.FLAC and the XiphQT codec

I recently downloaded the Grey Album (Jay-Z/Beatles mashup) as a .flac file, which is Free Lossless Audio Codec (higher quality), and successfully got it onto iTunes. It plays one song at a time, but when I try and use the button to switch songs it "unexpectedly quits". It also says in the error message that it is probably because of the XiphQT codec, which I can't find on my computer.
Has anyone else had problems like this and/or fixed this?
Thanks in advance.

Most people do not use FLAC in iTunes, since it cannot support FLAC natively, can only play them if the appropriate plugin is installed, and even then cannot sync them to an iPod, which negates the #1 value of iTunes.
Perhaps you will find a solution, but it would be easier to use a 3rd party converter to make a copy in an iTunes compatible format. If you like lossless, your choice is WAV, AIFF, or Apple Lossless.

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