Suggestion for ape, flac, mp3 conversion tool.

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SpeedyVV

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I would like some suggestions for best multi-threaded tool for converting different audio formats.

I would like to standardize on FLAC and mp3 as the 2 formats I keep for both home and mobile use.

Main use will be storing my CD collection to FLAC, and also mp3 for mobile devices with limited storage.

By best, I mean, a combination of price (free is best off course), easy of use, quality, speed (hence multi threaded to make use of my 6 cores), and additionoal features.

I have yet to be able to figure out what is the best player to manage my music collection, so any advice on that would also be good.

Currently I use VLC for playing my FLAC music, and Plex for streaming, but I am open to better options on that too.

Thanks
 
Snowknight26 said:
Could give foobar200 a shot.
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Kool, good suggestion. Trying it now.

Mind you, the default looks like crap :p

I'll spend some time later to see if I can change it to look nicer. from some screen shots online, it looks like it can.
 
mediamonkey allows you to convert from format to format on the fly. i.e convert from FLAC to mp3 as you upload to a portable device... That way you only need to store one format on your PC. Mediamonkey is free, but it's $20 to get the gold edition that gives you that feature.

I found it $20 well worth spent.
 
I think I will keep foobar2000 for now, since I prefer to keep a copy in mp3. HHD space is cheap and transfer will be qwuicker.

Besides, it is hard to beat free ;)
 
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