How to convert .flac files to .mp3 using Windows

August 14th, 2006 by Ross McKillop | Print This Post Print This Post
Windows iPod/iPhone

note: the OS X version of this tutorial can be found here.

You’ve downloaded a concert or two from http://bt.etree.org and now you want to convert the flac files to mp3 to take with you on your iPod or MP3 player. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to do just that, using Microsoft Windows. Read on

First things first, make sure you’ve downloaded and installed Winamp, the Flac with library support plug-in for Winamp, and iTunes, all of which are free.

There are two steps in converting your .flac files to .mp3. The first is to decode the .flac’s into .wav files. After that’s done, you’ll encode the .wav files into .mp3’s.

Decoding .flac files with Winamp
Encoding .wav files with iTunes

Decoding .flac files with Winamp

  1. Open Winamp and select Options and then Preferences… (note: if you’re using the “classic version” skin, open the Winamp Preferences by clicking the Control and p keys on your keyboard)

    2. setting up winamp
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  2. Select Output from the Plug-ins section of the left window, and then select Nullsoft Disk Writer. Click Configure.

    3. setting up winamp
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  3. Click the Directory: button so you can choose a location to save the .wav files

    4. setting up winamp

  4. Navigate to the folder you want to save the .wav files in. I usually save them in the same folder as the .flac files.

    5. setting up winamp
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  5. Click OK to return to the Preferences window, and then Close to return to Winamp. Now select File -> Play file… and navigate to the folder with your .flac files. Select all of the .flac files by single-clicking the first file, holding down the Shift key on your keyboard, and then single-clicking the last file. When all of the files are selected, click Open

    6. setting up winamp
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  6. Press the Play button. Winamp will now decode the .flac files and turn them into .wav files. It typically takes about 20 seconds to convert a 5 minute song, but this depends on how “fast” your PC is.

    Once Winamp is done decoding the files, make sure to set the Plug-ins -> Output back to DirectSound output, or the next time you try to play a file using Winamp, it will decode that file instead.

    Check to make sure all of the .wav files were created.

    7. setting up winamp
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Encoding .wav files with iTunes

  1. First you need to make sure that iTunes will encode the songs to .mp3 (rather than the default, which is .aac). Start by selecting Edit and then Preferences…

    2. setting up itunes

  2. Select the Advanced tab, and then the Importing tab. Select MP3 Encoder from the Import Using: list, and then choose a quality from the Setting list. You may want to remove the check-mark from Play songs while importing (I find it annoying, and it makes the encoding time slightly longer). Click OK when you’re done.

    3. setting up itunes border=
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  3. Back in the main iTunes window, select File and then Add Folder to Library…

    4. setting up itunes

  4. Navigate to the folder that you saved the .wav files in and select it. Click OK

    5. setting up itunes

  5. Find the newly imported .wav files in iTunes and select them all (single-click the first file, hold down the Shift key on your keyboard, and then single-click the last file). Right-click on any of the selected files and choose Convert Select to MP3. You may want to get a cup of coffee right now, as this step will take a while (depending on the number of files you’re converting).

    6. setting up itunes
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  6. iTunes will let you know it’s done converting the files by playing a little “beep”. Now is also a good time to remove the .wav files from your iTunes library so you don’t confuse them with the (identical looking) mp3 files. With the .wav files still highlighted, click the Delete key on your keyboard. If prompted, click the Remove button.

    7. setting up itunes
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That’s it, you’re done! Rename the files in iTunes (if you wish), give them a listen or transfer them to your iPod/mp3 player. Don’t forget to delete the .wav files if you no longer need them - they’re pretty big and take up quite a bit of space on your hard drive.

The .mp3 files can be found by going to My Documents -> My Music -> iTunes -> iTunes Music -> Artist Name -> Album Name

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  1. 382 Responses to “How to convert .flac files to .mp3 using Windows”

  2. By brenna on Sep 18, 2006 | Reply

    I’m having trouble with winamp, everthing you say is written perfectly, but when i follow th einstructions winamp doesn’t convert the files to wav, they open into winamp, but its like the program is waiting for something.

  3. By Ross on Sep 19, 2006 | Reply

    Brenna,

    Did you click “play” in Winamp after you added the files? Winamp won’t actually “play” the files, but they’ll decode to .wav (pretty quickly). If you only loaded one song, and did click play, check the directory you set (see step 3 at the top) - the file might be there (and you may not have noticed it decode since it happened so quickly). Hope this helps -

    Ross

  4. By Jeff on Nov 17, 2006 | Reply

    Sort of a silly brute-force way of doing it, but helped me out!

    Thanks!!

  5. By Anna on Jan 6, 2007 | Reply

    Just wanted to say thanks. Just spent 20 minutes trying to find a free trial with a converter program that would do more than 1 or 2 minutes.

    This was really simple and easy to follow. Thank you.

  6. By g. on Jan 17, 2007 | Reply

    This was easy to follow & understand. Clear, concise, coherent. Thank you so much for writing this so that I could understand it & not making me feel like a fool at the same time. :)

  7. By kennydoe on Jan 26, 2007 | Reply

    Thank goodness for you (whoever figured this out and wrote it in such easy-to-follow directions)!

    After trying out several cryptic programs and websites i finally found this one and I’m all set!

    Thanks again
    ~kenny

  8. By Tom on Jan 28, 2007 | Reply

    Yours was the clearest info I found.
    Screen shots were reassuring. Worked well. End result just as I wanted ..a John Cale concert moved from downloaded FLAC format onto portable MP3 player (using 320 bitrate in deference to original quality)

  9. By Peter on Feb 1, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you so much. I, like others, was searching for a while to find a freeware application that could do this, and here was a simple procedure waiting in the wings. Your instructions were extremely clear and worked like a charm. Thanks again!

  10. By rfq on Feb 5, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you for the help it was very easy to understand
    and to follow with all the screen shots You deserve a raise.

  11. By pete on Feb 6, 2007 | Reply

    Just wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time to help out the computer challenged. I found some really great live recordings online, and being able to share those sounds with friends and family is such a treasure!!
    Namaste

  12. By will on Feb 10, 2007 | Reply

    wow that was absolutely great
    thank you so easy

  13. By Monique on Feb 11, 2007 | Reply

    Perfection.

    Many thanks!

  14. By Matthew on Feb 13, 2007 | Reply

    Excellent tutorial! Thank you very much!

  15. By Andy Colla on Feb 13, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you so much. Saved me a lot of time. Greetings from Brazil.

  16. By Eric on Feb 16, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks for the guide but I have a problem towards the end. I successfully converted the FLAC files to WAV format, but iTunes would not recognize the WAV files when I tried to import them. Does anybody know why that happens and possibly any solutions? Any response would be greatly appreciated!

  17. By Eric on Feb 16, 2007 | Reply

    Never mind. I found out what I did wrong. Thanks again.

  18. By Bob on Feb 17, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks So much for the easy and simple instructions….After first Googleing FLAC to Mp3 I thought I was going to have to install yet another converter (GREAT), but thanks to you no way, I already had what I needed. You help was very much appreciated !!!!

  19. By Arne on Feb 21, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks a lot. Great way to convert. You helped me solve my problem in an easy-to-comprehend way. Wish everybody were this clear when explaning things.

  20. By Nemo on Feb 22, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks for this, it’s a great and easy way to convert flac files without having to install a bunch of crappy programs that take up unnecessary space.
    Although I used LAME to convert into mp3’s but it’s all the same.
    Thanks.

  21. By Kevin on Feb 24, 2007 | Reply

    thanks! worked perfectly.. good job!

  22. By Ryan on Feb 24, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks for this, worded really well and easy to follow. Although if you do not want to use itunes to convert the .wav’s to mp3, Exact Audio Copy with Lame mp3 plug in works well to.

  23. By vanya on Feb 27, 2007 | Reply

    thanks the description is perfect

  24. By Nik on Mar 1, 2007 | Reply

    Sweet! Thank you!

  25. By Ximena on Mar 2, 2007 | Reply

    I don’t really know what I’m doing wrong. I installed Winamp and the flac plug-in, but whenever I got to convert it into .wav file, the Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in isn’t there. Can you tell me what I’m doing wrong, because I can’t seem to figure it out. I would really appreciate it.

  26. By Theodore1 on Mar 3, 2007 | Reply

    Excellent guide :) I also wanted to convert ape to mp3 and worked exactly the same way!
    Thanks

  27. By Martin on Mar 3, 2007 | Reply

    hey thanks a lot. now i can listen to my MM show with ease.

  28. By Loic on Mar 3, 2007 | Reply

    Great HowTo :)
    To skip the wav step, you can simply install the “out lame” plugin (http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=143606) in winamp.

    Start winamp, Ctrl+P (i.e. Preferences), go to the “Plug-ins->Output”, select “Lame MP3 Writer plugin” and click on “Configure”… the configuration is pretty straight forward. I personally like VBR (Variable Bit Rate) min 128, max 192…

    Enjoy :)

  29. By Loic on Mar 3, 2007 | Reply

    To Ximena, you do not need the “Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in” if you install the “out lame” plugin (http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=143606). It will save you one step, by writing the songs directly in MP3. Let us know you still have problems…

    Cheers,

  30. By Ximena on Mar 6, 2007 | Reply

    It worked this time, thanks so much!

  31. By Nikita on Mar 8, 2007 | Reply

    Great incstructions: saved me a lot of time and it is a simple help without downloading any crap.

    Thanks a lot!

  32. By LEE on Mar 12, 2007 | Reply

    When I press open after selecting flac files in step 5 I get a FLAC PLUG IN ERROR saying there was an error processing metadata(FLAC_FILE_DECODER_SEEKABLE_STREAM_DECODER_ERROR)

  33. By Bodini on Mar 15, 2007 | Reply

    Oh SNAP!

    Check out comment #28 by Loic. THAT is as good of a tip as this whole tutorial, which is VERY good.

  34. By Andrea on Mar 19, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you !) for this tutorial. I was scratching my head trying to figure out how to get the .flac files on my ipod!

  35. By tue on Mar 23, 2007 | Reply

    i forgot to change the settings in winamp back and accidentaly changed an avi file to wav. can i change the file back?

  36. By loa on Mar 23, 2007 | Reply

    thanks maaan…

  37. By PeterE on Mar 24, 2007 | Reply

    Great work on the guide, but I have a different approach that will work with more OS’s (and is - dare I say - simpler?)

    One time setup:
    1. Download and install Audacity.
    2. Run Audacity and go to Edit; Preferences; File Formats
    3. In the MP3 box, click “Find Library” and find the lame-enc.dll file on your computer. (Go to this page for instructions on downloading it if you don’t already have one.)

    To convert file:
    1. Open the .flac file with Audacity.
    2. File; Export as; MP3

  38. By Ming on Mar 26, 2007 | Reply

    Didn’t work for me…
    Just like comment #1.
    Any suggestions on what “crappy” programs to use?

  39. By Jake Boldt on Mar 26, 2007 | Reply

    WOW! WOW!

    This works perfectly! Its even easier to do that downloading a crappy trial flac-to-mp3 and having it not work, and then trying other software. I already had itunes, because I have an ipod, then I download the minimum version of winamp, and did it all. It took me about 3 minutes. REALLY, REALLY easy and it does not cost ANYTHING!! Thanks so much for putting this info up
    !!!

  40. By gris blod on Mar 29, 2007 | Reply

    thanx alot
    almost too simple :)

  41. By Colin on Apr 1, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks alot worked a treat and was easy to do. I spent ages looking for a converter as mine didn’t support FLAC files. Glad I found this site and didn’t waste my money on one that did.

    Thanks again

  42. By Ryan Pratt on Apr 1, 2007 | Reply

    AWESOME, much appreciated!

  43. By sash on Apr 5, 2007 | Reply

    cheers mate
    the instructions were clear, concise and to the point
    and more importantly, it works
    thanks a lot
    you are a star

  44. By Fred on Apr 6, 2007 | Reply

    Excellent! You are amazing, you are a saviour! Was about to resort to downloading one of those damn freewares which would be the worst thing to do for a simple task like that.. You rock!

  45. By Thom on Apr 6, 2007 | Reply

    When I go to Winamp preferences>output>Nullsoft..>configure>

    I get the message “nothing to configure”

  46. By Night Dragon on Apr 7, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks for the detailed instructions. Excellent details and pictures.

    I easily completed the task. Great work!

  47. By cristina on Apr 9, 2007 | Reply

    THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!! Ive never done that before and it was SO easy!! :D Not daunting at all. Thank you so much, it was very clear.

  48. By Bartek W on Apr 10, 2007 | Reply

    Superb ! The man who wrote it is genius!

  49. By Bartek W on Apr 10, 2007 | Reply

    Superb ! The man who wrote it is genius!

  50. By Julio Cesar Diaz on Apr 10, 2007 | Reply

    This is absolutely great.
    Fantastic.

    The writer not only explains step by step simply how to do it, but it also provides the tools needed.

    Simply superb as many said.

    Cheers from Argentina.

  51. By Olivier on Apr 11, 2007 | Reply

    Omg, Thanks alot! It worked, I had downloaded these files that no music player could play and now I can listen to them in Mp3 form ^^.
    Three thumbs up.

  52. By Darksmurf on Apr 12, 2007 | Reply

    Currently the stable build of Audacity won’t import FLAC in Windows, but the 1.3 beta release will. Using the method described by PeterE in comment 38 will now work perfectly. The only drawback is you can’t do batch processing, at least as far as I have been able to figure out.

  53. By William on Apr 17, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks a lot man. For almost a year now I’ve been wondering as to haw to convert some Bonnaroo 2006 shows into .mp3 format for my player. Now when I go to the fest this year even when people aren’t performing, I can have my own little show for my friends at my car. Thanks again.

  54. By david on Apr 19, 2007 | Reply

    hi, just to say thanks for making it so clear and useful! just converting some damien rice concert now..

    thanks again

  55. By Jerry on Apr 21, 2007 | Reply

    Much thanks for the tutorial!
    Clear, well explained, and screenshots are invaluable.

  56. By weave on Apr 23, 2007 | Reply

    i love this tutorial, however i dont use itunes, but i do use winamp.
    i found that all i had to do was use winamp, and then convert my files to mp3 or mpr with nero, really easy! thanks again

  57. By Gezmond Baggerbond on Apr 23, 2007 | Reply

    Cheers dude - I wasn’t aware that Winamp was so multipurpose - TOP guide fella.

  58. By vaibhav on Apr 24, 2007 | Reply

    The instructions were clear and concise.It rocked !

  59. By john on Apr 24, 2007 | Reply

    Very nicely done. Thank you very much. Documentation was precise and flowed perfectly.

    Well done and thanks.

  60. By Santamelb on Apr 24, 2007 | Reply

    thanks.. worked well.
    just a quick question, how do i now get winamp back to playing music..?
    it now starts converting everything.. elp!

  61. By Mungo on Apr 24, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you for a clear, concise method - really appreciate it.

    Cheers
    Mungo

  62. By Nic on Apr 26, 2007 | Reply

    Much appreciated!

  63. By BAzZ on Apr 27, 2007 | Reply

    very cool! so straight forward, worked flawlessly
    Cheers for that

    :-)

  64. By Niall on Apr 28, 2007 | Reply

    omg thank you so much that helped me alot. love from aus…

    later

  65. By Mike on May 5, 2007 | Reply

    I never leave comments at these pages, but I feel obligated here, because this is the most elegant set of instructions I have ever seen. Thanks so much, you saved me so much time.

  66. By J on May 7, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you very much for that! Well written and easy to follow- got all the songs converted in no time.

  67. By Vicente on May 7, 2007 | Reply

    I had a problem with winamp, in the output section, I don’t have the Nullsoft Disk Writer option. I installed the plug-in that you recommende to Ximena, but it only plays the files, it doesn’t convert them. Can somebody please help?

  68. By Matt on May 8, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you very much
    You are very clear and concise, Nice screen shots!
    You cut out all the crap of looking for a “converter” which is now unnecessary.

    I hope that you have written more help files on things i may need in the future! :-)

  69. By Don King on May 9, 2007 | Reply

    Worked very well, clear instructions. It is a great add-in to winamp. Thank you very much.

  70. By jordan on May 11, 2007 | Reply

    man that was so helpful, very clear! thanks man!

  71. By mike on May 13, 2007 | Reply

    everything worked out except that when i played the newly converted songs, it was really slow…the song kinda sounded like it was in “slow motion,” for lack of better words…any help would be greatly appreciated

  72. By Gary on May 19, 2007 | Reply

    Thank You!!!
    Worked great!

  73. By Arul Prasad on May 20, 2007 | Reply

    thanks :)

  74. By Yvonne on May 20, 2007 | Reply

    i didn’t understand how to convert from wav. to mp3, so if anyone could give further instructions I would greatly appreciate it

  75. By Peter Wilson on May 22, 2007 | Reply

    BRILLIANT!!!!! Thank you so much. I have been searching for software to enable me to do this, for ages. So easy to follow guide, what more can I say BRILLIANT!!!!!

  76. By Ahmoa on May 22, 2007 | Reply

    will thank you very much, i was searching for converter but your way is so easy, i used jetaduio to convert flac fils to wav format then i used another program to convert to mp3
    your idea was helpful
    thank you again

    Ahmos

  77. By Ignis on May 23, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you very much for this great tutorial. :) It ws very helpful! :)

  78. By Jenna on May 23, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you very much for these clear directions! I searched for a converter for FLAC files, and couldn’t find anything useful until I stumbled upon this. Thank you again for writing these for the non-knowin’s of the internet.

  79. By George on May 24, 2007 | Reply

    REALLY good method, thanks a laod.
    I forgot to download winamp patch but it worked after doing so.

    Cheers! ^_^

  80. By SpaceMonkey on May 26, 2007 | Reply

    I have to say this is by far the best and easiest guide to convert Flac to mp3. I would also like to add that if you go into the Itunes preferences and navigate to the advanced tab, then click on Importing, and then select the drop down “setting”. You can change the Bit rate to 320 kbps. Hope this helps all you music junkies out there! :-)

  81. By Gerr on Jun 2, 2007 | Reply

    It was very easy.
    Thanks a lot.

  82. By Bill on Jun 3, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks. Simple and helpful. Cheers

  83. By Dusty on Jun 6, 2007 | Reply

    Hey thanx alot!!!! Much appreciated!!!

  84. By Kerri on Jun 8, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks a lot, this was super helpful!

  85. By James on Jun 9, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you SO much! Extremely helpful. Worked perfectly!

  86. By Jan on Jun 10, 2007 | Reply

    Great tutorial. But I am trying to burn Audiobook files and had 2 problems:

    1. Unfortunately, I have Vista. So everything worked including the conversion, until I went to ‘Check to make sure all of the .wav files were created’ - I can’t see file extensions. Even so, I followed all instructions and burned a CD. But it doesn’t play in my CD player, even though I selected ‘Mastered’ version. Is there something else I do to ensure my burned CD will play on my CD player?

    2. So as an alternative, I tried saving to iTunes. But when I tried to ‘Add Folder to Library’ in iTunes, I can’t see my files anywhere. Is there another way to get them into iTunes? Thanks!

  87. By steve O on Jun 11, 2007 | Reply

    Just wanted to say thanks for this as Ive been trying to figure out how to do this for ages now.

    The easy step by steps are also a great help…. thanks loads my friend.

    Steve O

  88. By Leonardo on Jun 11, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you
    .flac sux

  89. By Tin on Jun 13, 2007 | Reply

    WOW. I just had to leave a comment. I never leave comments but your step by step was amazing.

    It worked! Thanks so much!!

    (And yes, flac SUCKS!)

  90. By Jacky on Jun 14, 2007 | Reply

    There is a tool from SoftRM can rip flac file to mp3 files, http://www.softrm.com/english/product.htm.

    Only 3 flac files can be ripped in trial version. The registration fee is $19.95.

  91. By Ads on Jun 14, 2007 | Reply

    Great help, thanks!

  92. By Mew on Jun 16, 2007 | Reply

    At # 94 Why would any sane person go to that site and pay for that converter when they can do it free this way?

  93. By magsie on Jun 17, 2007 | Reply

    i used the suggested winamp plugin and it worked fine. i originally tried converting using itunes only but itunes didn’t recognize the file format. i didn’t know winamp is the solution until i stumbled upon this how to article.

    thanks! =)

  94. By Ai on Jun 18, 2007 | Reply

    You are a star :) Thanks a lot!!!

  95. By Robin on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply

    Simple, easy and quick guide explained oh so clearly.
    Many thanks!

  96. By steelhips on Jun 20, 2007 | Reply

    Many, many thanks - clear concise and it works!

  97. By kikovilela on Jun 21, 2007 | Reply

    GREAT!!
    It’s the best tutorial about this in the web!
    Very short, clear and effective!
    Hugs!!

    Kiko

  98. By Nyx on Jun 22, 2007 | Reply

    Way togo easiest guide i’ve used in a long time

  99. By Eric on Jun 25, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks very much for this well put together guide.

  100. By Cuervo on Jun 25, 2007 | Reply

    Great guide. Thanks for the effort.

  101. By Aman on Jul 3, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks a ton for putting this online. Was going nuts looking at other websites. Simple and easy to follow directions. Worked flawlessly.

  102. By Susan on Jul 5, 2007 | Reply

    well I found this easy enough, read everyone’s comments, sounded easy so I downloaded and installed winamp and flac with library support from the links here, but the next step - configuring the nullsoft disk writer - was my first stumbling block - it wasn’t in the list. repeated the steps, same results, please advise…. thx

  103. By Yman on Jul 7, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks!!!!

  104. By Albert Hartmann on Jul 7, 2007 | Reply

    Excellent! Easy and clear tutorial. Afterwards, I converted from .wav to .mp3 using dBpower AMP Music Converter.

  105. By Vishal from India on Jul 7, 2007 | Reply

    Dude You R Fuckin Brilliant

  106. By Nick on Jul 7, 2007 | Reply

    THANK YOU!

  107. By Stephen on Jul 8, 2007 | Reply

    Awesome help. That was the easiest and most straightforward way of converting flac files to mp3 that I could have hoped for. Excellent. All the other converters that are free only convert 4 or so files at a time unless you purchase them so this was the best advice for flac conversion. GOOD WORK!

  108. By apmc on Jul 8, 2007 | Reply

    What a good walkthru…I have been wanting to change an album in flac format to a WAV or mp3 for a while and was expecting to pay a small fortune to do it…this is so simple, free, and effective! Well done…nice one! :D

  109. By Jmoran on Jul 8, 2007 | Reply

    Thanx man, great instructions and dead easy to follow! Superb!

  110. By Strikersgun on Jul 8, 2007 | Reply

    Thx alot for the guide it was really useful in converting these songs

  111. By Ryuji on Jul 8, 2007 | Reply

    Great man!
    A quick and easy way to do it yourself, I don’t think you could’ve explained it better xD
    Thanks for making us all save time, (money, for some ppl =p), and all that stress in searching through crap software ;)

  112. By Saiphai on Jul 8, 2007 | Reply

    Check out http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=234823 The 4th post down talks about a Transcoder plug-in for Winamp that makes it even easier. Just used it myself and it worked flawlessly. Thanks for your walkthrough though. I used your method and it worked fine for me, this is just faster and easier… no offense ;)

  113. By sventurata on Jul 12, 2007 | Reply

    Worked like a charm - thanks a bunch!

  114. By Robin Bowes on Jul 22, 2007 | Reply

    Anyone who is happy using the command-line might like to try my flac2mp3 script.

    Details here: http://robinbowes.com/projects/flac2mp3

    It’s free!!! (donations accepted though :) )

  115. By samir on Jul 22, 2007 | Reply

    Regarding this comment:

    “Check out http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=234823 The 4th post down talks about a Transcoder plug-in for Winamp that makes it even easier. Just used it myself and it worked flawlessly. Thanks for your walkthrough though. I used your method and it worked fine for me, this is just faster and easier… no offense”

    It looks like you need Winamp Pro to do this - not the free version that the author of this page’s technique uses.

    Thanks for sharing! Just downloaded a great Keller Williams set!

  116. By Eagle on Jul 22, 2007 | Reply

    check out all the positive feedback, heres another, 1 album converted in under 2 minutes, and it saved me having to move files. Sweet thank you

  117. By Rohit on Jul 24, 2007 | Reply

    Great Help. Thankx a lot

  118. By Tony on Jul 30, 2007 | Reply

    This is fantastic,it’s so cool to provide help like this,its really excellent,thanks a thousand times for your kindness.

  119. By Tim on Jul 30, 2007 | Reply

    So when I highlight the .flac files and click open to try to convert them to .wav it just gives me an error report and closes winamp. anybody know whats up with that? I tried uninstalling then reinstalling and it still does the same thing..

  120. By cashy on Jul 30, 2007 | Reply

    Quick & easy, thanks for the detailed info.

  121. By tommy on Jul 30, 2007 | Reply

    Many thanks - nice and easy!

  122. By JOHN BERENFELD on Aug 1, 2007 | Reply

    After clicking Directory, I needed to find the Flac file folder, unfortunately I was unable to find it, as I looked in the wrong place, and I decided to save into what I thought to be an empty folder titled New Folder, it turned out to hold a regular music file. Now Winamp won’t play any files! Clearly my error was to click on the wrong folder! I would surly appreciate your advice.

  123. By Sunnyday on Aug 1, 2007 | Reply

    OMG you rock. Can you explain love?

  124. By ziovania on Aug 3, 2007 | Reply

    Great, thanx :))

  125. By David on Aug 3, 2007 | Reply

    This tutorial is awesome, thanks so much!

  126. By Carra on Aug 4, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you! AWESOME!! Very, very helpful and this way I can still keep the high quality .mp3. Cheers

  127. By DH613 on Aug 7, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you so much. It really helped a lot.

  128. By what-handel? on Aug 7, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you..This tutorial is awesome…. this is the best advice for flac conversion can you say SIMPLE…CHEERS

  129. By Jason on Aug 7, 2007 | Reply

    Works great! Just a word of warning, however: Make sure your play settings aren’t set to ‘Repeat’ or it will try to encode the same files over and over again!

    Trust me on that one…

  130. By Crystal on Aug 8, 2007 | Reply

    dude..your awesome :) thanks!

  131. By Mike on Aug 10, 2007 | Reply

    I did all the steps and Winamp starts ddecoding the files then I get a pop up after a few songs already went through saying, Flac-File plug-in error, then error stopping decoding thread and when I check where I put the wav. files their not there.

  132. By Ross McKillop on Aug 10, 2007 | Reply

    Mike,

    Do the flac files play ok when you try to just listen to them? (I ask because that’s the same error that you get with an incomplete/corrupt flac)

  133. By Jason on Aug 10, 2007 | Reply

    Why not use the actual Flac tools for windows (Flac frontend) to convert to wav, then use dbpoweramp to convert to mp3. Everything is free.

  134. By Kris on Aug 13, 2007 | Reply

    Just had to say thank you. I’ve had a billion flac files on my computer for months now that I couldn’t listen to because I had no idea how to convert them!!!! This site is a life saver and soooo easy to follow!!

  135. By David on Aug 13, 2007 | Reply

    wonderful. very easy. and it worked.

    awesome.

  136. By Ajufan on Aug 14, 2007 | Reply

    Hey that works! WOW! so simple! LOL

  137. By Michael Una on Aug 14, 2007 | Reply

    Tanks. Muchly.

  138. By Jaime on Aug 14, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks.

    Great tip i need to convert an with this page result be very simple.

    Thanks again.

    BEst regards from Mexico.

  139. By Cameron on Aug 15, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks so much! This was easy to follow and worked great.

  140. By Jobbehhh on Aug 16, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks!

  141. By Adam on Aug 18, 2007 | Reply

    I’ve follwed your instructions to the T and found the same instructions elsewhere but everytime I try to convert this way winamp encounters an error and has to shut down. Any ideas???

  142. By Adam on Aug 18, 2007 | Reply

    I’ve followed you instructions and found the same on other sites but every time I try this Winamp encounters an unknown error and shuts down. Any ideas???

  143. By Mikko on Aug 19, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks! :) This was very useful

  144. By Tiffany on Aug 19, 2007 | Reply

    OMG you rock. Thank you SO much.

  145. By Demache on Aug 22, 2007 | Reply

    It works great but now I can’t play the music normally anymore. Does anyone know a solution?

  146. By David on Aug 26, 2007 | Reply

    This is a really super duper helpful info
    Thanks a million!

  147. By Ana on Aug 27, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks a huge lot!!!!! You made it sooooo simple compared to the rest that was offering downloading extra programs for doing it. It went smoothly from .flac to .wav with Winamp and from there on, Nero did the rest.

  148. By Shireen on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you.

  149. By William Warren on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply

    Thank’s

  150. By Dhananjay on Aug 31, 2007 | Reply

    Explained beautifully! Thank you very much.

  151. By John on Aug 31, 2007 | Reply

    Wow, Awesome program and instructions I followed everything exactly as you stated and I added a few minor comments to my printed sheet in order to allow anyone who works with my system to figure out the specific paths next time…now if you can just figure out a way to get this in our hands when we first start looking (1 yr since the awesome Pearl Jam Gorge WA show that I downloaded in .flac instaed of the mp3 version since it “looked” better)you will be on your way to retirement sooner!

  152. By Mr.Ed on Sep 2, 2007 | Reply

    Worked perfectly for me. Thanks

  153. By Dan on Sep 5, 2007 | Reply

    Bah, not good enough for me to be honest… though thanks anyway. dbPowerAMP is a better solution for me since I’m always trying to convert some kind of format rather than downloading WinAMP and iTunes which I never ever use.

  154. By rich on Sep 7, 2007 | Reply

    everything worked out for me except now that I have converted the flac files to mp3, I have them all in my itunes playlist, I cant burn them to an audio cd. I followed the instructions here, clicked on burning clicked audio cd then hit okay and it didnt do anything. Any help is appreciated…

  155. By Frances on Sep 7, 2007 | Reply

    WOW - you are the BEST. I love the way this is explained. You ROCK!!!

  156. By rich on Sep 7, 2007 | Reply

    thanks ross, I figured it out, I had to take the files from my library and create an actual playlist on itunes, and then it lets me burn the actual disc. Im all good! thanks for this site, I followed the directions to a T and it couldnt have been any easier…especially for someone as computer challenged as myself! thanks again!

  157. By Ross on Sep 8, 2007 | Reply

    Thanx, that was really easy.

  158. By bc on Sep 9, 2007 | Reply

    Ya this was awesome came up on google search right away and i was converting my flac files that i had never seen before to wav so i can play them in the car THANKS!!!!!!!!

  159. By ian on Sep 10, 2007 | Reply

    The testimonials say it all……

    solving peoples headaches for over a year with a simply perfect solution.

    Many thanks, Ross

    Best regards

    Ian

  160. By Mike on Sep 10, 2007 | Reply

    Thanx for your support!!!

    It was great your help!

  161. By Chont on Sep 18, 2007 | Reply

    Oh God. 100 testimonials and I can’t seem to get it working!! I already feel stupid, but have no idea what I’m doing wrong. I went to Preferences, chose to configure the Lame mp3 writer plugin, I choose the folder where I want the files to go, I load the flac files onto winamp, hit the play button and…nothing….It skips through the tracks (plays nothing) and there are no mp3 files in my chosen folder…..HELP pleeease…

  162. By tessa on Sep 18, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks for this site dude! Really helped especially since i am so comuputer illiterate.

  163. By Geo on Sep 19, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you very much. It worked great.

  164. By Grant Philips on Sep 20, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks amillion! Lame didn’t work (winamp just stoped working) but the nullsoft disk writer works just fine. Glad I eventually found this guide I was lost without it! -G

  165. By Meltlet on Sep 23, 2007 | Reply

    Hmm for some reason, when i get to step 6 of decoding (I don’t even get time to press play, I just click on open) winamp stops working and vista finds the need to shut it down >_> Any ideas?

  166. By Meltlet on Sep 23, 2007 | Reply

    Ok I tried reinstalling winamp and the plugin…but it still won’t work. Perhaps the files are corrupt?

  167. By jr72 on Sep 24, 2007 | Reply

    It’s been said before, but we all like a “thank you” when it’s due!

    I also tried looking for a freebie converter and couldn’t find anything anywhere near as easy as this method. Clear, concise insrtuctions. Thank you so much for saving me so much time! :)

  168. By kenmore185 on Sep 26, 2007 | Reply

    Ross, I know it’s been said many times but many thx for the instructs… worked like a champ!

  169. By Haley on Sep 28, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks so much for this! I was trying to get a Muse concert I received changed into mp3s and this helped loads!

  170. By Josip on Oct 2, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you for help!

  171. By unugunu on Oct 4, 2007 | Reply

    thank you for this. :) wonderful guide!

  172. By Bigal on Oct 8, 2007 | Reply

    what if we dont have itunes. i just want them to get on Windows Media Player so i can burn them to a CD.

  173. By Subrosa on Oct 8, 2007 | Reply

    I can’t thank you enough. I did as you instructed and after the songs were converted I found it neccessary to create a new folder to place all the songs of the album. Then I was able to import into ITunes. The folder transfer would not work for me. Practice will make perfect. Thx again. Jon

  174. By Subrosa on Oct 8, 2007 | Reply

    To Bigal once the tunes are reformatted you don’t need ITunes just open the songs using Windows Media. Then if all ok just add to Windows Media library and burn away. subrosa

  175. By oliver on Oct 9, 2007 | Reply

    thx alot… brilliant

  176. By Gman on Oct 9, 2007 | Reply

    Dude you are too good.. this thing worked great .. thanks again

  177. By Am on Oct 10, 2007 | Reply

    thanks dude that helped me so much just about to play new 50 album… it was heavy nearly 600mb in wmv but now in mp3 ~320 vbr should be less.

  178. By icedearth on Oct 10, 2007 | Reply

    an good way to get wav files to mp3 also rip cds to mp3 is a program called audiograbber its a freeware

  179. By Jocelyn on Oct 11, 2007 | Reply

    this is awesome, thanks so much! i’ve been looking for a solution like this for ages!

  180. By Meg on Oct 12, 2007 | Reply

    I use FreeRIP which can convert from/to FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA and Wav. And it also is a CD ripper.
    It is very easy to use and has a Basic version which is free.

    http://www.freerip.com

  181. By todd on Oct 12, 2007 | Reply

    just did it. worked perfect thanks for the info very detailed and helpful

  182. By eric on Oct 13, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you SO MUCH for this discover man..
    two thumbs up.
    this was EXTREMELY helpful.

  183. By Henry on Oct 13, 2007 | Reply

    You can convert directly to mp3 in winamp with the lame encoder plugin.
    http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/143606

  184. By David on Oct 14, 2007 | Reply

    This info is a life saver! Many thanks

  185. By Sean on Oct 14, 2007 | Reply

    cheers buddy

  186. By Jim on Oct 14, 2007 | Reply

    I had installed and used this with an older version of Winamp which mistakenly was uninstalled. I downloaded the current version 5.5 and after following all of your instructions again, the Writer is not an option in output.
    Do you have any suggestions?

    Thank You for your time,
    Jim

  187. By Ross McKillop on Oct 14, 2007 | Reply

    @Jim:

    I’d try uninstalling Winamp again, then make sure the C:\Program Files\Winamp\ folder is totally gone, then re-install it. Hope this helps..

  188. By Chris on Oct 16, 2007 | Reply

    Ross, thanks for the perfect instructions. Worked flawlessly.

    Cheers…
    C

  189. By stephen mccutcheon on Oct 18, 2007 | Reply

    You can also use audacity to directly convert flac to mp3 but it can take time. Just each flac file and then export it as an mp3. You’ll need the lame.dll encoder file off the internet first to decode to mp3. Just download the .dll file, extract and ‘find’ through audicity options.

  190. By Maria X on Oct 19, 2007 | Reply

    This was awesome. Worked fast and easy. Thanks

  191. By Paul on Oct 21, 2007 | Reply

    What a legend! Thank you very much for this; I’ve spent hours going through search engine lists for information and freeware to convert these files.
    Again, thanks for the info - the step by step is spot on and the entire process has taken me less than 20 minutes, including downloading and installing the needed applications!

  192. By Melissa on Oct 22, 2007 | Reply

    thanks. your advice was very clear. and i got to convert my files. thank you so much!!!

  193. By Chris Hutchinson on Oct 24, 2007 | Reply

    wow that’s neat, i didn’t know you could do that with winamp. thank you

  194. By Arun on Oct 24, 2007 | Reply

    Hey Ross,
    Amazingly lucid instructions and very neatly ordered.Thanks a lot for the time you took and introducing us to this conversion technique which is commonly available yet unknown to many.
    I suggest you have a troubleshooting space of your own on the web.If you do already,kindly paste the link here.

  195. By Alicia on Oct 26, 2007 | Reply

    Absolutely flawless, incredibly easy conversion. I’d expected it to be so much more difficult, but little did I know, I already had all the tools I needed. Thanks so much, Ross, and now I shall no longer fear FLAC torrents.

  196. By sadiw on Oct 27, 2007 | Reply

    dis website is tite

  197. By Saurabh on Oct 27, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks a ton buddy

  198. By crowsus on Oct 29, 2007 | Reply

    ive never even heard of flac files but your wee guide sorted it for me anyway mate! nice one!

  199. By JJ on Nov 3, 2007 | Reply

    your rock… great job I would have never done it without you.

  200. By Ryan S on Nov 3, 2007 | Reply

    thanks a bunch, this was a simple and easy guide.

  201. By saleh maraheel on Nov 5, 2007 | Reply

    EXTREMELY HELPFUL, thanks alot for all the help, this made everything so much easier. Appreciate the help.

    Peace love and chicken grease

  202. By CallMeBlu on Nov 5, 2007 | Reply

    Just what I was looking for. Thanks

  203. By kboyd on Nov 6, 2007 | Reply

    far too easy to believe
    i’m able to burn audio cd’s after conversion
    i shall never be fearfull of downloading FLAC files ever
    just like the man and the fish story
    thx ross

  204. By hookdawg on Nov 7, 2007 | Reply

    FLAC files…no bother now!! Thanx for the tutorial. First class without crappy programmes bein installed!!

  205. By nanobot on Nov 8, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you so much. I can finally listen to the flac files I downloaded on my ipod. :) The instructions were so clear and simple. Cheers.

  206. By Jeannie on Nov 8, 2007 | Reply

    Eric!
    I am having the same problem… Whatg did you do??? My converted WAV files are not showing up in iTunes even though it shows that it is “Getting ” them… thanks.

  207. By ANTHONY on Nov 9, 2007 | Reply

    Easy and well explained, thanks a bunch

  208. By bluespiral on Nov 10, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you, thank you. Wish everyone could explain stuff this clearly.
    Worked great, except for some reason Winamp changed the track numbers at the beginning of my file names. E.g. 01_Track1name.flac was converted to 02_Track1name.wav . Last track always got 01_LastTrackname.wav . Happened for 3 albums. Not a big deal, I just renamed the wav files before importing them to iTunes.

  209. By bee on Nov 11, 2007 | Reply

    amazing instructions. thank you so much!

  210. By Susie on Nov 12, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you so much, you made something that I have been trying to figure out an easy way to do VERY easy!! I am bowing at your awesomeness!!

  211. By Pedro Neto on Nov 13, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you very much!!!
    It worked perfectly and fast!
    Congratulations!

  212. By Jules on Nov 13, 2007 | Reply

    Cripes you got a lot of props for this little garden path matie!

    Well done, it’s a nice little trick.

    Arrggghhhh me heartie.

  213. By Mehdi on Nov 17, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you very much for the info. This was the first time I had ever heard about .flac files!? Apparently I was not alone my Windows XP Pro was too.. ;-)
    So I googled it and got here. The instructions you give are fool proof a very novice person can also follow and get resultsGerat Job!
    Regards;
    matey

  214. By vernon on Nov 17, 2007 | Reply

    thanks a lot for the info.more power

  215. By Ed on Nov 18, 2007 | Reply

    Great job. Really helped me out. Thanks a lot man

  216. By mihir on Nov 21, 2007 | Reply

    thanks guys!! big help

  217. By Sean on Nov 25, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks pal, worked perfect.

  218. By Matt P on Nov 25, 2007 | Reply

    Perfect instructions. Worked beautifully!

  219. By Jeff on Nov 26, 2007 | Reply

    Absolutely love you. Now I can listen to my Last Exile CD…On the go =D.

    Cheers.

  220. By Brian Dooley on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply

    Thankyou very much for all the time spent on this information. Really helped a lot.

    B Dooley

  221. By Kathleen on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you! This was very helpful.

  222. By Simon on Nov 30, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you so much for a straightforward and easy to follow guide. It worked perfectly for me first time. :)

  223. By † on Dec 1, 2007 | Reply

    thanks huever wrote this…
    my flac woes are cured and i can get drunk and crump to my new cd xD

  224. By freak on Dec 4, 2007 | Reply

    the sound quallity of the converted files is not as good as the flac files…did i do something wrong??

  225. By bOnN on Dec 6, 2007 | Reply

    thnx for that leSSon tHat iVe LeaRneD

  226. By bzImage on Dec 9, 2007 | Reply

    Meh, skip all the nonesense, download cdex, configure the directory you want the mp3 to go to and just drag and drop the flacs to the cdex window. best of all, cdex is opensource (free)

  227. By neizod on Dec 11, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you very much.
    Easy but great!

  228. By Shags on Dec 11, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks mate! Much appreciated.

  229. By Daniel on Dec 11, 2007 | Reply

    Tnx for the info! Finally someone who knows how to explain this in a good way!

  230. By Karl on Dec 12, 2007 | Reply

    Hi~

    Ok, it seems that there are instructions on how to convert FLAC files to MP3, but can I please explain how to convert MP3 files to FLAC so that I can compress my audio library.

    P.S.this would be from my iTunes library and of course, am on a mac. :-P

    Thanks!

  231. By Bill on Dec 17, 2007 | Reply

    Mp3s are a lossy format in that they are compressed from wavs and once they are compressed you can never get back what is lost in the compression process. and flac is a lossless format so you would not want to convert mp3s to flacs. It would be a waste of space. In other words Mp3s are already compressed. If you did convert the mp3s to wav and compress with flac the files would be much larger than mp3. So it would not make sense to convert from mp3 to flac. But if you want to further compress mp3s you could use winrar or some similar compression software.

  232. By Mike Constantine on Dec 18, 2007 | Reply

    Excellent - well written and easy to understand

  233. By Mute on Dec 18, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you SO much. I couldn’t get songs up on myspace without this. REALLY good instructions.

  234. By jai on Dec 19, 2007 | Reply

    can use CDex instead of itunes. other than that great needed this.

  235. By Peter on Dec 19, 2007 | Reply

    It works. Great instructions. Enough said !

  236. By Robbie on Dec 19, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks very much for the instructions. I did use RealPlayer plus however to do the final mp3 conversion but otherwise your instructions were spot on. Thanks again!

  237. By chris on Dec 19, 2007 | Reply

    You do know you can just DL vlc player and that plays .flac files no problem

  238. By B Reed on Dec 20, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you! Perfect conversion to .wav without a hitch.

    Wish all files converted that fast.

  239. By Cass on Dec 21, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you! Really helpful!

  240. By Kid Forbin on Dec 21, 2007 | Reply

    Traders Little helper will do that by itself and a whole lot more taboot. Best prog ever.

    Boy. Man. God. Shhhhhh…

    http://tlh.easytree.org/

  241. By Kid Forbin on Dec 21, 2007 | Reply

    T R A D E R ‘ S L I T T L E H E L P E R

    Description:

    Traders of lossless compressed audio files (e.g. ape, flac, mkw, or shn files) have to handle a lot of different applications to decode, encode, create/verify checksums, fix sector boundary errors, or create torrent files. Moreover most of the tools used are command-line programs requiring a deeper knowledge of how to use various parameters. Trader’s Little Helper bundles the most important features of those applications in one single easy-to-use frontend.

    Features:

    - Encoding of wav files to ape, flac, shn, and mp3 format
    - Re-encoding of flac files
    - Decoding of ape, flac, mkw, shn, and mp3 files to wav format
    - Direct conversion of ape, flac, mkw, and shn files to flac or mp3 format
    - Test of audio files encoded in ape, flac, shn, and mkw format
    - Verification of cfp, ffp, md5, sfv, and st5 checksum files
    - Creation of cfp, ffp, md5, sfv, and st5 checksum files
    - Display of audio file properties (ape, flac, shn, mkw, and wav files)
    - Fixing of sector boundary errors that come with ape, flac, shn, mkw, wav, and mp3 files
    - Creation of skt files for non-seekable shn files
    - Test of wav files for mp3 source
    - Creation of torrent files
    - Display of the information encoded in torrent files
    - Hashing of torrent files against local filesets or files
    - Drag & Drop functionality for all supported file types
    - Integration into Windows Explorer
    - Check for update function

    System requirements:

    Windows 98/NT/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista

    Registration:

    FREEware for non-commercial use

    Author:

    Robert Hoffmann

  242. By Tom on Dec 22, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks a lot. Easy and clear.

  243. By Josh on Dec 24, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks a lot for this!…I definitely used this method to make the conversion…until i found this…

    http://www.programurl.com/switch.htm

    multiple inputs, multiple outputs…i never need another roundabout method again…and its free!

  244. By Sir Michael on Dec 26, 2007 | Reply

    Yeah, it work flawlessly. Takes a few the first time, but should take no more than 10 minutes to convert and have the files on your Ipod. Took me a while cause it was my first time and I sat there and redid all of the ID tags so it’s easier to find in my library.

  245. By MP3Wizard_Not on Dec 28, 2007 | Reply

    Your instructions are flawless. Worked perfectly the first time. Have a Happy New Year.

  246. By iKon on Jan 1, 2008 | Reply

    This is well written and easy to follow.
    It saved me the time of having to look for a program and figuring it out.

    Thanks for your help.
    I will recommend this website to anyone with the same issue.

  247. By zero-kill on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Very good guide, I have Winamp Pro, so I totally skipped using the iCrap product, however I found that Trader’s Little Helper made the process that much more faster. Thanks @ Kid Forbin and you too Mr. Simple Help.

  248. By William on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    That is the best tip I’ve read yet. Downloaded the plug, perfect! Simply add the files i want to convert to the playlist, turn off random/repeat and wala. Instant conversion and it filled out the ID3 tags for me.

  249. By Maribel on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks so much. This saved me a lot of time and effort.

  250. By hooky on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    wow your instructions a simply crystal clear im all done in 10mins!!

    thanks very much man

  251. By nir on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    that was really helpful, clear and parsimonious. thanks a lot!
    nir

  252. By me on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    download xilisoft audio converter, by whatever means…
    not a trial…

  253. By Tim on Jan 5, 2008 | Reply

    If you have Vista, be sure to set your output directory to something besides c:\

    It’s a security thing, you need to be elevated to write to that directory. Just set it to c:\temp or something.

  254. By Jeff on Jan 6, 2008 | Reply

    Perfect! Thanks very much!!

  255. By Roger on Jan 7, 2008 | Reply

    Ross,

    Does winamp add the .flac Id tags to the .wav file when you convert from .flac to .wav? Normally .wav files don’t have ID tags, so how does iTunes get the tags from the .wav file when it converts to .mp3?

    Thanks

  256. By Dawn on Jan 9, 2008 | Reply

    You are a LIFESAVER. I am so grateful that you posted and that your instructions were so easy to follow, succinct, and yet at the same time not issued in a way as to make me feel like the world’s biggest idiot.

  257. By Phil on Jan 14, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks!!!

  258. By Magnobia on Jan 15, 2008 | Reply

    OMG OMG Wat else can I say. U my good sir are a life saver. stupid flac y oh y cant they jus go with a normal format

  259. By pelipar on Jan 15, 2008 | Reply

    nothing new to say; just thanks! worked a treat!

  260. By Random Person on Jan 19, 2008 | Reply

    Ok i have a Fla. file. but its video not music. so..how do i make it into a video file ._.; tell me at: Cmi1993@aol.com

  261. By albert_2mb on Jan 24, 2008 | Reply

    thank you for the nice tip!

    also, a helpful suggestion from me, please TURN OFF the repeat function in order to avoid Winamp doing needless infinite loop. Hope that helps :)

  262. By Dennis on Jan 26, 2008 | Reply

    Good work by whoever put this page together. Thanks.

  263. By Finnegan on Jan 28, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks good tip, even the pictures ye added, fair play mate

  264. By jo on Feb 1, 2008 | Reply

    Hi guys,

    HELP…followed all instructions with no problems, except can’t seem to find them in itunes, where are they???

  265. By Mike on Feb 1, 2008 | Reply

    THIS WAS AWSOME WOOOOOOH YOU”RE AWSOME WOOOOOOOOOOOOH PARTAAAAAYYYYYYY

  266. By Don on Feb 9, 2008 | Reply

    That was great so easy…

  267. By Douche on Feb 9, 2008 | Reply

    Wow!

    That was really great, easy to follow and everything.
    Thanks.

  268. By Eddie on Feb 16, 2008 | Reply

    I tried this once, and it worked perfectly! However, each time I’ve tried it since, as soon as I try to ‘Play File’ in Winamp, it gives an error message and says Winamp has to close(it’ll convert the first track, but that’s it). I have tried restarting the computer and so forth, but it still does it. Any troubleshooting ideas?

  269. By bigfish on Feb 17, 2008 | Reply

    This is a great help. Thank you very much.

  270. By Peter on Feb 18, 2008 | Reply

    This works Fine THANKS

  271. By V.Son on Feb 19, 2008 | Reply

    I appreciate this very much. To think I’ve had Winamp all this time and never knew about this!

  272. By Kurt on Feb 19, 2008 | Reply

    I just wanted to thank you for your extremely clear instructions. I buzzed right through the whole process without a hitch, and now have a lot of great new music that I can finally play on my MP3 player!

  273. By justin on Feb 23, 2008 | Reply

    Wow thanks for the help! Worked perfect!

  274. By andrew on Feb 23, 2008 | Reply

    Great description! Worked perfectly! Thanks a bunch!

  275. By Martin on Feb 25, 2008 | Reply

    In the current version of winamp (Feb. 2008), once you have selected the files to convert, you can also choose the format you want to convert to (on the right), select Mpeg-Layer 3, and it does it all for you. No need to convert again in iTunes! just follow other steps to add to Folder once in iTunes.

  276. By Olynzen on Feb 26, 2008 | Reply

    Thank you - simple to follow, perfect instructions!

  277. By Sam on Feb 26, 2008 | Reply

    thank you soooo much I was about to give up. You rock!!

  278. By Paul on Feb 28, 2008 | Reply

    You’re the best!! ^^ Thanks for the help

  279. By Simon on Mar 2, 2008 | Reply

    Worked like a dream dude, as the rest said!

  280. By lisa on Mar 3, 2008 | Reply

    thank u sooooooooo much now i can listen to one of my favourate bands XD

  281. By Ben on Mar 6, 2008 | Reply

    Your a legend mate cheers

  282. By Salman (from india) on Mar 7, 2008 | Reply

    thanks a ton !, ‘t wrked perfect….

  283. By Stuart Sadler on Mar 10, 2008 | Reply

    Quality tool. Brilliantly written instructions. I hope this is your permanent job - it should be!

  284. By Francis on Mar 11, 2008 | Reply

    Great job !! Thx a million.

  285. By adam on Mar 13, 2008 | Reply

    best ‘how to do’ i have ever read. perfectly written, completely awesome! thanks!