HT1711 How to play FLAC files with iTunes?

How do you play FLAC music file with iTunes on a MacPro?

Convert them to a format that is compatible with iTunes, such as aac, mp4, mp3, wav, etc.
Then play your compatible music in iTunes on your MacPro.

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Playing FLAC files in iTunes with Windows 7 OS.....is it possible?

Are there any apps or hacks that anyone is aware of that will allow me to play FLAC files in iTunes?
I do not want to convert my FLAC files to another format to use - it would be too difficult to synchronise the tags and song ratings from the mp3 files (or whatever formats itunes supports) back to my ''archived' FLAC files.
Yet I really enjoy iTunes' playlist functions - no other players compare. I am hoping to have the best of both worlds: FLAC and iTunes cataloguing features. A search through the web and these forums makes me think it is not possible.
Any links or suggestions? Or do I need to choose between FLAC and ITunes for realsies?

Firstly, playing Flac in iTunes is an altogether different animal than playing them on your iOS device and is something you never asked about. For that you'll need to Google "Fluke FLAC" if you're still running Lion or older. If you're running a newer Mac OS I haven't yet heard of a solution for playing FLAC in iTunes and you'll have to resort to a third party app like Vox.
For most FLAC playing iOS apps you'll add your music files via the "file sharing" section at the bottom of your Apps tab in iTunes when your iPod touch is plugged in.
As for Flac Player specifically the high price coupled with some reported problems I heard when looking into it had me steering clear so I can't offer first hand reports on THAT program.
Since it sounds like you've been longing to play FLAC on your iPod touch for quite some time I was simply offering a bevvy of options to do just that I know of, including some free ones.
Hopefully someone will stumble across this thread and chime in with feedback about THAT app specifically for you.

Amarok 1.4.10 from AUR plays flac files with errors

amarok 1.4.10 from AUR plays flac files with errors and i mean that it plays flac files but with strange behavior and of course the result is awful is there any chance to fix that problem. i have compile it with xine engine, can i use a different engine in PKGBUILD and how. i should write that i don't known much from configure a PKGBUILD by my own. with exaile and totem i have no problem i also play flacs with 24bit and 96khz audio quality. tnks for your time

Why not amarok 2.3 from extra?
Found this but its for 2.3: forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=85428
looks like amarok just uses xine, which I don't know much about...
the 2.3 version depends on kde4, so you can run kde4 system settings and switch the multimedia backend between xine, mplayer, and gstreamer (need the aur packages first). I know mplayer should use ffmpeg to playback though.
Edit: looks like exaile and totem use gstreamer for playback
Last edited by 1LordAnubis (2010-05-19 16:19:09)

How to import Flac files into itunes

Hi there,
the title say it all. How can I import Flac files into Itunes?
I have a lot of them. I click onto add to library select the flac file, click on open and nothing happen.
Many thanks for your help.
regards

Hello CESNET the best bet is to try http://blowintopieces.com/fluke/ I myself don't use Flac files but to any audiophile it's important to hear sound at it's best. Also WAV or AIFF & ALAC you will need to use http://tmkk.hp.infoseek.co.jp/xld/index_e.html to convert into ALAC.
P.S. their is also a simple FLAC player but can't remember it one more thing converting FLAC to WAV will not give you full TAGs. Best bet is to try just one file you've copied ether straight into iTunes or convert & see what's best for you.

How to recognize midi files with iTunes 10.6 ?

iTunes 9.0 recognizes midi files and can it be easily converted into mp3 files.
For the interfacing with iPad2 I must use iTunes 10.6 and it seems this version is not recognizing midi files.
How should I do to manage midi files with iTunes 10.6 ?
Is there in App Store any application with this feature ?
Really it's a pity that a new iTunes version loses fatures instead of gaining !!

The MIDI files in my library still work perfectly. It may be that you simply need to install QuickTime which is no longer installed as part of iTunes.
tt2

How to play SPC files in iTunes? [+FLAC too]

That's it.
SPC files are music taken from Super Nintendo roms.
Is there a way to play them in iTunes?
What about FLAC?

Neither of those formats is compatible with iTunes. You would need to convert them to an iTunes friendly format or use a player other than iTunes:
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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.

How to play flv-files with Flashplayer

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I encoded avi's getting flash 8 flv's; I used Adobe Première Pro CS3 and Adobe Flash Encoder as well.
I would like to play these flv's with Flashplayer 8; how should I proceed?
With the VLC-player 0-8-6c the flv's are displayed nicely.
Thank you very much,
Marc

Flash video is played in a browser with the Flash plug-in installed. The video needs to be authored in Flash where a player interface is created. The video is either embedded in a web page or linked to the page. The player interface is downloaded with the video from the host.

How to play .VOB files with QuickTime?

I get an "Error opening file" message trying to play a VTS014.VOB file. This is a file of home movies scanned to the above file. I use Pro (QuickTime™ Version 7.1.6, Player Version 7.1.6) with the mpeg-2 addition and went through the process identifying QuickTime as the default player in "Get Info".
I can watch with iDVD and something else called VLC Media Player. I want to be able to pull off segments for other applications like making an DVD with just parts of the full file.
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The mpeg2playbackcomponent will not play mpeg2 files that are in transport stream format, as the VTS in the file name you cite suggests. There is, however, a freeware that can use the playback component and read transport streams. It also will do some simple editing of vob files and save them without re-encoding, or export them to non-mpeg form such as DVStream for use in apps like iMovie.
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How to play .wmv file with a MSS1 stream encoded?

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Chris

Interesting, but any idea how to play them w/in QT?
Believe it would take a 5-8 year old player (WMV or third-party) to support the WMV 7 Screen format. My WMV experience doesn't go back that far so I am not even sure it was ever supported on the Mac. Believe Flip4Mac assumed support of WMV four years after the codec was initially released and it doesn't list MSS1 as being supported at this time. Would probably be easier to see if any old Windows users might have a compatible application and convert the files on the Windows machine.

How how I perminantly delete files with iTunes?

I've got into a mess on my hard drive. I got an new computer and some how when taking the files off my iPod and using my external drive, which had a back up of all mu iTunes files, has ment the libary shows two of every file. I want to be able to perminanyly delete them from my hard drive. Do you know how to do that?
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Thanks you for the suport, however I have copyed all mu music from my ipod when I bought a new computer so going into windows and doing it that way is imposible as all the files are made up off four capital letters, for example SGYY, HFYB, FYUJ.
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I'm using Garagband (on my MAC, not iPad) and a midi keyboard for making songs. I just got a couple of cd's from Miroslav Philharmonik, but the sounds are all in standalone WAV files. There is no installation required. How can i use these sounds with Garageband? Must i copy/paste them in a specified directory on the HD? Or is a sample library necessary? I tried drag and drop, but that dind't work out...
Thanx in advance for your help.

this should help:
import com.ms.win32.*;
public void play()
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How do I properly manage audio files with iTunes?

Hello Dear Readers,
I am going to start using iTunes exclusively for my music collection management. Previously, I had only used iTunes for managing content for my iPhone 4. Now, I am wanting to import all of my media (music) files into iTunes for general use and playback.
For example, I have over 3,000 music files, and I would like to know the best way to get them into iTunes. From a lynda.com training video about using iTunes, I learned that there is a folder called "Automatically Add to iTunes", which is monitored by iTunes for new files to import into the iTunes library. However, I would like to know if this is the *best* way to do this. For example, can I just*move* my 3,000 music files into this 'Automatically Add' folder and then let iTunes do its thing?
Will iTunes *move*the files that it is able to manage OUT of this folder and into one of its managed folders, such that there would be no duplicate file left behind? Is it correct in saying that the files that are left in this folder that were not able to be handled by iTunes and must be handled differently before they can be imported into iTunes. Or is there just an all around different, and better, way to get these music files into iTunes? Thanks for your advice and opinions!
There is also the issue of what to do with the commercial CDs I have (less than 50). I would like to discard these and just maintain them on digital form, e.g., my 2 TB hard drive. However, I am getting varying opinions as to how to do this. I need 2 things: 1) to archive the CDs for retrieval later in case I need the songs that are on them, and 2) MP3 versions of the audio CD files for use on my flash drive which plays on my car audio system. These would also be the files that I manage in iTunes.
Some people have suggested using Exact Audio Copy to make a FLAC and a LAME MP3 copy of myCDs. Others have suggested keeping an ISO copy of the compact discs for reference archive. Personally, I am wondering if I should just import my commercial CDs directly into iTunes, and then pay Apple $25 annually to maintain copies of these, as announced by Steve Jobs at the WWDC that this cloud functionality was forthcoming.
I am in need of some informed, educated opinions and suggestions as to how I should proceed.
Then, there is also the naming convention of the files. When the files get ripped from CD, I can add the freedb information to them for the ID3 tagging. However, I need to know how to specify in what system that the file names are comprised. This is what I am thinking of as my folder and file name format, at this point.
For the naming scheme of the audio files, I am proposing the following:
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For compilations with various artists, I would use the following for the schema:
Folder Name: VariousArtists (album artist) - Album Title (year)
File Names: Track number (1 on up) Track Title - Track Artist.
Do these seem like reasonable naming schemes that would be good for using on all audio software and equipment, such as my iPhone, my car audio flash drive player, and in iTunes?
I know that this is a lot to ask, but I am just trying to learn how to do things correctly and most efficiently so that I don't have problems down the road with my iTunes library. I welcome input, discussion and of course, dissent! Thanks!
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