[zac_in_ak]

I want to use FLAC on my mac and have tried fluke but the sound was horrible...was I doing something wrong? are there settings that I need to tweek? If not is there a good app to play FLAC's? I d/l songbird but havnt tried it yet.

 

[Samjones]

Maybe, Foobar. I honestly don't know if it works on mac, but its a really good player. Try it

 

[freckling]

You can always convert your FLAC to ALAC using "Max"

 

[Detritusdave]

Cog or Toolplayer

 

[vegaman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by freckling /img/forum/go_quote.gif You can always convert your FLAC to ALAC using "Max"

I've ended up doing this, I first made a LAME v0 copy of everything for my portable, and just used this in iTunes, but eventually wanted my lossless back. I tried fluke but it skipped a lot so I just made a copy of everything in ALAC too... hdd's are cheap enough, so the storage space isn't really a bother, and I view it as a backup too, conversion won't be too much bother, just queue it all up and it takes a few hours.

 

[krmathis]

You basically have two options then:
1. Different player -> Play, Cog, Songbird, VLC, ...
2. Transcode to Apple Lossless and use iTunes.

 

[zac_in_ak]

Which would produce the best results? I like iTunes but am willing if SQ is an issue to use something else

 

[grawk]

nothing's going to best itunes for sq. Only stick with flac if you're an itunes hater.

 

[tommytomickey]

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by zac_in_ak /img/forum/go_quote.gif Which would produce the best results? I like iTunes but am willing if SQ is an issue to use something else

You can't go wrong with iTunes sound quality wise.
Don't know about the other alternatives though, as I have just barely launched them to see how they feel and look.

 

[bowraboy]

You could try SetOggS.

Scroll down till you see UPDATE.

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bowraboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif You could try SetOggS. Scroll down till you see UPDATE.

He have used SetOggS (its part of Fluke), and he were not happy with the sound.
"..have tried fluke but the sound was horrible.."