flac music

what do i need to have in order to play flac files. i have music match but i think i ned a program to convert the files to mp3

 

First of all mp3 is quite possibly the worst format to play music in. You need Flac Frontend - do a search on google to get a free download. To convert the files, drage and drop each file in the flac window then hit decode. I would also recommend downloading winAmp to play these files through - again better choice than music match

 

alright thank you

 

i tried doing that and then when i hit decode it says flac exe no found. and do you know anything about shortened files either?

 

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

I presume you use Windows
download flac 1.1.1 for Windows with installer, it should install everything needed to decode files properly.

 

I dunno which I downloaded, but I know it was for shorten, but my winamp now plays flac and ogg aswell as shorten.
http://www.etree.org/shnamp.html
ok...I now see a flac Icon on my desktop.....maybe I downloaded another program too....I suck disregard this post.

 

ogg vorbis is the way to go, too bad its not more popular in p2p!

 

for shortend - download mkw Audio Compression tool. Also with FLAC you have to drag each individual track into the box - if you drag the whole file there may be text data and thats probably whats giving you troubles.

 

I recommend iTunes and AAC codec, if you want compressed music (way better than mp3)