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The article https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204310 says iTunes will convert my flac files and import them. Sounds great but in practice doesn't work. I am getting a message that says "the selected files cannot be converted". Why will this feature not work?
iPhone 6s, Windows 10
I did read it. Nowhere in the article does it state that iTunes can convert or even import FLAC files. It doesn't mention FLAC at all.
I repeat, as far as I'm aware (and I have checked) iTunes does not support FLAC audio. It cannot import it.
bikeshasta wrote:
I have conversion programs but find the whole process very tedious and storage consuming (having to maintain flac and MP3 files)
Then why are you doing so if it causes you so much grief? Is it not possible to source this audio in a format that iTunes does support? The universal format is (the standard quality) MP3, is that not offered by that source? After all, you're converting to MP3 anyway.
bikeshasta wrote:
.... and if iTunes would do it upon import that would be very convenient and obviate an obvious deficiency of iTunes not being able to handle flac natively.
But iTunes doesn't handle FLAC, so stop going on about it. To be precise, the only format that iTunes converts on import is from CD (CDs show as .wav format in Windows). Other conversions are handled within iTunes but under user control, so just as time consuming.
I did read it. Nowhere in the article does it state that iTunes can convert or even import FLAC files. It doesn't mention FLAC at all.
I repeat, as far as I'm aware (and I have checked) iTunes does not support FLAC audio. It cannot import it.
bikeshasta wrote:
I have conversion programs but find the whole process very tedious and storage consuming (having to maintain flac and MP3 files)
Then why are you doing so if it causes you so much grief? Is it not possible to source this audio in a format that iTunes does support? The universal format is (the standard quality) MP3, is that not offered by that source? After all, you're converting to MP3 anyway.
bikeshasta wrote:
.... and if iTunes would do it upon import that would be very convenient and obviate an obvious deficiency of iTunes not being able to handle flac natively.
But iTunes doesn't handle FLAC, so stop going on about it. To be precise, the only format that iTunes converts on import is from CD (CDs show as .wav format in Windows). Other conversions are handled within iTunes but under user control, so just as time consuming.
As far as I am aware iTunes does not support FLAC files and cannot convert them either.
The solution is either to find a FLAC conversion tool online or to download the files in a format that iTunes can cope with.
I don't know if you had a chance to read the iTunes support link provided. My takeaway (maybe wrong) was that people are using iTunes to convert FLAC files while/when adding them to their library. I have conversion programs but find the whole process very tedious and storage consuming (having to maintain flac and MP3 files) and if iTunes would do it upon import that would be very convenient and obviate an obvious deficiency of iTunes not being able to handle flac natively.
To simplify the maintenance of your lossless music just convert it to ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) with the help of any conversion app.
It remains lossless so no quality will be loss during conversion.
iTunes will not convert my FLAC to MP3?
