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Re: Windows 10 gets native support for Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2014, 10:28:04 AM »
This is very positive
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Re: Windows 10 gets native support for Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2014, 11:21:25 AM »
Definitely positive, but doesn't WMP already support FLAC playback in Win 7? I wonder if they plan on adding a FLAC utility to the OS as well.
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Re: Windows 10 gets native support for Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2014, 01:32:15 AM »
Definitely positive, but doesn't WMP already support FLAC playback in Win 7? I wonder if they plan on adding a FLAC utility to the OS as well.

You are correct.  By accident a few months ago, I played flacs with WMP on a 8.1 machine.  I was totally shocked.  Don't know when MS did that.     

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Re: Windows 10 gets native support for Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2014, 03:02:53 AM »
What is the benefit of Windows native support vs. just playing FLAC's in something like Foobar?

Regardless if it helps me, it's still cool. Hopefully it teaches a few more people WTF a FLAC file even is. I have to spoon feed some friends with my recordings by sending them MP3's. FLAC is just too much for many of them to figure out. I suspect most of them try to play them back in WMP or iTunes.
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Re: Windows 10 gets native support for Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2014, 10:56:38 AM »
The positive I see is the acceptance of FLAC as opposed to Apple (which I otherwise am a huge fan of) and limiting to ALAC natively (unless I've missed something there as well).

I'll probably still run foobar.

I had no idea Win 7 might play FLAC natively. Not sure if I can check that out as I have foobar and TLH installed on both of my win 7 boxes already.
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Re: Windows 10 gets native support for Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2014, 12:42:15 PM »
I had no idea Win 7 might play FLAC natively. Not sure if I can check that out as I have foobar and TLH installed on both of my win 7 boxes already.

I think in order for WMP to recognize FLACs you need to install an add-on. There's some discussion here on whether or not it works. I seem to recall being at a friends house who was playing FLACs through WMP years back, but maybe that wasn't the case.

True native support is definitely a step in the right direction, although we'll likely continue to use the programs we're used to at this point. As mentioned, more public awareness/acceptance of FLACs is absolutely positive.
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Re: Windows 10 gets native support for Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2014, 01:43:02 PM »
You can get WMP support by installing a codec pack, but I've never liked that player enough to go through that. I use FB2K.

If it's getting rolled in to the OS, I'm thinking that means that MS will start offering some lossless music at their store? Everyone seems to be getting in to the pre-recorded music business these days (cell carriers, OS's, etc.).

 

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