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PH
United States6173 Posts
I use iTunes simply because I like iPods, and tolerate its memory-hogging and bloat for that reason only. The actual interface isn't too bad. I like the way you browse for music in iTunes. That said, I know there are things out there that can make Quicktime/iTunes run FLAC files, but I can't seem to find them for Windows. All the ones I've found have been for OSX. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd be grateful.   | ||
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
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Amnesia
United States3818 Posts
I have lots of FLAC files but iTunes can't play them. I don't need them on my iPod, I just want FLAC to somehow play on iTunes! This would be useful! | ||
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nineninja9
United States194 Posts
http://www.foobar2000.org/ That being said, if you're set on using Itunes, you might have to do some file conversion. | ||
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5525 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11556 Posts
On April 26 2010 11:17 nineninja9 wrote: I personally use foobar2000 for my music needs. It's fairly lightweight, and there's plenty of components you can download for even more obscure filetypes. http://www.foobar2000.org/ That being said, if you're set on using Itunes, you might have to do some file conversion. ^ there are plugins that let you use iPods or whatever with other media players. | ||
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Wangsta
United States776 Posts
personally, I would just switch to foobar2000 if you use windows/linux, or convert flac to apple lossless if you're on a mac you might not be an audiophile, but im sure youll appreciate the fact that foobar uses less resources than WMP, is more customizable, and can do everything WMP does plus a lot more another option is to get foobar but only use it to convert files. download the LAME encoder and just convert all your flac files to mp3 V0. you wont be able to tell the difference 99% of the time, and that other 1% of the time you'd need a very high end system to tell the (small) difference | ||
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intrudor
Canada446 Posts
foobar2000 is a Turbo Charged Bugatti Veyron ![[image loading]](http://img94.imageshack.us/i/foob1.jpg/) Uploaded with ImageShack.us | ||
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HobbitGotGame
Canada178 Posts
On April 26 2010 11:55 intrudor wrote: iTunes and winamp are a second hand Ford Focus and a brand new Honda Accord, respectively. foobar2000 is a Turbo Charged Bugatti Veyron Uploaded with ImageShack.us Your UI makes my eyes hurt. | ||
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PH
United States6173 Posts
On April 26 2010 11:31 jimminy_kriket wrote: Im sure google could help pretty easily with a topic like this. On April 26 2010 11:12 PH wrote: ...but I can't seem to find them for Windows. All the ones I've found have been for OSX. Read before you post. On April 26 2010 11:37 FragKrag wrote: ^ there are plugins that let you use iPods or whatever with other media players. I'm pretty attached to iTunes. Call me a sucker, but I really like the sleek and relatively clean interface... -_- On April 26 2010 11:40 Wangsta wrote: another option is to get foobar but only use it to convert files. download the LAME encoder and just convert all your flac files to mp3 V0. you wont be able to tell the difference 99% of the time, and that other 1% of the time you'd need a very high end system to tell the (small) difference I'll try this out. Thanks for the suggestion. That last bit you said is exactly why I don't like FLAC, lol. | ||
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kefkalives
Australia1272 Posts
On April 26 2010 11:17 nineninja9 wrote: I personally use foobar2000 for my music needs. It's fairly lightweight, and there's plenty of components you can download for even more obscure filetypes. http://www.foobar2000.org/ That being said, if you're set on using Itunes, you might have to do some file conversion. DITTO. First thing i thought of when i saw the thread. Been using foobar for about 2 years now, i can never go back to another media player. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
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Spazer
Canada8033 Posts
On April 26 2010 12:16 kefkalives wrote: DITTO. First thing i thought of when i saw the thread. Been using foobar for about 2 years now, i can never go back to another media player. God, I don't know what I'd do without masstagger in foobar. That plugin is amazing. | ||
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PH
United States6173 Posts
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emucxg
Finland4559 Posts
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intrudor
Canada446 Posts
On April 26 2010 19:32 PH wrote: Describe this masstagger. The name alone is enough for me to reconsider foobar. nah man youre better off sticking with iTunes iTunes is WAY better than foobar. Especially at NOT being able to handle small music libraries smoothly and NOT being able to handle FLAC | ||
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Spazer
Canada8033 Posts
On April 26 2010 19:32 PH wrote: Describe this masstagger. The name alone is enough for me to reconsider foobar. It allows you to edit ID3 tags on groups of songs. For instance, say you have a folder of songs: 02 Queen - Another One Bites the Dust.mp3 With masstagger, you can set up a script to input values for the ID3 tags like this: Guess values from filename: %tracknumber% %artist% - %title% This will recognize that the first part is the track number, everything up to the dash is the artist, and everything past the dash is the track title. | ||
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Wineandbread
United States2065 Posts
If it were just me, I'd suggest foobar, but I suppose iPod compatibility and such is probably important to you so I'll not answer with that. (but...a nudge in the "right" direction wouldn't hurt  )Anyway, I think this will answer your question: http://flac.sourceforge.net/itunes.html Xiph seems to have limited functionality. | ||
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PH
United States6173 Posts
On April 26 2010 23:37 intrudor wrote: nah man youre better off sticking with iTunes iTunes is WAY better than foobar. Especially at NOT being able to handle small music libraries smoothly and NOT being able to handle FLAC Wow. You make good joke. Please gtfo. On April 27 2010 05:04 Spazer wrote: It allows you to edit ID3 tags on groups of songs. For instance, say you have a folder of songs: 02 Queen - Another One Bites the Dust.mp3 With masstagger, you can set up a script to input values for the ID3 tags like this: Guess values from filename: %tracknumber% %artist% - %title% This will recognize that the first part is the track number, everything up to the dash is the artist, and everything past the dash is the track title. Ah. iTunes actually has that kind of functionality already, but it's good to know that foobar doesn't lack it. I'm going to be downloading it to try it out, so we'll see how it goes. On April 27 2010 06:13 Wineandbread wrote: ALAC seems like a pain to convert to just to use iTunes. :/ If it were just me, I'd suggest foobar, but I suppose iPod compatibility and such is probably important to you so I'll not answer with that. (but...a nudge in the "right" direction wouldn't hurt )Anyway, I think this will answer your question: http://flac.sourceforge.net/itunes.html Xiph seems to have limited functionality. That was an amazingly enlightening link, thanks for posting it, lol. @Frag: Are there plug-ins of some kind for foobar that allow it to sync with ipods? @Roffles: I'm actually going to try compressing the FLACs down to MP3s. | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
Works fine with my iPhone. Why in the world would you compress FLAC -down- to mp3s :3 Enjoy the lossless quality! You can't be -that- pressed for HD space. | ||
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