Ripping CDs is easy with foobar2000, and has I think two advantages on Winamp:-Full speed-You can make secure ripping (foobar2000 makes sure that the ripped file is exactly similar to the CD). Winamp - Winamp plays FLAC out of the box (download the Full version to also get FLAC encoding). Foobar2000 - A nice player that converts as well; If you want to rip CDs to FLAC, here is a short list of the most popular programs. Experts generally prefer EAC for the most accurate ripping. DbPowerAMP also does a fine job and is easier to set up. Thing with iTunes was they had buy in from the big labels. It was about the only legit way to buy albums, epically single track. Also if you ran windows the easy cd rip and management of mp3's was a godsend when you had to buy a ripper otherwise, which could inject DRM that not everything honored.
Using iTunes? Sorry, due to iTunes' design we can't add FLAC support; ask Apple to support FLAC!
If you want to play FLAC files, here is how with some popular players:
- Windows Media Player (WMP) - install the Xiph's OpenCodec plugins
- Winamp - Winamp plays FLAC out of the box (download the Full version to also get FLAC encoding).
- foobar2000 - A nice player that converts as well
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- Exact Audio Copy (EAC) - The official download ships with FLAC
- Winamp - Winamp can rip to FLAC out of the box since version 5.31 if you download the Full version (not Lite).
- Windows Media Player (WMP) - Sorry, Microsoft has made it impossible to rip to FLAC in WMP; hopefully this will change eventually.
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- Windows Media Player (WMP) - Sorry, Microsoft has made it impossible to burn FLAC to CD in WMP; hopefully this will change eventually.
- Burrrn - Supports burning from FLAC out of the box.
- Nero - Supports FLAC starting from version 9
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If you want to convert audio files to/from FLAC, there are quite a few programs:- Winamp - Winamp can convert to/from FLAC out of the box since version 5.31 if you download the Full version (not Lite).
- foobar2000 - A nice player that converts as well
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Winamp Rip Cd Pro
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- mp3tag - A free tag editor which supports editing tags, autotagging from online databases, cover art, and more.
- Most players (like foobar2000 and Winamp) are able to edit FLAC-tags as well