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UberFLAC v0.89 - tools to help with ÜberStandard 3.0/FLAC rips
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These rather hackish tools help with ÜberStandard 3.0/FLAC rips.

FLACScript enforces and checks MD5 sums for FLAC rips, and does
it better than oggscript. It also generates standard-compliant
MD5 checksum files now, that anything else like md5sum or hksfv
can check too.

UberTrans allows you to safely transcode FLAC rips to the other
UberStandard formats. Yes, it only works on FLAC. Deal with it,
that'll never change.

Instructions for installation:
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I apologise for the following rather unformatted drivel. I haven't
had time, but the instructions are all here. I hope.

1. Install ActiveState ActivePerl: (5.8.2.808 here:  
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/5.8/ActivePerl-5.8.2.808-MSWin32-x86.msi
- later versions should work OK, check the website
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/
for details, you do _not_ need to enter anything or register, use the latest Windows MSI build)

2. Create a new directory C:\uber

3. Unpack this archive to the C:\uber directory, so you have directories: C:\uber\utils
C:\uber\rip\FLAC   C:\uber\trans\FLAC and C:\uber\trans\APS   (and several others under
trans, one for each format).

4.
You need to put C:\uber\utils in your $PATH, do it like this:
(instructions are for Windows XP, other versions may vary)

    a) Press WinKey+Pause/Break to bring up System Properties (alternatively, right-click My Computer and           select Properties)
    b) Switch to Advanced tab
    c) Press Environment Variables button near the bottom of the dialog
    d) In the bottom half of this Environment Variables dialog is a system variables list. You'll see Path in there. Edit it; DO NOT overwrite everything in it. Your system needs that stuff, so be careful here and do exactly what I say: Press
Home (go to the beginning), type... [continues]

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