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Asked: 2012-04-20 03:08:28 +0800 CST

How to convert ALAC to FLAC?

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I have some ALAC files (.m4a) that I want to convert to FLAC (.flac). How can I do this?

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    1. Install ffmpeg:

      sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

    2. Files can be converted to FLAC from ALAC via the command ffmpeg -i audio.m4a -acodec flac audio.flac. To do this for a while directory of files go to that directory (cd path) and issue the following:

      for f in *.m4a; do ffmpeg -i "$f" "${f%.m4a}.flac"; done

    3. (Optional)

    For reference see https://superuser.com/a/329278/87552 and http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1500430.

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