Can iTunes play .flac files? Can it do so natively or be modified to do so? Can it import .flac files, converting them to .mp3 or .mp4 or .aac or something?
Thanks!
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
iTunes can currently read, write and convert between MP3, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4, AAC and Apple Lossless (.m4a). iTunes can also play any audio files that QuickTime can play (as well as some video formats), including Protected AAC files from the iTunes Store and Audible.com audio books. FLAC is a lossless format, meaning that FLAC files retain all the audio information of a song, unlike AAC or MP3, which remove some to compress songs to a smaller filesize. However, FLAC format is not a supported format by Apple’s software and devices, like iTunes. This guide from UFUShare.com tells how to convert FLAC AIFF, MP3, WAV, M4A, WMA, etc to to import, add FLAC to iTunes for easy play, open, read FLAC in iTunes.
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Requires Rosetta though...
J. River Media player as a mac version now.
http://www.jriver.com/mac.html
It read all type of music format (FLAC, ALAC,....). If your in quality audio, you will probably, as I did, ear the difference instantly. The mac version, witch is still in development is not as complete as the PC version, but in term of sound quality it is as good.
There is many FLAC app for IOS (I use "Golden EAR") so, for me there is no need to convert my FLAC music to listen to it with my iDevice.
Head-Fi.org is also a very interesting place to gather information about quality audio equipment.
http://www.head-fi.org
it doesnt work.
Yeah think of all the wasted application development time they spent removing the really cool features in iTunes 10.7 to make iTunes 11, when they could have added something actually useful like FLAC support. I keep masters of my super high quality stuff in FLAC and create copies in ALAC for integration with my iTunes play lists, but it's a pain since they are very large files (96khz 24-bit depth), and I waste a lot of drive space with essentially redundant data. BTW I'm happily back on iTunes 10.7 after suffering with 11 for more than a week. Got my Cover Flow back too! I can see the support for Audiophiles and local storage of our music files slipping away as Apple pushes people towards dependency and lock-in with iCloud. Apple used to be about power to the user and individuality. Now they just want us to buy into their master playlist of lossy audio.
Fluke fluke.en.softonic.com/mac
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Indeed, developer's site must've gotten hacked or something, as this wasn't the case before...
You can still download Fluke safely via mirrors at Versiontracker and MacUpdate. They both have the latest release.
Yes matthewleon, I am aware of your app. I visited the App Store but it appeared to only be available for iOS, I run Windows. I left you a message asking if it was available for PCs, never heard back. I simply went back to my masters and converted them to ALAC.
But I don't want to convert my files, I just want to be able to play them on Itunes and have my FLAC files added to my library , I play FLAC files on my android phone too so ALAC is a no go 😟 , oh god Apple why oh why are you so stubborn? 😠 Fluke doesn't work anymore since it needs Itunes to run on 32 bit mode and that's impossible now
Why does this question need to be asked in a Support Community? Why can't Apple tell us in its own help files what formats iTunes will and will not import??
As a mac user from the late eighties, I long for the old days when Apple strived for (and for most part achieved) excellence. ClarisWorks brought us excellent text, draw, AND database features to everyone. (Most PC users have never come into contact with direct database usage, nor realized the benefit and potential versus spreadsheets for certain situations.)
In terms of software running on Apple products, Steve Jobs used to be a stickler for quality. We used to have a saying, PCs had the quantity for software titles, but Apple had the quality.
Now, Apple can't even come close to the kind of support they used to provide, let alone products.
Sentry621 wrote:
Why does this question need to be asked in a Support Community? Why can't Apple tell us in its own help files what formats iTunes will and will not import??
Isn't THIS pretty obvious?
Basically, if it ain't in that drop down, it ain't gonna work.
In terms of software running on Apple products, Steve Jobs used to be a stickler for quality. We used to have a saying, PCs had the quantity for software titles, but Apple had the quality.
iTunes is "freeware"... Proprietary, yes...but still freeware.
As Elwood Blues sang it... "Whaddya want for nuthin'?"
Sentry621 wrote:
Why does this question need to be asked in a Support Community?
Perhaps for the same reason you responded to a 3 year old post that was answered in the 1st response on 17 Apr, 2011...
I get a suspicious site warning when I click the link
you could try Fluke. I tried installing&reinstalling it and it just gives me an error. converting is silly, I guess I'll just have to stick with vlc.
+1 for iTunes native support of FLAC
+1 for iTunes native FLAC support...
does itunes support .flac?
