# Audio conversion in Windows, FLAC to MP3, etc

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/audio-conversion-in-windows-flac-to-mp3-etc/80009>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 20, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/audio-conversion-in-windows-flac-to-mp3-etc/80009 "2006-12-20T20:45:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![djlewis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@djlewis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djlewis)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/audio-conversion-in-windows-flac-to-mp3-etc/80009/1 "2006-12-20T20:45:43Z")

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Any thoughts on how to do this in Ruby? I’ve tried hooking to the  
dbPowerAmp DLL but there are problems that seem kinda inscrutable (see  
message [http://tinyurl.com/y9r86h](http://tinyurl.com/y9r86h)). Too bad, because that’s what I use  
interactively, and it seems pretty good.

Any other ways to do audio conversions in Ruby that people recommend –  
general-purpose conversion libraries for Windoze, scripting interfaces,  
etc? FLAC to MP3 is the one I most want, with flexibility in the MP3  
parameters. But it would be nice to have a bigger set of formats.

Thanks. --David.