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* WMA Lossless - Windows Media Audio Lossless (.wma)
 
* WMA Lossless - Windows Media Audio Lossless (.wma)
 
* WAV - WAVeform Audio Format (.wav)
 
* WAV - WAVeform Audio Format (.wav)
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=== Splitting FLAC from CUE: ===
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Via bash:
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<source lang="bash">
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shnsplit -f "FILE.cue" -t %n-%t -o flac "FILE.flac"
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</source>
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A good program for splitting CUE files and converting to FLAC is flacon.
  
 
=== Converting ALAC to FLAC: ===
 
=== Converting ALAC to FLAC: ===

Latest revision as of 18:17, 9 March 2018

Lossless compression is a format that allows the original file to be perfectly reconstructed for the file.
Examples of lossless audio formats are:

  • FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec (.flac)
  • ALAC - Apple Lossless Audio Codec (.m4a)
  • Monkey's Audio (.ape)
  • WMA Lossless - Windows Media Audio Lossless (.wma)
  • WAV - WAVeform Audio Format (.wav)

Splitting FLAC from CUE:

Via bash:

shnsplit -f "FILE.cue" -t %n-%t -o flac "FILE.flac"

A good program for splitting CUE files and converting to FLAC is flacon.

Converting ALAC to FLAC:

Install libav-tools:

sudo apt install libav-tools

Convert "audio.m4a" to "audio.flac":

avconv -i audio.m4a -acodec flac audio.flac

Bulk conversion of ALAC to FLAC (converts all ALAC files in a directory to FLAC):

for file in *.m4a; do avconv -i "$file" -acodec flac "${file%.m4a}.flac"; done;

Converting FLAC to ALAC:

Install libav-tools:

sudo apt install libav-tools

Convert "audio.flac" to "audio.m4a":

avconv -i audio.flac -acodec alac audio.m4a