.flac files?

[wildbilln864]

Hey guys, I downloaded some stuff and it was formated with ".flac" extention. Now what? I tried downloading a player but no luck. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. :hi:

[DaveJ]

1. Have you tried Winamp?

http://www.winamp.com It says it plays flac files.

[wildbilln864]

2. thank you, thank you...

no I hadn't. I will download and try that if I can avoid the AOL crap usually included. :hi:

[Wilber_Stool]

3. Zoom player will play them as well.

It's free too.

[salvorhardin]

4. FLAC = Free Lossless Audio Codec

As opposed to MP3 and other lossy codecs, FLAC doesn't "throw away" any of the information in the music so it sounds better than standard MP3 files and is preferred by many audiophiles. The downside is larger files, but because FLAC files are compressed they're only about 1/4 of the size WAV files ripped directly from your CDs. Well, and there's also the fact that very few portable audio devices will play FLAC, but then you can always make MP3 files from your FLAC files. It's the best of both worlds in a way.

There are actually a large number of programs for Windows that will play FLAC files. You can find a list of them at the FLAC site.
http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tasks.html#windows

You can even make Windows Media Player play FLAC files, with a little effort.
http://www.xiph.org/dshow

In addition to the Direct Show filter I linked to at Xiph.org, you'll also want this extension for Windows Media Player that will read the FLAC metadata (song title, artist, etc.)
http://wmptagext.sourceforge.net

Hope that helps wildbill.

[wildbilln864]

5. thank you salvorhardin...

that should help alot. Have a great day. :hi: