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.wav to .flac conversion using MAC OS X

I'm exhausted from looking on the net without finding a solution and I need your help. I have 300GB of .wav files stored on a hard drive after spending a long time ripping my CD collection. I need to convert them to .flac and save them on another drive for backup. I used xACT to do the conversion and things were great until I added the albums (I did one album as a test) to PLAY, a music software that plays .flac files. The songs were added without any properties (name, album, artist). Please keep in mind that the files are stored with the names example Money.flac.
If any one has come across a similar problem and found a workaround, please help me.

thanks,

kas
ksalous
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sufentanil
782 posts
 
WAV files do have some ability to store that information, although it is not standardized like FLAC. Often the program that ripped the WAV file will be able to read its own title, album its that it placed in the WAV. I'm not sure of options for the Mac, but MediaMonkey on Windows worked surprisingly well for me in converting WAV->FLAC and preserving the information from WAV files that were recorded using MusicMatch.
4est
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I heard that there is a free program for Mac called Max that does converts- maybe it'll help...
narkotic
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MAX will convert these files. I convert FLAC to Apple Lossless all of the time with this program.

Keep in mind, FLAC files don't play natively on OSX, unless you choose to use a standalone player like VLC.
ksalous OP
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Thanks for all your comments. I tried Max software and so far so good. I have to manually enter the songs names and the rest of the properties though. I might just take my time and convert them slowly.

kas
restock
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Kas, why not use iTunes on OS X with Apple Lossless files? If you do that iTunes can look up all song info online when you insert the CD again. I then usually copy and paste which is a little easier.
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