1. Download & Install
\nA. Foobar:
\nhttp:\/\/www.foobar2000.org\/download<\/p>\n
B. QAAC
\nhttp:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/qaacpage\/cabinet
\nYou want the TOP zip folder
\nExtract it to a place that’s easy to find.
\nCopy the address ( for example C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\DOWNLOADS\\foobar components\\qaac_0.18_2\\qaac_0.18_2\\qaac.exe)<\/p>\n
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C. Get these 2 DLL files if you don’t already have them\u00a0 if you have win7 probably already on your system 3. Once you get foobar installed, go to PREFERENCES > CONTEXT MENU, and on the RIGHT SIDE, you will check the box for CONVERT<\/p>\n 4. Right-Click any one of the songs you wanna convert. JUST ONE, tho. Select CONVERT.<\/p>\n 5. In the dialog box, select “…”<\/p>\n 6. For OUTPUT FORMAT 8. For PROCESSING 9. For OTHER CONGRATULATIONS! You now can use FOOBAR200 to tag and convert FLAC to AAC and ALAC!!!! Your iPod will thank you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1. Download & Install A. Foobar: http:\/\/www.foobar2000.org\/download B. QAAC http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/qaacpage\/cabinet You want the TOP zip folder Extract it to a place that’s easy to find. Copy the address ( for example C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\DOWNLOADS\\foobar components\\qaac_0.18_2\\qaac_0.18_2\\qaac.exe) C. Get these 2 DLL files … Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1456"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456\/revisions\/1462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhttp:\/\/www.dlldll.com\/msvcp71.dll_download.html<\/del>
\n http:\/\/www.dlldll.com\/msvcr71.dll_download.html<\/del>
\n I put them in my ‘c:\\windows\\syswow64’ folder, but you may get away with putting them in the qaac folder.<\/del>
\nD. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE QUICKTIME INSTALLED ON YOUR SYSTEM! The free version is sufficient.<\/p>\n
\nA. ADD NEW, then pull down the option to CUSTOM
\nB. for ENCODER, press CTRL + V to paste the address of QAAC
\nC. EXTENTION is m4a
\nD. PARAMETERS
\n1. for Unconstrained VBR at about 300kbps-350kbps, enter this<\/del>
\n -V 127 –quality 2 -o %d –<\/del>
\n The 127 adjusts bitrate. Changing it to 59 will yield about 128kbps<\/del>
\n2. For Apple Lossless, enter<\/strong>
\n–no-optimize –alac –silent –ignorelength – -o %d
\nE. BIT DEPTH CONTROL] change these options to LOSSY if AAC, or LOSSLESS if ALAC<\/strong> and 24
\nF. ENCODER NAME is QuickTimeAAC<\/strong>
\nG. BITRATE (kbps) is 320; for ALAC, just leave it blank<\/strong>.
\nH. SETTING is True VBR Quality 127(or whatever you choose); or ALAC<\/strong>
\n7. For DESTINATION
\nA. Output Path This one’s entirely up to you. I use SPECIFY FOLDER, then something like this:
\nC:\\Users\\USERNAME\\Music\\999\\03 – AAC CONVERSIONS
\n(I keep a shortcut to 999 on my desktop for easy access.)
\nB. Output Style and file name formatting
\nI do this:
\n%album artist%\/[‘[‘%date%’]’]%album%\/[%discnumber%-]%track% – %title%
\nWhich yields, something like this
\nC:\\Users\\ASSFACE\\Music\\999\\03 – AAC CONVERSIONS\\Joe Satriani\\[1987] Surfing with the Alien (Remastered)\\1-01 – Surfing With the Alien.m4a<\/p>\n
\nA. TURN THAT SHIT OFF!<\/p>\n
\nA. I set it to do nothing when finished.
\n10. SAVE Save your preset so you don’t have to do this bullshit again.<\/p>\n