[QUOTE=lekkimsm;51168264]Can anyone name a free and reasonable mp3 converter that handles .flac, and isn't loaded with a fuckload of garbage malware etc?[/QUOTE]
ffmpeg for everything on the planet
[QUOTE=Brt5470;51168324]ffmpeg for everything on the planet[/QUOTE]
oh good god, what is this
Holy shit, it's no good ... I need at least a simple interface, with some buttons, i don't have the brains for this
[QUOTE=TheDestroyerOfall;51166533]To be honest if you even make close to that amount you'd be better off buying a house anyways. A guy I know mortgaged one for a year, had to move and rented it for sightly higher than the mortgage so it pays itself.[/QUOTE]
So he's not factoring in maintenance costs, taxes, or any other expenses?
[editline]7th October 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=lekkimsm;51168264]Can anyone name a free and reasonable mp3 converter that handles .flac, and isn't loaded with a fuckload of garbage malware etc?[/QUOTE]
Foobar with lamemp3. Even supports multithreading.
If you aren't doing batch conversions on tons of stuff, you don't need anything beyond your media player.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;51168324]ffmpeg for everything on the planet[/QUOTE]
This works too.
[QUOTE=Zephyrs;51168422]If you aren't doing batch conversions on tons of stuff, you don't need anything beyond your media player.[/QUOTE]
I am actually trying to batch convert for once, and VLC is being a prick.
[QUOTE=lekkimsm;51168444]I am actually trying to batch convert for once, and VLC is being a prick.[/QUOTE]
AIMP.
[editline]8th October 2016[/editline]
Oh nevermind it doesn't output MP3.
[editline]8th October 2016[/editline]
Not really sure why you would go to the effort of downloading lossless then ruin it to be honest.
[QUOTE=helifreak;51168449]Not really sure why you would go to the effort of downloading lossless then ruin it to be honest.[/QUOTE]
So you can have the source files, and then compress shit for your phone, or some other mobile device?
[editline]7th October 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=lekkimsm;51168444]I am actually trying to batch convert for once, and VLC is being a prick.[/QUOTE]
Foobar still does a decent job if it's just converting an entire folder.
[QUOTE=Zephyrs;51168465]So you can have the source files, and then compress shit for your phone, or some other mobile device?[/QUOTE]
Seems like a waste of effort to me, 64 GB SD cards are cheap as fuck and fit 97 hours of WAV, with average compression rates of FLAC that's ~140 hours. Do you really need that much music?
[QUOTE=helifreak;51168491]Seems like a waste of effort to me, 64 GB SD cards are cheap as fuck and fit 97 hours of WAV, with average compression rates of FLAC that's ~140 hours. Do you really need that much music?[/QUOTE]
Why not?
I personally don't like managing my library. I just bring a huge list of shit. Sometimes I won't listen to something for over a year, but if I feel like it, it's there. Less effort to compress stuff down than to manage it, and on a mobile device, it's not like I'm going to notice the difference in sound quality. I can barely do that as it is.
[QUOTE=helifreak;51168491]Seems like a waste of effort to me, 64 GB SD cards are cheap as fuck and fit 97 hours of WAV, with average compression rates of FLAC that's ~140 hours. Do you really need that much music?[/QUOTE]
Dude, it's for my old mans car radio. I think it's gonna be a long while before the standard car stereo in a Citroën Berlingo will take FLAC.
[editline]8th October 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Zephyrs;51168465]Foobar still does a decent job if it's just converting an entire folder.[/QUOTE]
Foobar was the one to finally make sense for me. Thanks.
[QUOTE=lekkimsm;51168420]oh good god, what is this
Holy shit, it's no good ... I need at least a simple interface, with some buttons, i don't have the brains for this[/QUOTE]
I found it a bit annoying to see command-line programs for something I actually needed to use.
If command line isn't logical or obtuse, sure. but ffmpeg is crazy straight forward.
You can find some basic batch templates to use as well.
ffmpeg -i audio.flac -c:a mp3 -b:a 320k audio.mp3
like that's a simple idea of it.
[QUOTE=garychencool;51168613]I found it a bit annoying to see command-line programs for something I actually needed to use.[/QUOTE]
What useful isn't command line?
I will never understand how people, especially those in this thread, are so scared of the command line
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;51169237]I will never understand how people, especially those in this thread, are so scared of the command line[/QUOTE]
Command line on Windows sucks ass though. Anything more than downloading something with youtube-dl or converting something with ffmpeg is a painful experience.
[editline]8th October 2016[/editline]
Don't even get me started on batch files :vomit:
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;51169237]I will never understand how people, especially those in this thread, are so scared of the command line[/QUOTE]
i dont know how to use a keyboard
[QUOTE=Levelog;51169220]What useful isn't command line?[/QUOTE]
It would be really awesome if ffmpeg can have an actual UI
[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;51169307][img]http://i.imgur.com/0pueb3O.png[/img][/QUOTE]
yeah but it's supposed to be the people we gossip about, not the people frequenting the thread :v:
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;51169366]yeah but it's supposed to be the people we gossip about, not the people frequenting the thread :v:[/QUOTE]
oh
guess I'll leave
[QUOTE=helifreak;51169326]Command line on Windows sucks ass though. Anything more than downloading something with youtube-dl or converting something with ffmpeg is a painful experience.
[editline]8th October 2016[/editline]
Don't even get me started on batch files :vomit:[/QUOTE]
I mean no argument there, that's why I'm on Linux right this very second. But for something simple like running ffmpeg there's no real difference.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;51169372]
Makol no.....[/QUOTE]
but I accidentally bought gluten free spaghetti and I literally watched it dissolve while I made it
idk where I went wrong
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;51169383]:unimpressed:[/QUOTE]
how do I spaghetti
[QUOTE=garychencool;51169346]It would be really awesome if ffmpeg can have an actual UI[/QUOTE]
except no
ffmpeg being a command line tool means it's easily usable over ssh (so you can render on a server, for example), easy to use in shell scripts/batch files, it's easily used as a backend for other applications that [I]do[/I] use a gui, etc
not that I'm opposed to ffmpeg [URL="http://www.iffmpeg.com"]having an optional gui[/URL] but first and foremost it should remain a command line tool
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;51169387]except no
ffmpeg being a command line tool means it's easily usable over ssh (so you can render on a server, for example), easy to use in shell scripts/batch files, it's easily used as a backend for other applications that [I]do[/I] use a gui, etc
not that I'm opposed to ffmpeg [URL="http://www.iffmpeg.com"]having an optional gui[/URL] but first and foremost it should remain a command line tool[/QUOTE]
That's what I meant, an optional UI. That's what I needed. Either that or I stick to Adobe Media Encoder.
[QUOTE=garychencool;51169476]That's what I meant, an optional UI. That's what I needed. Either that or I stick to Adobe Media Encoder.[/QUOTE]
The term you want is "GUI frontend".
[url=http://corz.org/windows/software/ffe/]I found[/url] [url=http://www.avanti.arrozcru.org/]two on Google.[/url]
[editline]7th October 2016[/editline]
Or you can just use foobar2000, I'm not sure there's a media operation ever conceived of which that program can't do with some components from hydrogen audio's forums.
Watching pending sector count on your spinning drive fluctuate like :worried:
64 -> 112 -> 96
[editline]7th October 2016[/editline]
Also I'm thinking this drive doesn't actually report uncorrectable sector count properly? It is always pegged at the same number as pending
MTGO is really making my R9 380X toasty
why
So I decide to go out for dinner, and somehow end up here.
I don't think I'll make it home tonight..
Anyways, here's that VCR that i posted last night
[t]http://i.imgur.com/HPKzXqu.jpg[/t]
we got this monstrosity from a family friend about 11-12 years ago, only purpose was watch family videos and stuff. IIRC we had a VCR 18 years ago, which is why i still have that tape of Tom & Jerry.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/wlPNwQY.jpg[/t]
From the looks of the box art, it's some eastern european compilation(czech, romania, bulgaria?) with a unrelated cover, that shows the images from the movie. So what's inside the tape? A compilation of Chuck Jones's era Tom & Jerry. I used to watch that shit when i was 2-3 years old.
About the tape quality. Even after it being over 20 years old, it still has audio, but the quality is washed out a little. Here's a paused frame
[t]http://i.imgur.com/obBXAWb.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;51169237]I will never understand how people, especially those in this thread, are so scared of the command line[/QUOTE]
I do command line on windows since it's just specific files. Command line stuff on linux is why I keep vodka next to me. Mainly so I can say I have vodka next to me.
[editline]8th October 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=garychencool;51169346]It would be really awesome if ffmpeg can have an actual UI[/QUOTE]
ffmpeg is basically an engine. use whatever car-body you want on it. Almost every "converter" out there just uses ffmpeg under it.
I'm actually surprised you don't know it by hand. It's such an incredible tool to fix files for editing.
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