What music files types can you add to itunes?

I download alot of different music files types.  I just want to know what music files I can add to itunes.

John Lockwood wrote:
Apple Lossless works on the majority of the worlds portable music players which of course are Apple devices
Apple Lossless works not only in iTunes on both Mac and Windows but also can work in dbPowerAmp, WinAmp, Foobar2000, VLC, XBMC aka. Kodi, and even Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center. (Yes I am aware FLAC also works in all of those except iTunes.)
Apple Lossless is free open-source code like FLAC, but arguably less likely to be subject to a random Patent Troll attack as it is backed by the might of Apple's lawyers.
Apple Lossless is identical quality to FLAC.
You can of course convert between FLAC and Apple Lossless and back again with zero loss of quality.
My point with all of the above, is that there is no need to be so hung up about FLAC anymore.
(Full disclosure for our readers:  My colleague John and I have this same conversation every once in a while.)
John - You are exaggerating the degree to which ALAC is accepted outside of Apple.
Although Winamp and WMP can be modified to play ALAC, the normal unhacked versions that most of us have cannot.
Yes of course you can convert between ALAC and FLAC with no loss of quality.  That is what lossless means. 
In lossless music retailing, FLAC is very common.  ALAC is rarely seen.  Even Apple's own iTunes Store does not sell songs in ALAC format.

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