[Flac] RE: Converting to 1.1.4, help please!

[Josh Coalson]

PS I think you're on windows right?  I'm pretty sure you can do
mass conversions with foobar2000 and/or dbpoweramp
http://www.foobar2000.org/
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
see also 
http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html#extras

--- Josh Coalson <xflac at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I remember that thread but I can't remember if that command is
> exactly what you want.  everyone has little differences in their
> situation that makes a general solution hard.  this list is not
> really the place for shell tutorial, I highly recommend this
> book: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bash3/ and if you're on
> windows, install http://cygwin.com/
> 
> otherwise, I think this comes up a lot on the slimserver forums
> and people have posted other solutions.
> 
> as for that bug that required the test step first, that was
> fixed in flac-1.1.4; especially if you already have a backup,
> I wouldn't worry about the extra test step.
> 
> --- Tim <ht_nut at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > My FLAC files reside on my Infrant NV (XRAID) and are also backed
> up
> > on my PC and on an external USB HDD.  That makes 3 copies.
> > I've read most everything on the FLAC site, but as I have mentioned
> > I don't know much about structuring a command line.  My PC is also
> > quite old (early P4 from 2000 w/256MB RAM) so I think it will take
> a
> > LOT 
> > of time for this to run through over 1200 CDs worth of FLAC files. 
> 
> > Hence my desire to get it right the first time.  
> > I can only assume that this will take my PC more than
> > a day uninterrupted (that's also with 0 crashes - very optimistic).
> >  
> > I would not ask for command syntax help if I did not need it.
> > I most definitely do need help.
> >  
> > I read through the examples on a previous thread (converting to
> > 1.1.3)
> > including an example from Josh himself,
> > but the instructions were not entirely clear to me.
> > I'm not an idiot, I just need a hand.
> > Tim
> > 
> >  > If your files are that important, then you should make a
> complete
> > backup
> > 
> > > before you change anything. After you have a backup, you can
> learn
> > how  
> > > to use the command line without worrying about mistakes. For that
> > matter,
> > 
> > > copy a subset of your old files to a new directory, and try some
> of
> > the
> > commands.
> > >
> > > 
> > >Brian
> >  
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> 
> 
> 
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