FLAC file problem

so, i recieved a bunch of flac files, and was more than excited to listen to them...but i can't listen to them. i was told that itunes can play FLAC files, but it doesn't seem to be working. i tell itunes to open them, but it doesn't do it. is there a way i can play these files in itunes, and a way i can put them on my ipod?

kramer314 wrote:
I have some flac files, too, and I find it &^%*ing ridiculous that iTunes doesn't handle them. Apple is always bragging about how seamless and easy everything is. Yeah right.
Shouldn't a software company with a market capitalization of almost $150B be able to hire a dev or two to add support for the most popular lossless formats to one of its cornerstone software products.
Apple, you should be ashamed!
It should be noted that Windows Media Player cannot play FLAC files as standard either. Therefore why don't you lambast Microsoft as well?
While it is possible to get a FLAC plugin for QuickTime (and hence iTunes) for both Mac and Windows, it does not support the FLAC container format (only the OGG container). I have read of an additional workaround for this issue but it only works on Macs.
In your case I would recommend converting the FLAC files to Apple Lossless. As both formats are lossless you will not experience any loss in quality at all. Furthermore while FLAC will not work satisfactorily in iTunes or on an iPod, it is possible to get Windows Media Player to fully support Apple Lossless files.
I have my entire iTunes library in Apple Lossless format and shared between iTunes, WMP, and Microsoft Media Center.

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# mpd -v --no-daemon /etc/mpd.conf
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listen: binding to address for 192.168.1.3
listen: binding to socket address 192.168.1.3:6600
path: path_set_fs_charset: fs charset is: UTF-8
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daemon: writing pid file
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Jun 28 00:54 : client: [0] process command "playlistfind filename "Lossy - Tagged and Sorted/Wild Oats/WO-0001 - Kyle Hall - Worx Of Art EP 1 - 2008/Kyle Hall - 01 - Fuse N Me .mp3""
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Jun 28 00:54 : playlist: play 7:"Lossy - Tagged and Sorted/Wild Oats/WO-0001 - Kyle Hall - Worx Of Art EP 1 - 2008/Kyle Hall - 01 - Fuse N Me .mp3"
Jun 28 00:54 : decoder_thread: clearing mixramp tags
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Jun 28 00:54 : decoder_control: mixramp_prev_end = NULL
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Jun 28 00:54 : alsa: default period_time = buffer_time/4 = 185759/4 = 46439
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Jun 28 00:54 : client: [0] command returned 0
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TIA!

Yes, add an AirPort Express and convert FLAC to Apple Lossless and iTunes will be able to play them. VLC will not help since you need iTunes to connect to the AirPort Express and VLC will not work with iTunes.
There may be an exception to this but I've never tried it. You could try using AirFoil to connect to the AirPort Express and play your FLAC files that way but I have no guarantee it will work. AirFoil seems very flexible so it may prove to be a solution for you.
I'm not familiar with the Sonos Bridge/Connect system so I cannot comment on the quality. I understand that it is comparable to using the AirPort Express but locking at the price it seems a more expensive solution for your needs.

DW CS5 Missing Related Files Problem

Hello
Hoping somebody may be able to help me with a missing related files problem in CS5. I've tried Adobe phone support but they couldn't solve the problem.
*Some* of my sites (but not all) are not showing all the files related to that page. My pages are typically in .asp vb server model and contain .asp virtual includes (header, nav etc) plus .js and .css linked files
However DW is only showing the .asp includes as related files and not css or js ones. In design view the CSS is displaying correctly, and all styles appear in the CSS inspector but not showing as a related file in the bar. In CS4 it works fine.
I've tried deleting the site and recreating it, copying the files to a new folder and setting up a fresh site, creating a new folder and downloading all files from the remote server but no joy. I've also tried refreshing related files. if I click on the filter in the bar it only shows the asp includes and nothing else.
Any help would be gratefully appreciated, this is a great feature when it works
Cheers
MB

UPDATE:
Managed to solve this problem, this is a new issue to DW CS5, previous versions do not seem to exhibit this problem
It occurs when you use site root rather than document relative paths for js/css etc files AND don't have the remote site url (web url) specified in the site setup | local info dialog, or do not have it fully qualified with http://
ie. ../js/file.js works fine without a remote web url but /js/file.js does not show the related file in the bar unless a remote url is defined.
Hope that helps anyone else that encounters the same issue!
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With conversion to Leopard, file problems with networked Windows computer

Last night I did an Archive & Install from Tiger to Leopard on my Intel MacBook Pro. Today, I had trouble finding the other computers at my office. Once I finally got them to show up, I opened a Word file found on another computer, made some changes, and when I tried to save it, I got this message: "This is not a valid file name. Try one or more of the following: *Check the path to make sure it was typed correctly. *Select a file from the list of files and folders." Since this file already existed and I wasn't changing the name, I thought this was odd, but I changed the name from "Seating Chart 3-8-08" to "SeatingChart3-8-08" in case Leopard didn't like spaces when talking to Windows, but I got the same error message. Finally I gave up, not knowing what to do, then discovered that it had in fact saved my file. Still, every time I try to save ANY Word document from the shared folder of the Windows computer, I get the same error message endlessly until I choose "Don't Save."
When I try to open an Excel file from that computer, it won't even open; it says " 'File Name.xls' cannot be accessed. This file may be Read-Only, or you may be trying to access a Read-Only location. Or, the server the document is stored on may not be responding." As with the Word file problem above, I did not have any problem accessing the files until I converted to Leopard.
The Windows machine is Windows XP using Microsoft Office 2003; I have Microsoft Office 2004 on my machine.

See if this Link, by Pondini, offers any insight to your issue...
Transfer from Old to New
http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html
Also, See here if you haven't already...
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ Switching from PC

How to play flac files from a Maxtor external hard drive

Trying to use an old mac mini PPC to play music from a Maxtor external hard drive. Files are flac format. Would like to move files to iTunes library individually or by album or ideally only when I want to play them. Am not that accustomed to using a Mac, just finding my way around...flac file conversion
is possible for this old mac or do I need to download some freeware?

If you want to convert your FLAC files (I would recommend to Apple Lossless format) then have a look at the free XLD software.
See http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/index_e.html
Apple Lossless format is the same exact quality as FLAC, roughly the same file size but works natively in iTunes and on Apple's iPod/iPhone/iPad devices. It can also be played in most Windows applications including Windows Media Player if you add the right plugins or codecs. Apple Lossless is a free open-source format now, just like FLAC.

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