Read This Before Downloading Concerts

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:08 pm

Alright kiddies, it's getting mighty frustrating for me, and I'm sure for Gianni and Bobby and everyone else to answer the same questions over and over again.

Here we go:

Let me preface by saying, this is not hard.

The full concerts posted here are posted in lossless audio formats.
These files are big. These files are most often FLAC, but sometimes SHN. Both formats preserve all the audio that was there to start with. Formats such as mp3, mp4/m4a/aac, and, wma do not preserve that quality. These are the same type of files distributed through sites like http://www.dreamingtree.org and http://www.bt.etree.org.

You cannot play these files in iTunes or Windows Media Player.
Many players support these files, though. I find the best of these players to be Foobar2000. You can download the installer at http://www.foobar2000.org. Make sure to execute the Full Install. Foobar2000 is simple and user friendly. Simply add or drag and drop and you've got gapless playback of pretty much any file type out there.

You cannot burn these files to an audio CD with most programs.
Using common sense, one can know that since these files can't be played with iTunes or WMP, they can't be burned in those programs. But fear not! You can burn directly from Foobar2000! Simply select the songs you want to burn, right click, and click "Write Audio CD." The rest is done for you. See how easy it is?

I repeat. This is not hard to do. You can listen to and burn files that aren't mp3s. No one will post full shows in lossy formats here.

The concerts are good, listen to them.

Lbacker · Post by **Lbacker** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:13 pm

How do I burn FLAC or .SHN files to a Cassette Tape?

a1075dd63aa12 · Post by **a1075dd63aa12** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:18 pm

Lbacker wrote:How do I burn FLAC or .SHN files to a Cassette Tape?

cool

fede · Post by **fede** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:52 pm

Lbacker wrote:How do I burn FLAC or .SHN files to a Cassette Tape?

What I do is burn an audio CD or two with the songs i want in the cassette tape and then use a recorder to record them from the cd to the tape.

So it goes:

Taper--My music--CD--Tape--Walkman

Fede

Nitro1515 · Post by **Nitro1515** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:06 am

good thread slimer

a1075dd63aa12 · Post by **a1075dd63aa12** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:08 am

Nitro1515 wrote:good thread slimer

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:43 am

Thanks you guys. I hope someone will read it.

lakerhoc1121 · Post by **lakerhoc1121** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:42 am

thanks yo uvery much slimer..... sorry i got you all jacked up about this.... but one more thing, once i burn them to a cd, they will play in ANY cd player?? enev though they are flac?

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:53 am

Any CD player that regularly plays burned CDs. Burn following that procedure and it becomes a regular audio CD.

So yes. FLAC has nothing to do with it.

lakerhoc1121 · Post by **lakerhoc1121** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:35 am

thanks alot man

czech · Post by **czech** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:16 am

So can I post a show minus one track in mp3 format?

and what if the show I want to host is from lets say 2000 or older, i have had it in mp3 format all this time and have no text info and don't see any seeds for a losless on any BT or such. then what? can't share it?

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:20 am

All I know is Brock said not to post lossy shows here. I wouldn't know what to tell you.

mattinbeloit · Post by **mattinbeloit** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:58 pm

I use foobar at school but ive got a mac this summer, do you know of any programs for the mac platform?

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:23 pm

According to this page over at The Trader's Den, there are a few programs for Mac to play these files.

http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/faq ... q_software

STLflmmkr · Post by **STLflmmkr** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:36 pm

I can burn them with Nero with a plugin I downloaded. I dont remember where exactly I think it might be on Nero's site. Just search for "FLAC plugin for Nero" or something like that. Now when I go in Nero, FLAC and SHN are file formats that it can read and burn as audio cd's.