How to convert FLAC to mp3

FLAC is an audio compression format without loss. But since the files with the specified extension are relatively voluminous, and some programs and devices simply do not reproduce them, the need to translate FLAC to a more popular MP3 format.

Methods of transformation

You can convert FLAC to mp3 using online services and converter software. About the various ways to solve the task with the help of the latter, we will talk in this article.

Method 1: Mediahuman Audio Converter

This free program is a fairly simple and easy-to-use audio file converter working with most popular formats. Among the supports are also interested in the FLAC with MP3. In addition, Mediahuman Audio Converter recognizes images of CUE files and automatically splits them into separate tracks. When working with Lossless Audio, which is including FLAC, this feature will be very useful.

1. Install the program to your computer, after downloading it from the official site, and run.



2. Add audio files in the FLAC format to it, which you want to convert to MP3. You can simply drag them, but you can use one of the two buttons on the control panel. The first provides the ability to add separate tracks, the second - entire folders.

   

   Click on the appropriate icon, and then in the system "Explorer" window that opens, go to the folder with the necessary audio files or to a specific directory. Highlight them with a mouse or keyboard, then click on the "Open" button.



3. Flac files will be added to the MEDIAHUMAN AUDIO Converter window. On the top of the control panel, select a suitable output format. MP3 and so will be installed by default, but if not, select it from the list available. If you click on this button, you can determine the quality. Again, the default is the maximum available for this type of files 320 kbps, but if you wish, this value can be reduced. Deciding with the format and quality, click "Close" in this small window.



4. Before proceeding directly to conversion, you can select a place to save audio files. If your program's own folder (C: \ Users \ user_name \ Music \ is converted bymediahuman) You do not suit you, press the Trootch button and specify any other preferred location.



5. By closing the settings window, run the FLAC conversion process to MP3 by clicking on the "Start Conversion" button, which is shown in the screenshot below.



6. Audio conversion will begin, which is performed in multi-threaded mode (several tracks are converted simultaneously). Its duration will depend on the number of added files and their initial size.



7. Upon completion of the conversion under each of the tracks in FLAC format, the inscription "Completed" will appear.

   

   You can go to that folder that were assigned at the fourth step, and play audio using the player installed on the computer.



On this process of converting FLAC in MP3 can be considered completed. Mediahuman Audio Converter, considered within the framework of this method, is great for these purposes and requires a minimum of action from the user. If for some reason this program does not suit you, check out the options below.

Method 2: Factory Formats

Format Factory can perform the conversion in the named direction or, as it is customary to call it in Russian, format factory.

1. Run Format Factory. On the central page click "Audio".



2. In the discontinued list of formats, which will be introduced after this action, choose the "MP3" icon.



3. The section of the main audio file conversion settings in MP3 format is launched. To start, click on the "Add File" button.



4. The addition window starts. Find the FLAC location directory. Having highlight this file, press "Open".



5. The name and address of the audio file will be displayed in the conversion settings window. If you want to make additional outgoing mp3 settings, then click "Set up".



6. The settings shell starts. Here, by selecting from the list of values, you can configure the following parameters:
   • VBR (from 0 to 9);
   • Volume (from 50% to 200%);
   • Channel (stereo or mono);
   • Bitrate (from 32 kbps to 320 kbps);
   • Frequency (from 11025 Hz to 48000 Hz).

   After specifying the settings, click "OK".



7. Returning to the main window of reformatting parameters in MP3, you can now specify the Winchester location where the converted (output) audio file is sent. Click "Change".



8. The "Overview of Folders" is activated. Move to that directory that will be the final file storage folder. Holding it, press "OK".



9. The path to the selected directory will be displayed in the "End Folder" field. Work in the settings window is completed. Click "OK".



10. Return to the central window Format Factory. As we can see, in it a separate line recorded by us earlier the task in which the following data is indicated:
    • Name of the source audio file;
    • Its size;
    • The direction of the transformation;
    • Address of the output file folder.

    Highlight the named recording and click "Start".



11. Running conversion. You can monitor its progress in the "Status" column using the indicator and display percentage of the task.



12. After the end of the procedure, the status in the "Status" column will be changed to "executed".



13. To visit the storage catalog of the final audio file, which was set in the settings earlier, check the name of the task and click "End Folder".



14. The area of ​​placement of the audio file mp3 will open in the "Explorer".

Method 3: Total Audio Converter

Convert FLAC to mp3 will be able to a specialized program for converting audiooformats Total Audio Converter.

1. Open the total audio converter. In the left area of ​​its window is the file manager. Highlight FLAC source folder in it. In the main right-hand area of ​​the window, the contents of the selected folder are displayed. Install the box to the left of the above file. Then click on the "MP3" logo on the top panel.



2. Then a window with a five-second timer opens for owners of the trial version of the program. This window also reports that only 67% of the source file will be transformed. After the specified time, click "Continue". The owners of the paid version do not have a similar limitation. They can convert the file completely, and the above-described window with a timer simply does not appear.



3. The conversion settings window starts. First of all, open the section "Where?". In the File Name field, the location path of the converted object is prescribed. By default, it corresponds to the source storage directory. If you want to change this parameter, then click on the item to the right of the specified field.



4. The shell opens "Save As". Move where you want to store the output audio file. Click "Save".



5. In the "File Name" area, the address of the selected directory is displayed.



6. In the "Part" tab, you can cut a specific fragment from the source code that you want to convert by setting its start and completion. But, of course, this function is far from always in demand.



7. In the "VOLUME" tab, the running running method is possible to adjust the volume of the outgoing audio file.



8. In the "Frequency" tab, the method of rearrangement of the switch between 10 points can vary the sound frequency in the range from 8000 to 48000 Hz.



9. In the "Channels" tab, the user can select the channel by setting the switch:
   • Mono;
   • Stereo (default settings);
   • Quasisteo.



10. In the Flow tab, the user specifies the minimum bitrate by selecting the option from 32 kbps to 320 kbps from the drop-down list.



11. At the final stage of working with the conversion settings, go to the "Start Conversion" tab. There are general information about you or left without changes to the conversion parameters. If the information presented in the current window satisfies you and you do not want to change anything, then to activate the reformatration procedure, click "Start".



12. The conversion process is performed, followed by the indicator, as well as receive information in percent.



13. After the end of the conversion, the "Explorer" window will be opened where the outgoing MP3 is located.

The lack of the current method is hidden in the fact that the free version of the total audio converter has significant limitations. In particular, it converts not the entire source audio file FLAC, but only its part.

Method 4: ANY VIDEO CONVERTER

The Any Video Converter program, despite its name, is able to convert not only different video formats, but also to reformat the FLAC audio files to MP3.

1. Open video converter. First of all, you need to select an outgoing audio file. To do this, staying in the "Conversion" section click on the "Add or Drag File" in the central part of the window or click "Add Video".



2. The Open window is started. Lay in it the directory of finding FLAC. Noting the specified audio file, click "Open".

   

   Opening can produce and without activating the window specified above. Take the FLAC from the "Explorer" into the converter shell.



3. The selected audio file will be displayed in the list for reformatting in the central program window. Now you need to select the final format. Click on the appropriate area to the left of the inscription "Convert!".



4. In the list of the list, click on the "Audio Files" icon, which has a picture of a note. A list of various audio formats is revealed. The second of the elements is the name "MP3 Audio". Click on it.



5. Now you can go to the outgoing file parameters. First of all, we assign the place of its location. This can be done by clicking on the icon in the image of the catalog located on the right of the output directory in the "Basic Settings" parameters.



6. Overview of folders opens. The named shell is already familiar to us on manipulation with Format Factory. Go to the catalog where you wish to store the mp3 output. Noting this object, press "OK".



7. The address of the selected directory is displayed in the "Output Catalog" area of ​​the Basic Settings. In the same group you can trim the source audio file if you wish to reformat only part of it, assigning the start period and stop period. In the "Quality" field, you can specify one of the following levels:
   • Low;
   • High;
   • Average (default settings).

   The better the sound will be, the longer the volume will receive the final file.



8. For more detailed settings, click on the "Audio Settings" inscription. The ability to indicate from the list of the bitrate of audio, sound frequency, number of audio channels (1 or 2) from the list. A separate option is the ability to disconnect the sound. But for obvious reasons, it is extremely rare like this function.



9. After installing all the desired parameters in order to start the reformatting procedure, press "convert!".



10. There is a conversion of the selected audio file. For the speed of this process, you can observe with the help of information that is in the form of interest, as well as the movement of the indicator.



11. Following the end, the "Explorer" window will open where the final MP3 is located.

Method 5: Convertilla

If you are tired of working with powerful converters with many different parameters, then in this case a small Convertilla program is ideal for reformatting FLAC.

1. Activate Convertilla. To go to the opening window, press "Open".

   

   If you are accustomed to manipulate the menu, then in this case, as an alternative action, you can use the click on the "File" and "Open" items.



2. The selection window is launched. Find the FLAC location directory. Having highlight this audio file, click "Open".

   

   Another option to add a file is performed by dragging from the "conductor" in the converter.



3. After completing one of these actions, the address of the selected audio file will be displayed in the above field. Click on the name of the "Format" field and select "MP3" from the discontinued list.



4. In contrast to the previous ways to solve the task, Convertilla has a very limited number of tools to change the parameters of the received audio file. In fact, all possibilities in this regard are limited only by regulation of quality level. In the "Quality" field you need to specify the "Other" value instead of the "original" value. A slider appears, by tightening which you can add quality to the right and left to the left, and the file size, or to reduce them.



5. In the File area, the address is specified where the output audio file will be sent after conversion. The default settings are assumed in this quality the same directory where the source object is placed. If you need to change this folder, then click on the pictogram in the image of the directory to the left of the above field.



6. The window selection window is launched. Move where you want to store the converted audio file. Then click "Open".



7. After that, the new path will be displayed in the File field. Now you can run reformatting. Click "convert".



8. The reformatting process is performed. You can monitor with the help of information data on the percentage of its passage, as well as using the indicator.



9. The end of the procedure is marked by the display of the message "Converting Completed". Now to go to the directory where the finished material is located, click on the icon in the folder's image to the right of the file area.



10. The directory of the location of the ready-made mp3 is open in the "Explorer".



11. If you want to play the received video file, then click on the playback start element, which is also located to the right of the same File field. Melody playback will begin in the program that is the default application to play MP3 on this computer.

There are a number of converter programs that can convert FLAC to MP3. Most of them allow you to make pretty clear settings of the outgoing audio file, including the indication of its bitrate, volume, frequency, and other data. Such programs include applications such as Any Video Converter, Total Audio Converter, Format Factory. If you do not pursue the target to set the exact settings, and you want to quickly and easily reformatting at a given direction, then in this case the Convertilla Converter is suitable with a set of simplest functions.