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[kimhill]

"As a huge music fan, it drives me crazy that iTunes doesn't support FLAC..."

Why don't you just convert your FLAC files to Apple Lossless? Since both are lossless, you can convert w/o quality loss, and iTunes (obviously) handles Apple Lossless just fine.

I guess it's inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as using two music players side-by-side.

[eegeegee]

Swinsian rolls in Airplay. YEs, you can add Airfoil to Enqueue but too often there are hiccups/glitches/skips.

[LimitlessPtntl]

Airplay might be a missing feature for some who think Swinsian might be an alternative to Enqueue but its way of queuing music is an amazing feature which I am loth to give up.

[Jon Seff]

kimhill, on 05 July 2012 - 09:29 AM, said:

"As a huge music fan, it drives me crazy that iTunes doesn't support FLAC..."

Why don't you just convert your FLAC files to Apple Lossless? Since both are lossless, you can convert w/o quality loss, and iTunes (obviously) handles Apple Lossless just fine.

I guess it's inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as using two music players side-by-side.

For me, concerts are mostly a 'listen once' type of thing. I have so many new downloads that I don't hang on to them (unless they're official purchased concerts). Combine that with an iTunes Match library pushing the 25,000 track limit and that explains why I just want a player for these types of files.

[chimerical77]

I'm reticent to try anything that might screw with my 65,000 songs files or the iTunes library.

[kimhill]

Jon Seff, on 05 July 2012 - 02:28 PM, said:

...I have so many new downloads that I don't hang on to them (unless they're official purchased concerts). Combine that with an iTunes Match library pushing the 25,000 track limit and that explains why I just want a player for these types of files.

This is not consistent with your complaints in the article, where you say, "it drives me crazy that iTunes doesn’t support FLAC," and that you have to "resort to a separate player."

For you, "separate player" is a feature, not a bug.

[deltaman]

kimhill, on 05 July 2012 - 09:29 AM, said:

"As a huge music fan, it drives me crazy that iTunes doesn't support FLAC..."

Why don't you just convert your FLAC files to Apple Lossless? Since both are lossless, you can convert w/o quality loss, and iTunes (obviously) handles Apple Lossless just fine.

I guess it's inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as using two music players side-by-side.

Although lossless-AAC & FLAC file sizes are roughly comparable, I have an abiding mistrust of committing my thousands of CDs to Apple's proprietary AAC format, due to Apple's history of abruptly abandoning technologies coupled with their "my way or the highway" treatment of customers and software developers, when THEY decide it's time for the next "great idea." FLAC is a free, open-source CODEC which means it will effectively require the consent of millions of users, before it can be abandoned...

VLC is a free, cross-platform app which has supported both FLAC & AAC playback for years; not as pretty as iTunes interface, but "safer" than converting irreplaceable music to AAC (imo)...

[kimhill]

deltaman, on 06 July 2012 - 05:41 PM, said:

Although lossless-AAC & FLAC file sizes are roughly comparable, I have an abiding mistrust of committing my thousands of CDs to Apple's proprietary AAC format, due to Apple's history of abruptly abandoning technologies coupled with their "my way or the highway" treatment of customers and software developers, when THEY decide it's time for the next "great idea." FLAC is a free, open-source CODEC which means it will effectively require the consent of millions of users, before it can be abandoned...

VLC is a free, cross-platform app which has supported both FLAC & AAC playback for years; not as pretty as iTunes interface, but "safer" than converting irreplaceable music to AAC (imo)...

Even in the (IMO extremely unlikely) event that Apple suddenly abandoned Apple Lossless, it wouldn't suddenly stop working- to say nothing of 3rd-party software. Worst case, you'd have months or years to convert to FLAC or some other lossless format you prefer. And remember- "free, open-source" does not guarantee that there's no possibility of patent encumbrance. In the current legal environment, who knows- FLAC could be vulnerable, too. It certainly does not "require the consent of millions of users" for FLAC to undergo change.

You're citing a risk where none exists. And VLC sucks ***** as a music player.

[kimhill]

deltaman, on 06 July 2012 - 05:41 PM, said:

...I have an abiding mistrust of committing my thousands of CDs to Apple's proprietary AAC format...

Update: Apple Lossless is no longer proprietary.

It's open source and royalty-free — under the Apache license.

http://arstechnica.c...ss-audio-codec/

[elroth]

It's not listed that it plays Apple Lossless files, which I would need. Does it? I'd like to find a replacement for iTunes, but since this is sold only in the App Store there's no trial version download. Also, how large can you make the artwork in the list view?

[arwoodard]

Does Enqueue support hi-res (88 kHz/24 bit and 96 kHz/24 bit) in the supported file types? Not posted in App store or developer's web site or anywhere else I can find.

Thanks!

[Jon Seff]

arwoodard, on 07 July 2012 - 10:30 AM, said:

Does Enqueue support hi-res (88 kHz/24 bit and 96 kHz/24 bit) in the supported file types? Not posted in App store or developer's web site or anywhere else I can find.

Thanks!

Yes, it will play high-resolution FLAC. I tested it out with a 24/96 album and it played just fine.

[Raytonium]

Does it have the option to crossfade songs on playback?