beets has a convert plugin, plus beets in general is great. Would recommend. Typically storage is relatively cheap so instead of getting rid of your FLACs, why not transcode them all to a separate folder/library, and point your server at that and not the FLAC library?
Because the NPUs were designed and built and included long before Windows 11’s AI features were announced?
If I recall correctly, it typically takes about 4 years for a CPU to go from design to distribution.