic.")
http://www.avantgardeproject.org/archive.htm
More and more devices are becoming FLAC-enabled from the git-go, including an iPod-like mp3 player.
Linux (or*nux) systems are way ahead with FLAC-enabled programs and decoders -- when I get that brain transplant...
hope this helps, and maybe we'll hear from someone here who's tried a FLAC fiter/plugin with Soundbooth ...
m

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config: loading file /etc/mpd.conf
listen: binding to address for 192.168.1.3
listen: binding to socket address 192.168.1.3:6600
path: path_set_fs_charset: fs charset is: UTF-8
database: reading DB
disabling the last.fm playlist plugin because account is not configured
daemon: opening pid file
daemon: writing pid file
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Jun 28 00:54 : client: [0] process command "playlistfind filename "Lossy - Tagged and Sorted/Wild Oats/WO-0001 - Kyle Hall - Worx Of Art EP 1 - 2008/Kyle Hall - 01 - Fuse N Me .mp3""
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Jun 28 00:54 : add to playlist: Lossy - Tagged and Sorted/Wild Oats/WO-0001 - Kyle Hall - Worx Of Art EP 1 - 2008/Kyle Hall - 01 - Fuse N Me .mp3
Jun 28 00:54 : database: get song: Lossy - Tagged and Sorted/Wild Oats/WO-0001 - Kyle Hall - Worx Of Art EP 1 - 2008/Kyle Hall - 01 - Fuse N Me .mp3
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Jun 28 00:54 : playlist: play 7:"Lossy - Tagged and Sorted/Wild Oats/WO-0001 - Kyle Hall - Worx Of Art EP 1 - 2008/Kyle Hall - 01 - Fuse N Me .mp3"
Jun 28 00:54 : decoder_thread: clearing mixramp tags
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Jun 28 00:54 : decoder_control: mixramp_prev_end = NULL
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Jun 28 00:54 : client: [0] process command "status"
Jun 28 00:54 : client: [0] command returned 0
Jun 28 00:54 : client: [0] process command "idle"
Jun 28 00:54 : client: [0] command returned 1
Jun 28 00:54 : client: [0] process command "playlistid "7""
Jun 28 00:54 : client: [0] command returned 0
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Jun 28 00:54 : mad: LAME track gain found: -5.000000
Jun 28 00:54 : mad: encoder delay is 576, encoder padding is 1818
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Whenever I run xbmc using the hdmi digital output it just plays mp3 and flac files without problems.
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TIA, dafart
Since
Last edited by dafart (2010-07-01 00:38:09)

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
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Also sound worked fine withh this config before I started installing ffmpeg-svn and alikes
hokasch:
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Thanks for your answer!
karol wrote:Are you using mpv and ffmpeg from the repos?
Yes, they are the vanilla packages from the repos.
karol wrote:Have you tried playing these files on another, non-Arch, system?
Well, I just updated an old Gentoo (which took some time) and experience the same messages with these files. Interestingly, when I fastforward, the message does not appear (on both systems).
karol wrote:Google shows these messages are pretty common, but since nothing seems to be broken, I don't think you need to worry.
Yes, I also tried to search these messages on Google. But I did not understand most of it. It's just that I could not understand why a file that was encoded by flac itself produce errors/warnings or anything like that when playing and just make sure that nothing is broken.

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If I want to use iTunes to catalog FLAC files (but NOT play them...as I use my logitech Squeezebox fior that) how do I get iTunes to accept FLAC files into the library?

As polydorus notes, iTunes has the huge shortcoming of not handling FLAC.
There are plugins that allow iTunes to play FLAC, but everything I've seen says they are problematic.
A much better approach is to get a 3rd party conversion program such as Switch and convert the FLAC files to an iTunes-compatible format such as AAC or AIFF.
Put the converted files in your iTunes library, and keep the original FLACs on hand for when you are using a more capable player.

Downloading then converting FLAC files to Mac compatible formats

Hi all...
I've been downloading music from archive.org and I always go for the mp3 files for one simple reason: I just don't know how to deal with the FLAC files. I've read dozens of posts here and still don't get it... so I live with the compressed mp3's. When I do try to access the FLAC's they appear in my Safari browser window through the Quicktime plug in. But how do I get them to my hard drive.... and then convert to one of the Mac compatible formats. The latter part seems pretty straightforward with the proper converter. But I can't seem to get my hands on the FLAC's themselves.
So.... 2 questions: getting the FLAC's on board and .... a user friendly converter.
Thanks!

What kind of file is it really?
It's a FLAC file. FLAC is its own format just like mp3 or AAC. I don't know the details of what is going on with iTunes. Fluke is making iTunes do something it wasn't designed to do so it isn't too surprising that iTunes may not be able to identify the files correctly. Likewise, when you tried to open a FLAC file in a browser window that browser application contains a list of applications to try to use to open files of various formats, but that doesn't mean it will always work. I could tell my browser to open Excel spreadsheet files in iTunes, but that doesn't mean iTunes will be able to do that. Since FLAC is an audio format the browser probably is set to toss all audio files at Quicktime in the hopes it can open them. I don't know if FLAC plugins exist for browsers. I use VLC to play individual FLAC files, or COG if I have a bunch (both free). You ccould set up your browser to fire up VLC if you download a FLAC file.

Amarok 1.4.10 from AUR plays flac files with errors

amarok 1.4.10 from AUR plays flac files with errors and i mean that it plays flac files but with strange behavior and of course the result is awful is there any chance to fix that problem. i have compile it with xine engine, can i use a different engine in PKGBUILD and how. i should write that i don't known much from configure a PKGBUILD by my own. with exaile and totem i have no problem i also play flacs with 24bit and 96khz audio quality. tnks for your time

Why not amarok 2.3 from extra?
Found this but its for 2.3: forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=85428
looks like amarok just uses xine, which I don't know much about...
the 2.3 version depends on kde4, so you can run kde4 system settings and switch the multimedia backend between xine, mplayer, and gstreamer (need the aur packages first). I know mplayer should use ffmpeg to playback though.
Edit: looks like exaile and totem use gstreamer for playback
Last edited by 1LordAnubis (2010-05-19 16:19:09)

How to import flac files as assets

Using Encore CS4:
When I create an audio DVD, I can add mp3 files as assets, but when I browse to a folder containing flac files, none are displayed as selectable.
Also there is not a choice in the filetype drop-down to filter flac files.
I've successfully added a flac filter to Audition 3.0, and am wondering if the same can be done for Encore.

Hello CESNET the best bet is to try http://blowintopieces.com/fluke/ I myself don't use Flac files but to any audiophile it's important to hear sound at it's best. Also WAV or AIFF & ALAC you will need to use http://tmkk.hp.infoseek.co.jp/xld/index_e.html to convert into ALAC.
P.S. their is also a simple FLAC player but can't remember it one more thing converting FLAC to WAV will not give you full TAGs. Best bet is to try just one file you've copied ether straight into iTunes or convert & see what's best for you.

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