AddFLACs
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NAME
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AddFLACs - add FLAC files to the iTunes media library

SYNOPSIS
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AddFLACs [FOLDER]

DESCRIPTION
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The AddFLACs script scans the specified FOLDER and its subfolders for
FLAC files, converts them to Apple lossless format and adds to the
iTunes library.

To avoid track duplication, AddFLACs first extracts the metadata from
each FLAC file it encounters and checks if a track with exactly the same
artist, album and title is already present in the iTunes library. Such
tracks will be skipped even if they are in a different format.

If FOLDER is not specified, the current folder and its subfolders will
be scanned.

Prerequisites

-   FLAC command-line utilities, flac.exe and metaflac.exe, and a UTF-8
    to UTF-16 conversion helper must be present in the folder containing
    the script.

-   All FLAC files must be properly tagged prior to conversion. At a
    minimum, the tags ARTIST, ALBUM, and TITLE must be present. Also
    recognized are GENRE, TRACKNUMBER, DATE, and COMPILATION.

-   If the DATE tag is present, it must contain year only.

LICENSE
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The AddFLACs script and the Unicode conversion helper are released under
the MIT/X11 license (see COPYING.MIT.)

The FLAC command-line tools are released under the GPLv2 (see
COPYING.GPL.) The source code may be obtained from the official FLAC
pages on SourceForge.

SEE ALSO
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