FLAC Frontend for Windows

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• New release (2.0) fixes issues, just works!

  bdm_onlineJune 26, 2013

  Pros

  It just works, I tested with Windows 7. The previous version didn't work out of the box. It ships a new version of FLAC too!

  Cons

  None that I care for

  Summary

  This update was definetly necessary, it fixes the issues mentioned in the other reviews here. Great.

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• Would have given it five stars 3 years ago.

  AdmiralJosephCappuccinoFebruary 20, 2011

  Pros

  it's a very lightweight, no nonsense, do what you need to do program, great for going between high quality audio types.

  Cons

  It hasn't been updated since September 17, 2007

  Summary

  Flac frontend is great, basically everything good you'll read about it is true, go look; it's easy to find good things being said about this program. The problem is, for some reason, it hasn't been updated in almost FOUR YEARS and has a lot of problems with Windows 7 because of it. A lot needs to be done with registry editing and administrator control just to get it to install and run the first time and even after all that, there's no way to convert wav to flac with win7. It's sad because I love this program and have loved it since '06 on windows xp when I first found out what a flac file was. This thing is in dire need of an update. Oh well, now I'm off to find some other way to shrink this concert without making it mp3s.

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• True lossless audio

  Debaser567January 11, 2011

  Pros

  Compresses WAV/CD at about 1/2 the size without any quality loss, fast, efficient, handles errors well, and hardware/software support makes FLAC the best lossless archive format to rip/compress to and essential for anyone with lots of music.

  Cons

  Doesn't always compress quite as well as rival lossless formats. However, the differences in size (if any) are miniscule and quality is equal, plus FLAC's superior error handling and support more than make up for this.

  Summary

  If you are satisfied with MP3s and digital downloads, there's no reason to start your entire music collection anew with FLAC or any other format, lossless or otherwise, for that matter. However, if you have lots of CDs and/or uncompressed WAVs, I strongly advise you to compress to FLAC. It will save you lots of hard drive space and, if used with the brilliant ripper EAC (Exact Audio Copy), guarantees you a perfect, digital copy of your music collection you can draw from at any time and provides an excellent backup in case something happens to your CDs. It's all about the quality.

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