Flac converter

Would Traders Little Helper work?

you can use "Audacity" too. I would use both!

I use dBpoweramp and Trader's Little Helper ......

Thanks. The issue is my computer doesn't belong to me. It's a company computer with some pretty heavy duty security on it. I work for 1 of the great corporate satans. I don't have admin privileges, so I can't install operating systems. Believe me, I've tried. I'm trying to work around. It's a pretty good computer for the most part & the FLAC thing isn't a big enough deal for me to go drop $1200 on the computer I'd want to buy. Other priorities at the present. Supposedly I'm getting some sort of software upgrade this week & I'm hoping a new media player with FLAC capabilities. Fingers crossed.

Well I have a paid version of Switch that I use for MP3 conversions, as I make MP3s for different needs. I have high resolution MP3s for my car CD player, and on my Ipad/Iphone I make VBR MP3s to fit onto the small devices. Finally I need to "go WAV" because I make regular audio CDs for a cheap audio CD player for work locations where I sit at a desk. And WAVE is the starting point for all the formats I really use.

FLAC is just something weird for audiophiles that has no real use in my equipment. My VLC player on my laptop can play FLAC, but for all intents and purposes it does not exist in the United States. Heck, I still haven't been able to find a FLAC-capable digital recorder sold here, I got my Tascam online and it's for the EU market.

Certainly if you paid for it, by all means use it :-) I'm just trying to tell you what I know so you don't have to do so many extra steps.

FYI, I don't think FLAC is "weird." FLAC can be problematic in the sense that as you mentioned the equipment to do playback on is rather limited. I did have a handheld mp3/FLAC player (which I have since lost). There are home devices that play FLAC, but you will have to look for those models if you ever conclude that FLAC is your future.

I am not aware of any recorder out there currently that does direct FLAC recording. 

For me personally, I enjoy not burning any CDs anymore for myself and now I keep a hard drive archive of FLAC material.

I personally like Foobar for playback of FLAC and converting them to mp3/wav/etc. Now if you were to take a FLAC that is anything above 16 bit / 44.1 khz back to CD quality, I recommend using r8brain.

dBpoweramp does everything, rips, burns, converts ...... even produces 640 Mbps MP3, but, surely everything now plays FLAC, WAV or ALAC?? My Android will play anything, add a player like USB Audio Player Pro or Onkyo Music Player for £2 and you can play DSD files also.