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Use VLC media player to convert Flac audio to MP3

Some devices will not support Flac (free lossless audio codec) files. Download the free VLC media player so that you can listen to whatever you want

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Converting audio files to MP3 is easy using the VLC media player

To play a track on a device that doesn’t support Flac audio files, the free VLC media player can convert it. VLC can be downloaded from Computeractive's website

Click on Media and then Convert/Save. Click on Add and select the file to convert. Click on the down arrow on the Convert/Save button at the bottom of the window and click on Convert.

Click on the Browse button and select a location and name for your MP3 file including .mp3 at the end. Click on the down arrow in the settings section and click on ‘Audio – MP3’. Increasing the bit rate improves the quality.

Click on the icon with the spanner and screwdriver. Click on the Audio Codec tab and change the bit rate. Click on Save and then Start to convert the file.
Joan Smith

 

Reader Comments

Flac to Mp3 conversion using VLC

I followed the suggestions in this article and it did not work - just get garbled noise out. More detail needed as to all settings perhaps ??

Posted by Gster, 01 Mar 2012

What biterate should it be?

You say to to increase the bit rate but to what amount? I am always getting a weird sound afterwards and do not know if it is getting better or worse.

Posted by stephen, 17 Nov 2012

conversion failure.

I followed the suggestions in this article and it did not work, end up with an mp3 file that is'nt recognised or playable.

Posted by Tony, 17 Dec 2012

Its Not Working

Its Not Working

Posted by Jean, 18 Dec 2012

BEWARE

SUDDEN horrible ultra loud sound blasted out after I hit the 'start' to convert button- I nearly died of fright- Lucky if it hasn't damaged my speakers- It opened a player window-- Maybe when it finishes the horrible noise it will be converted- We'll see-

Posted by keith, 25 Dec 2012

beware-- follow up

Discovered you need to select individual tracks and name them by their titles- got it to sound good- and it was very quick (done one track so far)

Posted by keith, 25 Dec 2012

Doesnae work

Followed the instructions to the letter but I'm left with .mp3 files that are 1k in size. There must be something missing from the instructions above?

Posted by G, 06 Jan 2013

Crash

VLC crashes every time i try to do this... sadness

Posted by M, 20 Jan 2013

Rubbish

Crashes every time, and far too complicated. Could not find any combination of settings to make it work!

Posted by NA, 11 Feb 2013

   

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