[SOLVED] How to convert FLAC to m4a (ALAC) with console version?

[SliderJeff]

Hi,

I've got a batch file with the following:

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xrecode3cx64 -i .\*.flac -r -cbr 320 -nsec -cof "folder.jpg" -o "M:\Audio\ALAC_From_FLAC" -dest m4a -44100 -b 16 -coverfilename "folder" -fileexists 0 -tr "C:\Program Files\xrecode3\stuff\tagsreplace.txt" -pfilename "%%albumartist%% - (%%year%%) %%album%% ALAC\%%albumartist%% - %%album%% - %%track2%% - %%title%%" 
pause

but it's not generating anything and it's giving me a multiple line error output that says"

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11/9/2024 9:15:06 PM: ERROR: Executable file for the selected destination is missing.
11/9/2024 9:15:06 PM: ERROR: Executable file for the selected destination is missing.
11/9/2024 9:15:06 PM: ERROR: Executable file for the selected destination is missing.
11/9/2024 9:15:06 PM: ERROR: Executable file for the selected destination is missing.
11/9/2024 9:15:06 PM: ERROR: Executable file for the selected destination is missing.
11/9/2024 9:15:06 PM: ERROR: Executable file for the selected destination is missing.
11/9/2024 9:15:06 PM: ERROR: Executable file for the selected destination is missing.
11/9/2024 9:15:06 PM: ERROR: Executable file for the selected destination is missing.
11/9/2024 9:15:06 PM: ERROR: Executable file for the selected destination is missing.

Clearly I have something wrong in the batch file or I'm specifying the wrong parameters to the console version to do the conversion. Can someone help me debug what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Jeff

[admin]

Here's an update to try - https://xrecode.com/test/Asetup_xrecode ... e_1.159.7z

[SliderJeff]

Thank you! That fixed the errors!

[SliderJeff]

Is there an example somewhere to show how to convert FLAC to ALAC/m4a with the console where it uses the full bitrate based on the source material? Right now, with what I have in my batch file, all the m4a files are coming out with around 340kbps bitrates vs. the source FLAC files being 950-1000kbps.

My current batch file command line is:

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xrecode3cx64 -i .\*.flac -r -nsec -cof "folder.jpg" -o "M:\Audio\ALAC_From_FLAC" -dest m4a -coverfilename "folder" -fileexists 0 -tr "C:\Program Files\xrecode3\stuff\tagsreplace.txt" -pfilename "%%albumartist%% - (%%year%%) %%album%% ALAC\%%albumartist%% - %%album%% - %%track2%% - %%title%%" 

Thanks,
Jeff

[admin]

Both flac and alac are losless, so the output file should be equal to the source. Your command line looks fine. Could you please send me the source flac and the result alac file to xrecode@gmail.com? You could use https://wetransfer.com/.

[SliderJeff]

Done. I used the site you suggested to transfer the two files.

Jeff

[admin]

Thanks. Now I see the problem. The file was converted to AAC instead of ALAC (I should have noticed this from your provided command line).

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-dest m4a

will convert to AAC, and

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-dest alac

will convert to ALAC. Please update your command line to

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xrecode3cx64 -i .\*.flac -r -nsec -cof "folder.jpg" -o "M:\Audio\ALAC_From_FLAC" -dest alac -coverfilename "folder" -fileexists 0 -tr "C:\Program Files\xrecode3\stuff\tagsreplace.txt" -pfilename "%%albumartist%% - (%%year%%) %%album%% ALAC\%%albumartist%% - %%album%% - %%track2%% - %%title%%" 

[SliderJeff]

Thanks so much for debugging this for me! I didn't see that as an option in the Wiki for the console version, so I assumed it was m4a. I always thought AAC-encoded files were a ".aac" file extension. Thanks for setting me straight!

Jeff

[admin]

Great! I also added /dest alac to the WIKI examples.