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If you convert the filetype, you can't transfer the grid & cue marker to another file, as even if it's the same song, the bits & bytes aren't in the same places. Sorry!
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Converting a Rekordbox FLAC library to MP3/AIFF while keeping cue/memory
My entire rekordbox is in FLAC. Is there a way to dupe the flac library and relink it a folder of converted MP3s or AIFFs in another library that follow the same structure? I'd like to keep cues and memory.
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Is the cue information exposed anywhere? If it's exposed in some type of format, it might be possible to write a script to do this conversion @pulse. As far as i've seen, there are no current programs that do this.
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@pulse: I know this issue has been beaten to the ground via https://forums.pioneerdj.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/203049659--CLOSED-Feature-request-FLAC-conversion
Is the only solution to resetup all my playlists and cues after flac to aiff conversion?
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Ok here you go, it's not "easy" but doable.
1, Export your Rekordbox collection to XML
2. Download XLD (it's free ware, I use it myself no affiliation with the developers).
https://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html
XLD hast the preference to place the "converted" tracks exactly at the same place as the original. Maintaining the fileapth, which is what you need/want!
e.g. the track named test.flac stored in the folder test:
/test/test.flac becomes /test/test.mp3
Convert all the FLAC files
3. open the XML you exported in the first step in a text editor that doesn't mess with formatting. Don't use WORD! I like to use BBEdit. Do a search & replace of all the occurrences in the xml of:
replace
Kind="FLAC File"
with
Kind="MP3 File"
and replace
.flac"
with
.mp3"
Save the document (suggestion use a new name so you can easily fall back if you mess things up).
4. import the XML you modified in step 3 back into Rekordbox.
I would advice to go with MP3 CBR 320Kbs at highest quality setting, but that's just me, nothing wrong with AIFF.
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