.SHN to .MP3

Using the mkw Audio Compression Tool [http://www.etree.org/mkw.html] can take you from .shn to .wav easily, then iTunes'll be able to convert the .wav files to .mp3.

Posted by: patk at 06/04/05 1:17 PM | Reply
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xACT is free and easy for Mac users. You can convert to AIFF or WAV and then drop into iTunes.

Posted by: kar at 06/04/05 1:29 PM | Reply
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Prepare for the wrath of the SHN audiophile nazis, who insist that an SHN should never be converted to an MP3 for fear of the inferior-quality copy infecting the world.

Posted by: Andy Baio at 06/04/05 2:02 PM | Reply
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I seem to recall Stereogum is a Mac-user (like me), so, yeah, X-Act is probably the most complete app, but the GUI tends to get in my way. I use a down-n-dirty SHN converter called "Carbon Shorten" that works well, but is GUI-challenged. You can get it here, I believe: www.softsound.com.

And, yeah...you really shouldn't convert SHN/FLAC to MP3. It does wreak some real havok amongst traders.

Posted by: Billy K at 06/04/05 2:11 PM | Reply
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I need to convert MP3s to 8 track any help?

Posted by: Yale Bloor at 06/04/05 2:12 PM | Reply
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Dude, I'm all for converting. Fuck those elitist "DO NOT ENCODE TO MP3" bitches. Some of us don't have hard drive space coming out our ass.

Posted by: G3K at 06/04/05 2:23 PM | Reply
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Does anyone know how to convert Flac to MP3?

Preferably for a mac. Preferably on the free and easy tip, too....

Posted by: dan at 06/04/05 3:13 PM | Reply
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check:

MacFlac:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11650

and

Mac Shorten for .SHN
http://www.hornig.net/shorten.html

Posted by: Jawbreaker at 06/04/05 3:34 PM | Reply
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FLACer.

It has a nice/simple GUI. Of course, it only converts to AIFF or WAV. Then you'll use the LAME iTunes plug-in to convert to MP3.

Posted by: mjalex at 06/04/05 3:35 PM | Reply
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mkwACT is a really good one.

go to etree.org ...

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anybody hear about this???

Posted by: brian at 06/04/05 5:58 PM | Reply
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Get Shorten (freeware), which will convert to AIFF, and then convert to m4a (AAC) in iTunes. That's all I ever do, and it works out super. Here's the link I used.

http://www.hornig.net/shorten.html

Posted by: Grant at 06/04/05 5:59 PM | Reply
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I second the xACT recommendation--it converts 'em all (.flac, .shn, even .ape). But as stated elsewhere, it converts to .aiff or .wav only, but that's an easy conversion in iTunes or most other audio programs.

Posted by: Anna at 06/04/05 7:58 PM | Reply
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mp3 is proprietary. we need to find something else as it is.

Posted by: Chris at 06/05/05 12:32 AM | Reply
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foobar2000
www.foobar2000.org

Posted by: newdisco at 06/06/05 12:36 PM | Reply
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I don't get it. Why would you want to convert shn to mp3? Is hard drive space that expensive? Its impossible to convert back.

Posted by: charlie at 06/06/05 1:05 PM | Reply
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Charlie:
SHN doesn't play on iPod. For an Apple guy on the go, that's plenty good enough reason. And to give you a quick dipshit check, just because you convert a file doesn't mean it's gone forever. If it's so important to maintain fidelity you can simply not delete the original SHN and keep the MP3 on your portable player/laptop/etc.

Posted by: ade at 06/07/05 12:00 AM | Reply
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People want to convert shn to mp3 because shn sucks they take up massive amounts of disk space they are difficult to listen to and burn to cds and are a general pain in the ass. Traders are the whole problem with sharing music they hoard their collections only accepting trades and then bitch and moan about converting shn to mp3s or converting anything to mp3s get a damn life.

Posted by: Matthew Crayton at 07/08/05 3:37 PM | Reply
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so there is no one! app. that will do .shn to .mp3 for windows??????????????

Posted by: bryan at 07/21/05 4:03 PM | Reply
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mkw is available from eTree and works for windows. Good luck!

Posted by: Bjorn at 07/25/05 6:18 PM | Reply
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I can't for the life of me get shn files to play on my computer, despite the fact that I have an shn plugin. Nor can I burn it to disc because Roxio does not recognize shn as an audio file. Please help, I am completely lost and can't figure this out. I've figured out every other file type other than this one.

Posted by: bregnar at 08/04/05 2:13 AM | Reply
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yeah i just use winamp for my shn needs. you can download a plugin that reads shn files. from there u can go to sound output, mp3 output, wav output, or even output it directly to your burner. i recommend winamp 100%

p.s. does anyone know if itunes is going to make a shn plugin?? that would make my life so very easy...

Posted by: robgig at 09/03/05 12:50 AM | Reply
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i can't get the etree one to download, just issues on my computer, nothing happens when i try.

is there anything else for windows?

Posted by: vic at 09/16/06 3:15 PM | Reply
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hi. i am unable to get the etree one to work as well.

a box pops up saying "mkvSFX has unpacked the Setup files to your TEMP folder and launced Setup. Once Setup completes, click OK to remove the Setup files from your TEMP folder."

the problem with this is, setup never launches.
does anyone know how to fix this and get the program working?

Posted by: joe at 09/16/06 3:34 PM | Reply
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joe go back to where you specifed the download of the setup files, for me it was c/Program Files, then open the file that says something like menu.exe. And the program starts.

Posted by: bobby at 10/09/06 5:28 PM | Reply
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Switch is easy and free for windows

http://www.nch.com.au/switch/

Posted by: lauren at 01/14/07 4:12 PM | Reply
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all the suggestions above are great, but what about tags? i wouldn't mind 2-step conversion if i at least got intact tags. any help?

Posted by: jonas at 08/22/07 11:57 PM | Reply
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GREAT THANKS!!!!!

Posted by: MARCELO at 11/16/07 10:27 PM | Reply
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ok

Posted by: Deyan at 05/17/08 2:26 PM | Reply
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