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flac to m4a with qaac encoder

i need to convert some audio flac files to m4a with wonderful qaac encoder
great audio quality, but qaac don't support direct conversion flac to m4a. so i need to convert flac to wave (with ffmpeg), then wave to m4a with qaac encoder. but on final m4a no tag ... sad. i need to use mp3tag to copy all tags from flac into converted m4a files

this because:
1. ffmpeg flac to wave lose tag. why? you know how to keep tag on ffmpeg conversion?
2. also if i have wave with tag (dbpoweramp support conversion flac to wave with keep tag) on second conversion wave to m4a with qaac encoder, final m4a not have tag

my best goal is direct conversion flac to m4a with qaac encoder only, and keep the original tag
or, if this is not possible, at least flac to wave conversion with ffmpeg keeping the original tag. thanks

edit: i've found this for ffmpeg to keep tag -map_metadata 0 -map_metadata 0:s:0 -id3v2_version 3
but covert art is still missing ...

Re: flac to m4a with qaac encoder

Reply #1 –
Use foobar2000's converter. It has an encoder preset "AAC (Apple)". You tell the converter if it should transfer tags, ReplayGain values, embedded art...
 

Re: flac to m4a with qaac encoder

Reply #2 –
never used foobar2000, but if i need to use a converter then i use dbpoweramp. it has a qaac encoder too, allows direct flac to wav conversion and keeps the complete tag, cover art included https://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central-m4a.htm

but i love the manual method with qaac encoder CLI !

Re: flac to m4a with qaac encoder

Reply #3 –
solved conversion from flac, thanks to great korth post https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,85135.msg1062056.html#msg1062056

go here https://github.com/xiph/flac
download zip file, extract libFLAC.dll from x64 folder and put on qaac64 encoder folder
now direct conversion flac to m4a work fine (just missing cover art)
also same tag, just only missing covert art ... but this is just a small issue.

Re: flac to m4a with qaac encoder

Reply #6 –
Quote from: w8ub6blw on
also same tag, just only missing covert art ... but this is just a small issue.
Ok, I'm gonna bump this since you mentioned missing cover art. Are you sure you're using
Code: [Select]
--copy-artwork
option?
I have been using qaac with libFLAC and it definitely can copy flac cover.

Re: flac to m4a with qaac encoder

Reply #7 –
right with --copy-artwork solved. qaac add tag+cover