Hey guys.

I have some music files that are saved under .flac instead of .wav or .mp3. This doesn't allow the files to go on my ipod or to be burnt to CD. I had a look online and managed to find a converter, although it only allows for 3 minutes of converting to be done to each song (all the songs are longer). Is there any way to crack the program or another way to convert them at all? Cheers!

Foobar2000. One of the optional components is a converter. Try Foobar out as a music player as well, it's incredibly trim and efficient, endlessly customizable.

Thanks heaps bro. I can't seem to find the component that is a converter though.

Nevermind, I have figured it out and done it. Thanks heaps again .

I see this has been answered already, but I would like to suggest using ffmpeg in the future if Foobar2000 isn't available, most GUI converters are more or less frontends to ffmpeg anyway. Usage is basically "ffmpeg -i file.flac file.mp3" but with a couple of extra flags for bitrate and stuff. Can convert pretty much any media formats too with the right parameters.

Thanks for that anyway bro. Yeah I have never needed to do this in the past, so I had no idea that some music players can do it automatically. Winamp even does it as well. I was just doing it wrong! :lol: I may need help again as there were a couple of CD's I tried burning and there was a format that my computer programs couldn't read. I have misplaced my CD case though so until I find it I can't do it :shock:

Foobar > Winamp

I'm sorry. The proper way is to go to the official source, download the most recent application and then use the commands for decoding the flac files to raw audio, which would be something like:

Although your knowledge is great and unquestionable Oz, your timing of providing this information is not at a good standard at all