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FLAC Frontend Help

I've just started backing up my music collection as FLAC/CUE files, ripping music from CDs (one big WAV and a CUE) and then converting to FLAC using FLAC Frontend.  I'd like to be able to convert multiple WAV files to FLAC at once, but all my WAVs are located in different directories.

So, my question, is it possible to encode multiple FLAC files and send them all to their original directories?

i.e.
Take Music/Radiohead/Kid A/Kid A.wav and Music/The Beatles/Revolver/Revolver.wav and end up with Music/Radiohead/Kid A/Kid A.flac and Music/The Beatles/Revolver/Revolver.flac

Thanks!

FLAC Frontend Help

Reply #1 –
Quote from: Philomathic on
I've just started backing up my music collection as FLAC/CUE files, ripping music from CDs (one big WAV and a CUE) and then converting to FLAC using FLAC Frontend.  I'd like to be able to convert multiple WAV files to FLAC at once, but all my WAVs are located in different directories.

So, my question, is it possible to encode multiple FLAC files and send them all to their original directories?

i.e.
Take Music/Radiohead/Kid A/Kid A.wav and Music/The Beatles/Revolver/Revolver.wav and end up with Music/Radiohead/Kid A/Kid A.flac and Music/The Beatles/Revolver/Revolver.flac

Thanks!



Are you running in a Windows environment?

I ask because there is a Windows program that can do what you want, and it can even delete the wav files once they're converted if that's what you want.

It's called dbPoweramp Music Converter, and you can get it here.

FLAC Frontend Help

Reply #2 –
Quote from: nelamvr6 on
I ask because there is a Windows program that can do what you want, and it can even delete the wav files once they're converted if that's what you want.

That's exactly what FLAC frontend does with the "Delete input files" option checked.
Philomathic, delete your custom entry in the "Output directory" line of FLAC frontend, then click the browse directory button close to it and choose "Cancel" in the next window. Afterwards, you'll find a "<< same as input directory >>" entry in the line, which does what you asked for.
 

FLAC Frontend Help

Reply #3 –
Ah, such a simple solution.  Thanks!