Burning FLAC on a Mac

[LuthierJustin]

How do I burn FLAC's on a Mac?

Thanks

[U2Lynne]

Do you want to burn them as flac files (like for archiving) or burn an audio CD to listen to in a CD player? I use Toast Titanium for both. It isn't free, but it's also not overly expensive.

[ohkeepa]

what burning program are you using?

[LuthierJustin]

Originally Posted by ohkeepa

what burning program are you using?

All i have right now is Itunes

I want to burn them as cds to listen to

[AAR.oner]

i wonder if there's a plugin for iTunes that'll burn flac "on the fly" [like nero]

you can use xACT to decode from flac to wav and then burn using iTunes or whatever prog you prefer...i'm with Lynne, Toast is the way to go

[ohkeepa]

well if you just want to use iTunes for now... what you want to do it download something called xACT.. you can use that to convert the files to WAV or AIFF. Then from there you can use iTunes to burn them as WAV or you can convert them to MP3.. it is up to you

[LuthierJustin]

Thanks

[LuthierJustin]

If i convert them to wav files will they still be lossless?

[ohkeepa]

no problemo

here is the link for xACT
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952

[ohkeepa]

Originally Posted by LuthierJustin

If i convert them to wav files will they still be lossless?

yeah, they will still be lossless. If that is what you want, then after you get them into your iTunes library, do NOT convert them to MP3.. just burn them as WAV

[ohkeepa]

and also.. when you decode the FLACs to WAV with xACT.. make sure the box that says "delete original files" is UN-checked, or else it will delete the FLACs from your computer

[LuthierJustin]

Originally Posted by ohkeepa

and also.. when you decode the FLACs to WAV with xACT.. make sure the box that says "delete original files" is UN-checked, or else it will delete the FLACs from your computer

Thanks so much you rock

[ohkeepa]

again, no problem

if you run into any problems feel free to ask about them