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Can iTunes Run FLAC?!?

post #1 of 17
2/14/10 at 3:47pm
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I am about to pull the trigger on a frostwire file, but I cannot really preview it because it is either too large or it is not compatible with my software. It is in FLAC code and is about 50mb worth of space. Can I run it on iTunes and put it on my iPod? And if I can't put it on my iPod, can I at least convert it to lossless? Thanks =)
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post #2 of 17
2/14/10 at 3:49pm
iTunes can't play FLAC, at least not on PC. I think a Mac can run it in iTunes with a plugin.

You have to convert it to Apple Lossless, to play on an iPod. =/
Or Rockbox your iPod and I think then you can play FLAC?
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post #3 of 17
2/14/10 at 3:56pm
sounds like someone is up to no good, you can convert it to apple lossless
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post #4 of 17
2/14/10 at 3:57pm
iTunes won't play FLAC.
Rockboxing your iPod is a good alternative.
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post #5 of 17
2/14/10 at 3:57pm
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Originally Posted by thornygravy View Post
sounds like someone is up to no good, you can convert it to apple lossless
I just didn't find the album of it and I wanted to try a higher quality of a song. Thanks guys for the help, i'll try to convert it now.
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post #6 of 17
2/14/10 at 4:27pm
Not by default.
But with the help of Fluke it will.
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post #7 of 17
2/14/10 at 4:40pm
Just convert to Apple Lossless. No quality loss anyway.
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post #8 of 17
2/14/10 at 4:44pm
Not natively, no. I had that same problem a little while ago and instead of trying to find a plugin that would enable FLAC support, I just downloaded dBpoweramp and converted the FLAC files to Apple Lossless.
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post #9 of 17
2/14/10 at 6:05pm
Jeez people, just throw away your crappy ipod. Buy a real PMP for crying out loud!
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post #10 of 17
2/14/10 at 6:19pm
@krmathis

Thanks for the Fluke link. I didn't know that it existed.
I have been using VLC to play flac on my 2 Macs.
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post #11 of 17
2/14/10 at 6:42pm
I routinely buy files in flac format and convert to aiff or alac, both of which will play on your iPod --- if the files are 44.1kHz/16 bit redbook format. If your files are higher resolution files -- 88.2/24, 96/24, etc. -- then these will play fine in iTunes on your computer, but not on your iPod.

T'would be great if apple supported flac -- but I gather this is unlikely. Alas.
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post #12 of 17
2/14/10 at 10:52pm
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Originally Posted by ben4345 View Post
Jeez people, just throw away your crappy ipod. Buy a real PMP for crying out loud!
The Ipod can play up to 1411 kbps and thats better than FLAC.
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post #13 of 17
2/14/10 at 10:58pm
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Originally Posted by beamthegreat View Post
The Ipod can play up to 1411 kbps and thats better than FLAC.
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post #14 of 17
2/14/10 at 10:58pm
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Originally Posted by beamthegreat View Post
The Ipod can play up to 1411 kbps and thats better than FLAC.
That means absolutely nothing. I have some flac that is 500kbps and I have some thats 3000kbps. Bit rate means nothing in lossless codecs, besides how much battery power you are wasting decoding all of that.
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post #15 of 17
2/14/10 at 11:30pm
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Originally Posted by beamthegreat View Post
The Ipod can play up to 1411 kbps and thats better than FLAC.
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Originally Posted by TheMarchingMule View Post
I concur.
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