Why does iTunes not support Flac when WMP supports ALE/ALAC and FLAC on Windows Computers?

HI,

I am aware of a few applications for Apple that deal with Flac files

namely Pine ...

Also dbpowerAmp has software for both Apple and Windows (I use

this on Windows and EAC).

I was just making commentary maybe Apple will support Flac in the future

as my point was that WMP supports ALAC and Flac. Windows seems

to deal with both with its premier media app whereas Mac does not with

iTunes.

Thanks

It seems my last comments were censored...

VLC (runs on Mac and Windows and tablets) works fine I agree and

VLC plays both Flac and ALAC (.m4a ) files

but iTunes does not support Flac which means iTunes is a possibly more deficient

product when it comes to comparing with WMP and VLC that accept ALAC

(along with other lossless music formats). iTunes seems to be the odd one out

even if it runs on Windows which could have been an advantage to it if only

it would support the universally accepted FLAC. I was trying to really support

iTunes given its potential advantage...but... alas

All the best with this. I tried my best and my efforts have been futile.

Thank you

Are iPods a lossy format crucible?

I tend to use Fiio X5 or Pono Player which accept lossless formats

(.wav, .flac and even alac )

I have an iPod Nano Apple gave to me for free, I want to get rid of it

but it is probably too late. I do not think anyone wants those now.

I never really used it as I could not easily transfer .wav files to it

and it had to be in sync with ...iTunes... I wanted more freedom

with the music in my library than it allowed. It was too complicated

an effort so iPod is just collecting dust but it was free anyway, so no

loss.

Response:

I do not care about WMA files as I believe those are lossy format.

I do not deal with those so I don't care about WMA nor MP3...nor AAC.

All I care about are .WAV, .AIFF, .FLAC and ALAC (.m4a).

Lossless formats

Thank you for your concern

you can easily get away from iPod, though I never used it much (at all)

from the start after receiving one from Apple management for free...

I use Fiio X5 3rd generation and there is X7 Mark II ....

it can accept two 256GB microSD cards (I use one that is 400GB in one slot)

for a total of 656GB of lossless audio -FLAC level 5 ) and it has

32 GB internal storage for the X5 , 64GB for the X7.

You do not need to sync with iTunes or anything just store the raw lossless

(or lossy) audio files (.wav, .aiff, .flac, .m4a -ALE ) all work on it.

It also can run VLC and Neutron music players. VLC runs on all platforms

it seems and is better than iTunes. VLC runs on smartphones, tablets,

Windows and Apple Mac. it is also wireless with bluetooth to stream to

headsets and other bluetooth audio receiving devices and Wi-Fi for

connecting to your network where you can run apps like Youtube to expand

your listening profile.

I hope this helps.

Hmm, are you sure that has a full capacity of 512GB?

It looks like one of those generic microSD cards on Ebay

or Amazon and a lot of them (from bad experiences personally)

are fake, not genuine. One even was a generic brand and they

tried to put Patriot's name on it. I recognized the deception immediately

and reported it to Amazon and Patriot who started an investigation.

Make sure you can store the full capacity of songs or data on it without corruption

to make sure it is genuinely 512GBs as some can only hold maybe

10 GBs (from a 128GB or 256GB ones I got that were bogus even

with Samsung's, Toshiba's name on them).

I stick to name brands with these things and so far the Sandisk 400GB one

is the largest capacity one that worked for me. I am waiting on Integral 512GB

one to become available.

All the best. Good luck with that... I am skeptical.

I meant lossy format crucible.

500 GB micro sd ? are you sure that is out now.

400 GB is produced by Sandisk in microsd

I heard Integral has a 512 GB microsd but I have not seen it on

the market yet.