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Free FLAC to Apple Lossless converter for Windows?

Throw out iTunes, and install foobar2000. Install Rockbox on iPod, and then play flac, ogg, and other decent codecs. If you insist on being difficult, and want to continue putting up with Apple's crap, try dbpoweramp.

http://dbpoweramp.com/
 
iTunes sucks on all OS's for playing music. Its for charging your credit card, not actually playing music.

I believe foobar2000 will batch convert your files to AAC if you really want though. It will also help you manage your library and update/add tags from a number of different services. It will do all of this without locking up or crashing, unlike iTunes.
 
MrColin said:
iTunes sucks on all OS's for playing music. Its for charging your credit card, not actually playing music.

I believe foobar2000 will batch convert your files to AAC if you really want though. It will also help you manage your library and update/add tags from a number of different services. It will do all of this without locking up or crashing, unlike iTunes.
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Seconded.
 
lxskllr said:
Throw out iTunes, and install foobar2000. Install Rockbox on iPod, and then play flac, ogg, and other decent codecs. If you insist on being difficult, and want to continue putting up with Apple's crap, try dbpoweramp.

http://dbpoweramp.com/
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The paid version is every penny worth it, although I do admit that it is not good at encoding to AAC, at least I did not manage with it.


Octopuss said:
Buying iPod, isn't that like paying a prostitute for sex and walking away instead?

sorry for OT 😛
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Very true actually.
If Apple could, they would make money out of dead body as well. I used to admire Jobs and I love Mac OS but as I read his autobiography, I have grown resentment for him.
 
deltaforce said:
Very true actually.
If Apple could, they would make money out of dead body as well. I used to admire Jobs and I love Mac OS but as I read his autobiography, I have grown resentment for him.
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Eben Moglen said:
The death of Mr Jobs is a positive event.

I'm sorry to break it to you like that. He was a great artist and a moral monster, and he brought closer to the end of freedom every single time he put something out, because he hated sharing. It wasn't his fault. He was an artist. He hated sharing because he believed he invented everything even though he didn't.

Inside all those fine little boxes with the lit up apples on them that I see all around the room, is a bunch of free software tailored to give *him* control. Nothing illegal. Nothing wrong. He obeyed the licenses. He screwed us every time he could, and he took everything we gave him, and he made beautiful stuff that controlled its users.

Once upon a time, there was a man here who built stuff, in Berlin for Albert Speer. His name was Philip Johnson, and he was a wonderful artist, and a moral monster. And he said he went to work building buildings for the nazis because they had all the best graphics. And he meant it, because he was an artist, as Mr Jobs was an artist. But artistry is no guarantee of morality. We need free software.

The tablets that you use, that Mr Jobs designed are made to control you. You can't change the software. It's hard even to do ordinary programming. It doesn't really matter, they're just tablets. We just use them. We're just consuming the glory of what they give us, but they are consuming you too.
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IronWing said:
I'd like to convert a FLAC file to play in iTunes and on an iPod. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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I'd suggest to "convert" your player - get rid of iPod and get some better player, you can get an entry level audiophile HiFiMan 601 for $200 plus headphones/earphones, I got HiFiMan RE-262 for $120 which sounds incredibly.

You won't need no itunes or other software, just transfer files/folders to SD card and listen to music.

If your finances would allow, get better player - better HiFiMan or Colourfly or Astell & Kern and better heardphones/earphones.

As per OP, I'd suggest to look Hydrogen Audio site.
 
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