[SmettMark]

My CD's will be arriving soon which I will rip into FLAC files. Which software or program should I get to put these FLAC files in and listen to music? I heard you can't put FLAC in itunes.

 

[holleywood25]

Foobar2000
 
http://www.head-fi.org/a/foobar2000-a-guide-to-set-up

 

[SmettMark]

Quote:

Foobar2000
 
http://www.head-fi.org/a/foobar2000-a-guide-to-set-up

thanks!

 

[kstuart]

Actually, simpler setup, equivalent sound, better features out of the box is:
 
http://getmusicbee.com

 

[HamilcarBarca]

Quote:

Foobar2000
 
http://www.head-fi.org/a/foobar2000-a-guide-to-set-up

 
+1
 
dbPowerAmp and MediaMonkey are also recommended by their users. I've never tried either.
 
I use EAC (available at no charge) and the reference implementation of FLAC (free, with source code for those interested) to rip the CD's. The initial setup of EAC is somewhat arcane. By following a Blowfish guide, at first, setup was simple. After I did really understood what I was doing, I used the same setup as the guide recommended.

 

[SmettMark]

I'm having a problem ripping a CD to Foobar2000 (it's my first time). I'm already in the "Rip Audio CD" box where it lets you name the artist and album, and lets you select which tracks to rip. It hasn't given me an option on which format to rip to (FLAC, WAV, etc.), how do I choose FLAC format?