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.wma to flac (or mp3) conversion in 2016

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shane.

Hi,

I have a bunch of .wma files that wont playback in Audirvana, I need to convert them to either .flac or .mp3

Flac is lossless and the 320kbps LAME encoder for .mp3 is apparently pretty good - so I guess thats the first question - which way to go?.

Secondly, which program to use in 2016 - can be either MAC or Windows platform, but needs to be able to batch convert 100 albums or so, keeping things as good as possible.

Thanks,
Shane

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RE: .wma to flac (or mp3) conversion in 2016 - msa 06:35:11 08/07/16 (0)
I use Freemake audio converter (Freemake.com). Easy to use, and I've found no mistakes
dBPowerAmp. - Archimago 03:37:31 08/07/16 (3)
I'd use dBPowerAmp for either LAME MP3 or FLAC.

What quality are the WMA's? If relatively low quality like 128kbps, then I'd be very happy to convert to 192kbps MP3 to ensure not likely going to be noticing anything awry. There will always be a bit of temporal blurring going from lossy to lossy.

Going to FLAC of course is as good as it gets if you don't mind the size...
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- RE: dBPowerAmp. - shane. 16:47:42 08/07/16 (2)
  What quality are the WMA's? If relatively low quality like 128kbps, then I'd be very happy to convert to 192kbps MP3 to ensure not likely going to be noticing anything awry. There will always be a bit of temporal blurring going from lossy to lossy.
  
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  They are mostly 192kbps... space isnt an issue, just go with .flac via some program that I already have like Jriver and call it a day?
  
  Thanks,
  Shane
  - RE: dBPowerAmp. - Archimago 23:20:32 08/07/16 (1)
    Sounds good Shane. FLAC's good...
    
    Another option to consider if you want to get more fancy is LAME with VBR-0 which lets the machine decide. It'll likely average around 220kbps MP3 or so.
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    - RE: dBPowerAmp. - shane. 23:25:38 08/07/16 (0)
      Thanks mate.. appreciate the info and the time taken.
      
      Shane

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