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How to play ape or other lossless files in iTune?

post #1 of 12
11/17/06 at 11:17am
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I would like to play ape/cue files with itune. I googled for a plugin but found nothing. Anybody knows if this is possible and if yes how?

Thanks.
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post #2 of 12
11/17/06 at 3:29pm
Convert to ALAC if you want to use lossless in iTunes.
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post #3 of 12
11/17/06 at 5:12pm
One idea...
Use Max to convert from Monkey's Audio to Apple Lossless, then play with iTunes.
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post #4 of 12
11/21/06 at 6:11am
Thread Starter 
Thank you for your suggestions. But I don't think it is realistic to convert all my ape files. Any other suggestion to play the ape files in itune "on the fly"?
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post #5 of 12
11/21/06 at 7:06am
There is nothing
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post #6 of 12
11/21/06 at 7:35pm
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Originally Posted by geoges.ravel View Post
Any other suggestion to play the ape files in itune "on the fly"?
No! Simply because there are no Monkey's Audio component for iTunes.
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post #7 of 12
11/21/06 at 9:14pm
another NO response. your 3 lossless formats for itunes are ALAC, AIFF, and WAV. if you're on the mac and want to play other lossless formats, get Cog.
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post #8 of 12
11/21/06 at 10:00pm
If you were to play the files with foobar and use the itunes frontend for foobar would that work? I dont know if itunes would even load the files into its database though.
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post #9 of 12
11/26/06 at 12:36am
Dump Itunes and get a proper jukebox proggie that supports all formats. www.musikcube.com offers a great one. Free.
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post #10 of 12
11/26/06 at 12:59am
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Originally Posted by carlosgp View Post
There is nothing
It is an Apple product, after all.
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post #11 of 12
11/26/06 at 9:08am
If you want to try to convert your ape files without too much pain, here is a method:
1. Parallels Desktops run windows with Intel macs. You can do it with Boot camp too.
2. foobar2000 + iTunesEncode.exe. Make a big playlist with all your apes and covert to Apple Lossless.
3. A few hours later, import in your iTunes .

XLD is a great program to convert files to apple formats, but it does not support playlists.
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post #12 of 12
11/20/11 at 6:08pm

i know a step by step guide on how to Convert and Play APE on Mac/Windows/iTunes/iPod/Winamp/WMP/Andorid at How to Convert and Play APE files on Mac and Windows?

 

the software in this guide helps:

  • Convert APE to uncompressed audio formats like APE to WAV, APE to AIFF, or APE to AU
  • Convert APE to lossless compressed audio formats like APE to M4A (Apple Lossless) or APE to FLAC
  • Convert APE to lossy compressed audio formats like APE to MP3, APE to OGG, APE to WMA, APE to AAC, APE to RA, APE to MP2, APE to AC3 and more
  • Convert and play APE in iTunes/iPod/iPhone/iPad/Apple TV/Mac/QuickTime and more
  • Convert and play APE in Winamp, Windows Media Player, Windows 7/XP/Vista/2000 and more
  • Convert and play APE on Android, Motorola, BlackBerry, LG, Samsung, Xbox 360, Microsoft Zune, PSP, PS3, Wii and more
  • Convert other lossless audio to itunes
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