<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>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.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Brian</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Apr 10, 2007, at 12:10, Tim wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="163370419-10042007">I found this:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="163370419-10042007"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="163370419-10042007">><FONT size="3">I would add -V and log all output to a file. also, someone has<BR>>reported that if the input FLAC file has errors and you use --force,<BR>>the transcoded file will only have data up to the error, and I still<BR>>have to look into this. so safer still would be>><BR>><BR>>... -exec sh -c 'flac -t {} && flac -8V {}' \; ...<BR>><BR>>Josh<BR>></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="163370419-10042007"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="163370419-10042007">I wish I could say that I understand this.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="163370419-10042007">Any chance someone could provide a bit more basic instructions?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="163370419-10042007">I know, what a PITA n00b! </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="163370419-10042007">Sorry, but I've rarely worked with command line syntax and I don't want to hose up my carefully ripped files.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="163370419-10042007">Anyone?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="163370419-10042007">Thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>