way is the one you want, or at least the safest. I'm gonna guess that the application you've downloaded is the freeware Open Source thing from here http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html

As you probably know, when you rip a CD track to mp3, it essentially takes the WAV file and strips out 90% or so of the sound/size, leaving only the stuff that you 'need' to hear.

Flac removes (magically) a lot less of a percentage of the file size and NONE of the sound information.

If you were to convert a bog standard mp3 file to something you could play on a conventional CD player, the software effectively 'inflates' the file, filling the missing 90% with, er, God knows what.

With FLAC, the algorithm (as I understand it) doesn't need to do any artibrary 're-inflation' and thus what you end up with, on your music CD, is a 'Perfect' copy of what the original WAV file was originally.

FLAC is aimed at purists so blowing it up to WAV is the right thing to do.

I hope this

a) helps
b) doesn't show me to be talking out my bloody arse.

If I am talking rubbish, I'm sure somebody will be along in a mo to set me straight!

I know that Roxio Toast on a Mac can handle FLAC files - both in terms of ripping and recording to CD. I would presume the equivalent Roxio product on a PC would do the same.

It's free and works perfectly.

http://cdburnerxp.se/en/features

I just downloaded CDBurnerXP and it worked perfectly, cue lists and all.

I can't seem to locate a utility to allow me to burn a CD from a bunch of FLAC files, or alternatively convert them to WAV files so I can burn them. Any suggestions?