High-Quality Audio Conversion
X Lossless Decoder (XLD) ensures that audio files are converted without any loss in quality, maintaining the original sound fidelity.
Wide Format Support
XLD supports a wide range of audio file formats including FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, and many more, making it a versatile tool for various audio needs.
Accurate Rip Feature
The software includes an AccurateRip feature which compares the ripped audio files against an online database to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the ripping process.
Metadata Handling
XLD is capable of preserving and editing metadata tags, album art, and other details during conversion, making it easy to organize and manage your music library.
Free to Use
XLD is a free application, providing high-quality audio conversion and ripping features at no cost.
It supports ALAC. There’s a handy app called XLD (X Lossless Decoder) that will convert from FLAC to ALAC (and probably back) in a couple clicks if you need it. Lossless means I don’t really need to care whether my music is in an equivalent format, but I will admit it’s a bit silly. https://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html.
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10 months ago
I would be surprised if XLD cannot do what you want.
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about 1 year ago
Please ignore the misinformation in this thread about CDs being too old to be ripped, and download XLD and follow this guide.
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about 1 year ago
I don’t have any OPUS files, but personally, I’m fine with MP3s, so typically, I just run songs through XLD.
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about 1 year ago
Take a look at XLD, it supports lossless formats (flac, alac, wav, aiff) as well as standard compressed formats. It also checks online services for metadata and album art. I ripped a ton of CDs with it.
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about 1 year ago
Mac or PC? X Lossless Decoder and Exact Audio Copy both have native metadata support.
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over 1 year ago
Of course not all programs benefit from these new APIs, and for cases like that devs can easily support very old versions of macOS. My favorite example of this is the open source audio converter utility XLD, which is still updated regularly and has support all the way back to OS X 10.4 (released in 2005!). Most programs aren’t like this though.
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over 1 year ago
You can convert them into other formats using Max or XLD.
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over 1 year ago
I’ve been using xld for a while, maybe give it shot… https://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html.
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over 1 year ago
Many of my other albums are ALAC files ripped from CDs (via XLD). In previous versions of the Music app (and definitely in iTunes), that tidbit (that it was ripped via XLD) did appear in the metadata. Makes me wonder whether that is preventing some of those files from “matching” correctly.
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over 1 year ago
Doppler – Local music player which replaces Spotify and Apple Music. Better UI, more privacy friendly, many formats work (and if they don’t, run it through XLD), etc.
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over 1 year ago
XLD is a solid open source option. It also preserves all metadata and/or will search your online db of choice to fill in the gaps. I’ve been using it for years and really enjoy it.
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over 1 year ago
For example, mp3 opens directly to iTunes, etc. And formats that is not compatible with Apple music Hazel will send it to XLD or use FFmpeg to convert it so Apple music can read it.
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over 1 year ago
I was able to convert the FLAC format to Apple Lossless using XLD to get them imported into the Music app and synced to my phone.
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over 1 year ago
XLD™ is free, and this is basically what it is for: Transcoding audio files. It only handles lossless formats, though it handles a long list of them:.
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over 1 year ago
XLD (MacOS only) is freeware and can convert between all major audio formats. Whatever you use make sure to produce high quality MP3s (320/44.1./16bit/CBR). Not every conversion to MP3 will sound the same, (aka mp3 encoders). Quality wise I like the MP3s that iTunes produces most, but iTunes can’t convert from FLAC.
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over 1 year ago
X Lossless Decoder is a good alternative for the Mac – and perhaps the only app that runs natively on PowerPC, Intel and ARM! https://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html.
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almost 2 years ago
Look at the syntax: https://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html, you don’t have many options to screw up unless you explcitly order to resample etc.
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almost 2 years ago
A much more impressive universal macOS application is X Lossless Decoder (XLD), which you can run natively on PowerPC (32), Intel (32/64) and ARM (64). https://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html.
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about 2 years ago
I wish apple supported FLAC. There’s an amazing free tool to convert to/from ALAC (https://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html), but still: some players only support FLAC and some ALAC and sometimes you can’t transfer songs in either format because of the no overlap between source/target.
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about 2 years ago
If you want lossless in your Apple Music library, I suggest using a tool like XLD to batch convert to ALAC format.
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about 2 years ago
