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Does the Cowon J3 play Apple Lossless Files?

post #1 of 9
Thread Starter 

Ive been getting mixed information on this and I wanted someone to confirm it if possible.  Is there any modding/hacking involved or can I just drag and drop my Apple Lossless Files onto the J3?

 

Thanks for your help.

post #2 of 9
Thread Starter 

Bump. Sorry for my noobishness

post #3 of 9

Wish I could help, not sure though :)

 

Don't suppose you know if all Cowon's sound the same do you?

post #4 of 9
Thread Starter 

Sorry, I don't know if all Cowon's sound the same. Im thinking about getting the J3 because I need the 64 gb. (32 +32)

post #5 of 9

You can drop Apple Lossless files onto a MicroSD card and the J3 will acknowledge the files (using folder view) but when you attempt to play an Apple Lossless music file it'll just say 'Invalid File'. I know this because I tested my J3 earlier today.

 

I know of no hack to overcome this, but considering the fact that the J3 will apparently play APE or FLAC files, I don't see it as a problem to convert the Apple Lossless to FLAC or APE.

post #6 of 9
Thread Starter 

Thanks, that sucks.

 

Whats the easyist way to convert ALAC to FLAC

post #7 of 9

So many options, but if you Google, you'll find blogs such as this:

 

https://danielstout.com/2010/06/converting-audio-files-from-apple-lossless-to-flac/

 

https://danielstout.com/2008/11/moving-from-apple-lossless-to-flac-avoiding-the-apple-lock-in/

 

http://www.poikosoft.com/img/scrshot_2.png

 

Undoubtedly, you'll find others if you search


Edited by Mython - 11/12/11 at 6:22pm
post #8 of 9
Thread Starter 

K Thanks You!

post #9 of 9

Cowon should make ALAC available to their devices in the future since it is now open source.

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