wma to flac with art

[past]

I'm stuck. currently have all music files as wma lossless. Have tried to convert to flac which is ok but doesn't bring through the album art. Not clear about what I have to set to do this or even if it is supported. If anyone can help, would be appreciated.

[Spoon]

Re: wma to flac with art

Stored as folder.jpg?

[past]

Re: wma to flac with art

Thanks for the reply Spoon but don't understand what you mean. There are no .jpg files associated with the source folder ie my .wma files and there isn't a folder created with the conversion to flac. Are you saying I have not set the conversion up properly? Sorry, but this is all new to me. I have just got a Sonos music system so I am trying to get it set up to read my music and it doesn't support wma lossless.

[Wayne]

Re: wma to flac with art

What Spoon is trying to find out is whether or not your individual wma files have the album art inside them or the album art is held as a separate file folder.jpg instead.

If you use dMC to view the audio properties of a wma file does it display the album art?

[past]

Re: wma to flac with art

No if I go to the original wma there is no artwork displayed in the Audio properties dialog although I can see artwork displayed if I play it in windows media. Where does that leave me....stuffed ??

[Spoon]

Re: wma to flac with art

WMP likely has a hidden artwork file in the same folder as the audio (switch explorer to show hidden files), the name cannot be guessed as is a guid.

[past]

Re: wma to flac with art

Explorer is set to show hidden files. There is nothing. Wayne seemed to be suggesting that they can be embedded as part of the wma - does that sound right ? I have only downloaded the trial verison of this app. Are there some features that would not be available to me for the conversion ? If I rip a cd to flac it's all fine and includes the folder.jpg as you suggested. I can't see anything in media player that suggests you can store album art in a different location which might affect using the conversion software. Got me stumped.

[Wayne]

Re: wma to flac with art

WMP used to store the album art as a hidden file in the same folder as the music files, maybe it now holds it within its own database instead. Other have had issues see this link http://dalepreston.com/Blog/2007/04/...album-art.html

[past]

Re: wma to flac with art

Small steps. Discovered it is show system files that exposes the jpg and folder for the wma files - so I have got that far but still having problems trying to find out how to get those copied over and applied when converting to flac. So if any more ideas out there it would be much appreciated.

[Wayne]

Re: wma to flac with art

I would personally use the ID Update codec to import the folder.jpg files into your existing wma before converting them to flac.

Alternatively convert the wma to flac using the same folder as the destination and use the ID Tag Processing DSP effect to import the folder.jpg into the created flac files. After the conversion is done use the Arrange Audio codec to move the flac files to where you want them.

Someone may have a better option

[past]

Re: wma to flac with art

Wayne either of those options sound like the business to me but I haven't got a clue what to do. If you have the time and patience to spell it out that would be fantastic and I'll give it a try. I have got as far as downloading the ID Tag update codec v2.1 from the utility codecs and went into the configuration section for codecs> advanced options and draw a blank from there. Pitch me at the lowest technical level - if there was a dbpoweramp guide for dummies it would be too advanced for me.

[Spoon]

Re: wma to flac with art

If you rename the file to folder.jpg (assuming you have only one album per folder), then dbpoweramp can import it into the ID Tag with Update ID Tag (there is an option to import folder.jpg), so you 'convert' your files to Update ID Tag (does not convert just updates the tag).

[past]

Re: wma to flac with art

Thanks to you both for your help. That has worked a treat:smile2: