Converting WMA Lossless to Flac

[scdb]

I recently bought the Logitech Transporter, and I'm planning on using dbpoweramp to rip, and MediaMonkey to manage the library. I am told that Flac files are better to use than the WMA Lossless files I have (because they play natively on the Transporter). Is there ANY advantage to re-ripping my cd's to flac, rather than converting the previously ripped WMA Lossless files directly to flac files? I don't look forward to re-ripping thousands of files, but I also want the quality to be as good as possible.

[DazBYorks]

Re: Converting WMA Lossless to Flac

Hi,

Lossless, is just that, so the only thing you would gain from re-ripping would be the PerfectMeta metadata.

Edit: I do suppose that, depending on when you ripped, you would be able to know if there were errors with any of the discs.

Daz

[scdb]

Re: Converting WMA Lossless to Flac

Good point. I copied all the files using Windows Media Player. They sound ok, but I don't now if they have imperfections. Is there a way to verify that, short of actually re-ripping. Does Accurate Rip function in any way for a file that has already been ripped, and is being copied or converted?

[LtData]

Re: Converting WMA Lossless to Flac

No, AccurateRip currently only works when ripping CDs.

[Tigerman]

Re: Converting WMA Lossless to Flac

After conversion to flac, you can check if they are accurate with cue tools.

But not all albums are in accurate rip yet.