Is there any way to have the B2 compress FLAC to MP3?

David Catino

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Apr 12, 2018, 6:50:52 PM4/12/18

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I have been compressing to MP3, and today I notice a good number of tracks are in FLAC, I am not sure how the compression setting changed. Is there any way that the B2 would compress the FLAC to MP3?

Adam Sharpe

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Apr 13, 2018, 3:40:56 AM4/13/18

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Not that I know of, it happened to me the other day after a reset/reboot and I managed to catch it after the first CD. You will have to delete the FLAC ones, check compression to MP3 then rerip.

Jan Van

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Apr 13, 2018, 4:07:40 PM4/13/18

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I'm a Newbie, but why would you want them in MP3 format over the FLAC. I thought FLAC was the better format? (for sound quality)

Jasper Warwick

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Apr 13, 2018, 5:49:16 PM4/13/18

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If you have a lot of FLAC and really want MP3 you can down load dbPowerAmp and convert on your PC

cozlen

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Apr 13, 2018, 7:01:16 PM4/13/18

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You are right. I have a 2 terabyte B2. Which is huge. No need to compress anything. I keep all music in wav files
My hearing at my age is questionable enough. It makes no sense to me even taking the chance of reducing sound quality even more, by having mp3 files.

Adam Sharpe

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Apr 14, 2018, 3:26:27 PM4/14/18

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I use MP3 as it is supported by my phone and car stereo, the two main devices I listen to music on, apart from the B2.

I do not have a current working pc/laptop, but I brought the B2 to take a computer out of my music equipment.

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