[rjt1000]

Hi,

I have tried to convert some FLAC (free lossless audio codec) files to AIFF using both xACT and FLACer (so I can burn an audio CD)

The original FLAC files play fine using MacAmp Lite X, but after conversion to AIFF there is a loud "click" at the very beginning of each audio file. This happens using either xACT or FLACer.

Any ideas as to why this is happening or what I can do to prevent it?

Thanks,

rjt1000

[stevesnj]

try importing at 48.000Khz

[rjt1000]

>try importing at 48.000Khz

Hi stevesnj,

Thanks for the responce.

But, I dont see any option for that in either FLACer or xACT. The conversion is automated and the only choice seems to be whether to convert the FLAC to AIFF or WAV-->and both ways give the same result--> that annoying initial click.

Of course, I could just edit the beginning of every track, but that seems to be a needless hassle....

Is there anyone out there who has used FLAC-er or xACT and had this problem? Or maybe the initial files were somehow faulty?

rjt1000

[Jacke]

If you use the cli flac you should be able to set the Hz of the decoder. Show package contents and go to xACT/Contents/Resources/Binary/bin/flac.

Thanks for letting me know about the flac-plugin for MacAmp btw, much better way of listening to flac than VLC.

[rjt1000]

Originally Posted by Jacke

If you use the cli flac you should be able to set the Hz of the decoder. Show package contents and go to xACT/Contents/Resources/Binary/bin/flac.

Thanks for letting me know about the flac-plugin for MacAmp btw, much better way of listening to flac than VLC.

Hi Jacke,

Thanks for the responce. I really do need to learn a bit of UNIX so I can play with the command line more. I followed the route to the flac terminal file, but I'm not UNIX savvy enough to procede further along that route without some reading.

Meanwhile I played a bit more with Macamp lite X and found it can also do the AIFF conversion using plugins that I didnt know were included. Very convenient, but alas-->the dreaded initial click remains.

I am wondering why the default sampling rate would be incorrect. When converting FLAC to AIFF standard, I would think the default sampling rate would be the one that the average user would want (I mean making a CD from a FLAC file seems like the usual thing and that these programs would set that by default.)

I guess I am beginning to suspect my FLAC files. I will have to look for some others to try and see if the problem is just related to this batch of files.

Thanks and would appreciate any other thoughts.

rjt1000