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All future versions of Android (3.1+) will now natively support FLAC playback

post #1 of 7
5/11/11 at 6:37am
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http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html

 

The day has come. I weep.

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post #2 of 7
5/11/11 at 6:40am
wow great news! can't wait for the next nexus with ice cream sandwich smily_headphones1.gif
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post #3 of 7
5/11/11 at 6:43am

Well, this is interesting.  Though it is rather odd they're just doing this now, to be honest.

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post #4 of 7
5/11/11 at 6:49am

Fantastic news, glad I waited for Google I/O and didn´t buy an iPad... Now there´s just one big question remaining: will Google Music Beta support FLAC? Anyone in the US with an invite who might be able to try it out?

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post #5 of 7
5/11/11 at 6:57am
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Originally Posted by vrln View Post

Fantastic news, glad I waited for Google I/O and didn´t buy an iPad... Now there´s just one big question remaining: will Google Music Beta support FLAC? Anyone in the US with an invite who might be able to try it out?



Yes, you can upload your FLAC to them, but they will transcode it automatically to 320 MP3. It makes sense because the technology isn't there yet to stream FLAC. The only downside is you will still have to locally backup your original FLAC files since they won't be stored losslessly in the cloud.

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post #6 of 7
5/11/11 at 6:59am
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Yes, you can upload your FLAC to them, but they will transcode it automatically to 320 MP3. It makes sense because the technology isn't there yet to stream FLAC. The only downside is you will still have to locally backup your original FLAC files since they won't be stored losslessly in the cloud.



Well, it makes sense that they won't store the whole file on their servers if it's impossible to use it there.  No need to use up extra space when it's not needed.  It would be kind of ridiculous streaming lossless files anyway, even 320kbps is a stretch. :P

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post #7 of 7
5/11/11 at 11:49am

That´s what I was hoping for :) It would be a pain to convert all my music first... Now waiting for Google to bring the service to the EU :) Oh and those new Chromebooks look neat too!

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