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Phatpapa
11-03-2008, 03:28 PM
Recently, I had to get my hard drive cleaned and unfortunately lost my ability to convert bit torrent files to a cd or mp3 format. I can actually download the data. I have searched for info but have not been able to find any. Can anyone help?

swag
11-03-2008, 04:31 PM
What foramt (file extension) are the downloaded files?

Lots of music format converters available. I'd start here:
http://www.download.com/1770-2140_4-0.html?query=convert+digital+audio&tag=3150&searchtype=downloads

Uncle Slayton
11-03-2008, 05:00 PM
Most of the torrents are coming in .flac format these days. The easiest call is to get Nero for burning discs. It has a plug-in that converts them on the fly at burn time.

Phatpapa
11-03-2008, 05:29 PM
What foramt (file extension) are the downloaded files?

Lots of music format converters available. I'd start here:
http://www.download.com/1770-2140_4-0.html?query=convert+digital+audio&tag=3150&searchtype=downloads

??
I believe a lot of them are flac files??

ac_deadhead
11-03-2008, 05:31 PM
i use "flac frontend" it is simple and efficient...

http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html

swag
11-03-2008, 05:38 PM
I use this freebie for FLAC conversion:
http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html

That said, my latest BT download is in shn format, which it doesn't seem to support.

Uncle Slayton
11-03-2008, 08:16 PM
I use FLAC Frontend for decoding whole folders of .flac(s) to listen to before I burn. Nero is so easy, I always use it to compose a disc.

Swag, try mkw Audio Compression Tool (mkwACT) for the .shn(s). Free at etree - (http://www.etree.org/mkw.html) Drag n drop, works fine on my AMD running XP.

swag
11-03-2008, 08:37 PM
I use FLAC Frontend for decoding whole folders of .flac(s) to listen to before I burn. Nero is so easy, I always use it to compose a disc.

Swag, try mkw Audio Compression Tool (mkwACT) for the .shn(s). Free at etree - (http://www.etree.org/mkw.html) Drag n drop, works fine on my AMD running XP.

I had mkw on my old machine, but it looks like it won't run on Vista.

Traders Little Helper (http://tlh.easytree.org/ ) seems to work, though.

Orleansnj
11-03-2008, 10:46 PM
I had mkw on my old machine, but it looks like it won't run on Vista.
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VISTA ...............UUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH.

goodness -it is an awful system - eh?!

swag
11-03-2008, 10:53 PM
VISTA ...............UUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH.

goodness -it is an awful system - eh?!

It does have a way of frustrating.

It's not so much that it's awful, but some things that were simple and easy in XP have been removed for no apparent reason (image & fax viewer; camera & scanner wizard); other things are just different than where I'm used to looking.

Phatpapa
11-04-2008, 05:28 PM
Thanks for the input. I will try them.

jonnygospeltent
11-04-2008, 05:38 PM
I go to the record store, hold the album in my hand look at the picture and buy it.

Phatpapa
11-07-2008, 08:08 PM
I go to the record store, hold the album in my hand look at the picture and buy it.

TFF

Although, that is a little hard when what I am looking for is a LEGAL bootleg of a show that one wouldn't find in a record store