Hi, I hope I'm posting this in the right forum, if not I apologize.

I was wondering how do you guys listen to .flac files you come across? Do you convert them and put them on an iPod, or something else?

Thanks!

foobar2000 (http://www.foobar2000.org/)

For ipod use, download dBpoweramp and convert them straight into ALAC. You can also use Foobar2000 to convert flac to mp3 and what not.

Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, see supported devices (http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html#hardware)) just like you would an MP3 file.

FLAC stands out as the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec (http://flac.sourceforge.net/comparison.html), and the only one that at once is non-proprietary, is unencumbered by patents, has an open-source reference implementation, has a well documented format and API, and has several other independent implementations.

See About FLAC (http://flac.sourceforge.net/features.html) for more, or Using FLAC (http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tasks.html) for how to play FLAC files, rip CDs to FLAC, etc.
FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec (http://flac.sourceforge.net/)
Love it. My tone deaf ears think this is the best.
Plays in VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) very nicely.

My question is 'Any recommendations for a free .flac file joiner?'

Cue splitter, I think.

Cue splitter, I think.To join the files??

i use jriver media center. its a snazzy program that takes the best parts of itunes and wmp, is skinnable, and supports basically every format under the sun. :)

Free Mp3/Wma/Ogg Converter is an ideal all-in-one tool to convert batches of audio files for audio CD burning and music player enjoyment.

Audio Conversion
With this powerful audio converter, you can convert audio files from one type to another while maintaining high audio quality, audio output of MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, AAC, M4A, FLAC and MP2 are supported.

Video to Audio Conversion
Want to listen to sweetening music from a movie on your music players anytime? Free Mp3/Wma/Ogg Converter is just on your target. It perfectly converts video to audio with high output quality in a simple way. The supported video formats include AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, FLV, MOV, HD, plus many others.


http://www.freemp3wmaconverter.com/freemp3wmaoggconverter/index.html

PLUS: Free and fast, really fast.
CON: 'OGG (FLAC) to MP3' default setting compressed the output to 118kbps. Unclear if this is adjustable in the free version.

I just listen to FLACs in Winamp.

I just listen to FLACs in Winamp.

^ I do the same as this guy, and I use foobar to split or convert file types.

AIMP3.