Couple More Software Additions



So the software just keeps on coming... Have you ever heard of torrents? You can get a great definition here, if you haven't and your too uninclined to click, its essentially P2P sharing of files (music, etc.). Well, I downloaded the BitTorrent which is an OSX software client. Not sure what I was doing, I searched for my favorite artists to see what would come up (and to try and figure out what the hell these Torrent things were). Well through http://bt.etree.org/index.php I found two Dan Bern bootlegs and a Martha Wainwright bootleg, some Guster, and many more... I was stoked!!

Once they arrived to my desktop, I saw the files ended with "FLAC" and damned if I knew what that was... Turns out it's an encoding scheme, similar to MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc. A more robust description here. At this point, I was a bit frustrated trying to figure out how to listen to my new jems. I quickly found a program called FLACer . This is a free encoding/deconing software that turns FLAC files in WAV. These are then playable in iTunes and can quickly be converted to MP3's!

Suddenly this 100GB HD isn't looking so big anymore.

Posted: Tue - April 5, 2005 at 09:51 AM           |

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