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Title: .flac and itunes Post by: Royal Flush on May 11, 2007, 04:59:24 AM Anyone got a clue how to get .flac files working in itunes?
Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: happybhoy on May 11, 2007, 07:06:23 AM Never tried it but this might do the job
http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/download.html (http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/download.html) Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Graham C on May 11, 2007, 08:35:05 AM You need to convert the flac files to mp3's, it's another music format.
I use a program called all to mp3 Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Royal Flush on May 11, 2007, 02:21:05 PM You need to convert the flac files to mp3's, it's another music format. I use a program called all to mp3 I am trying to avoid that. Never tried it but this might do the job http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/download.html (http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/download.html) Didn't work for me :( Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: thetank on May 11, 2007, 02:24:31 PM You need to convert the flac files to mp3's, it's another music format. I use a program called all to mp3 I am trying to avoid that. Just like the dishes, it needs doing. Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Bongo on May 11, 2007, 02:33:57 PM avoiding converting to mp3 or that specific program?
Seems a bit silly converting flac to mp3 unless you really have to (iPods not support it?) Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Graham C on May 11, 2007, 02:38:12 PM Aren't flac files about 30mb for a song though? Mp3's take up less space.
Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Bongo on May 11, 2007, 02:44:17 PM flac is lossless though, i.e. far better audio quality than mp3 which uses lossy compression.
Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Royal Flush on May 11, 2007, 02:48:59 PM flac is lossless though, i.e. far better audio quality than mp3 which uses lossy compression. Exactly which is why i want to keep it in .flac, bongo my man any idea on getting flac's into itunes? Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: thetank on May 11, 2007, 02:58:02 PM Ahh, I assumed it was coz you couldn't be bothered. ;ashamed;
Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Bongo on May 11, 2007, 03:20:43 PM I've never used itunes...
have you looked at songbird? http://www.songbirdnest.com/ Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Graham C on May 11, 2007, 03:42:45 PM Looks nice
Can you upload from Songbird to an iPod do you know? I could look but I'm being lazy. I've gone off iTunes after I couldn't get the latest version installed Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Graham C on May 11, 2007, 03:48:19 PM Scrub that, I think I'll get it anyway, it looks really good,
Cheers Bongo Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Bongo on May 11, 2007, 03:57:37 PM I think there is a plugin to upload to an ipod. I'm sure it's a planned feature too.
Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Tractor on May 11, 2007, 11:01:23 PM How can anybody tell the difference between a decent quality recorded mp3 and a flac file???
Especially if you are using something like an ipod. Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Bongo on May 11, 2007, 11:12:23 PM It would depend on the song, the quality of your audio setup/mp3 player (ipods apparently being quite bad) and your speakers/headphones.
I can tell the difference between CD and some mp3s (as well different bit rate mp3s). Also if you've got the flac why would you want to downgrade it? In future it's more likely that you will be able to tell the difference. Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Royal Flush on May 11, 2007, 11:15:41 PM How can anybody tell the difference between a decent quality recorded mp3 and a flac file??? Especially if you are using something like an ipod. I am using Itunes to play through my headphones at home, not for my ipod. Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Tractor on May 11, 2007, 11:16:48 PM Well i know someone with a 70k hifi, and when we play high bitrate mp3s we cant tell the difference, the reason i woul dprefer it would be down to file size, no other reason.
Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Bongo on May 11, 2007, 11:23:15 PM I can tell the difference on 70p headphones, it does depend on the song though, and your ears to some extent.
Flushy - from what I have read it seems if the earlier xiph link doesn't work for you then you're just going to have to wait for apple to get off their arses and add it. (or try a decent media player ;)) Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Royal Flush on May 12, 2007, 04:16:11 AM I can tell the difference on 70p headphones, it does depend on the song though, and your ears to some extent. Flushy - from what I have read it seems if the earlier xiph link doesn't work for you then you're just going to have to wait for apple to get off their arses and add it. (or try a decent media player ;)) lol ok thanks m8 Title: Re: .flac and itunes Post by: Tractor on May 12, 2007, 08:18:51 AM I can tell the difference on 70p headphones, it does depend on the song though, and your ears to some extent. It all depends on the source of the material and how its decoded, if done correctly it is near impossible to hear the difference. |