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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