On 18/10/2017 08:50, Bob Latham wrote:
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RJH wrote:
I'd like to convert about 4000 FLAC files to 16/44 ALAC. Most of the
FLAC files are 16/44, a few are 24/96, and a few are in between.

Speed isn't an issue - I can leave the PC (or Mac) running all day. I've
been using this recently to no apparent ill effect:

https://www.mediahuman.com/howto/con...c-to-alac.html

However, I want to be sure that the conversion is as accurate as
possible. Is there a way of checking, or a preferred method?

I'd would love to know why you wish to do this.

With a heavy heart ;-)

I'm going to park my music on a Mac Mini, and use that as the source for
playback through my hifi. It's an old machine so not worth much if I
sold it - but it's pretty much silent and low power consumption.

And the critical thing is that iTunes (the Mac software equivalent of
Windows Media Player - or whatever it's called nowadays) can serve the
music alongside a very capable smartphone app. iTunes is a pain on its
own - I can't get it to act as a simple media player. But it works very
well as a software server.

Am I not correct in
thinking that Flac is open standard and anyone can build devices that
support it and Alac is proprietary Apple?


No, not really. More a ridiculous Apple quirk. Just about any media
application will play FLAC files natively except flippin iTunes.

I just can't see the advantage unless it is just that apple don't support
Flac by default which is a short coming of Apple not Flac. There are
plenty of Apple apps that will play hi-res flac.


Yes indeed - VLC is my app of choice. And it has half decent smartphone
support. But it has quirks like erratic gapless playback.


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Cheers, Rob