exitrade Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will support FLAC audio files, enabling live music junkies by giving one-click support to the bootlegger's choice recording format.Microsoft announced the news via Twitter, sharing a picture of the new audio codec in action playing Led Zeppelin IV on the Windows 10 Media Player. The Free Lossless Audio Codec, FLAC for short, is primarily used by fans who record live concert sets and premium music vendors like HDTracks.The primary advantage of FLAC is that, unlike other audio formats like MP3 files, FLAC doesn't lose any data in compression. The result is that files are a good bit bigger, but it more than makes up for it in quality of sound.The real reason most people haven't heard of FLAC files is that they weren't supported by standard media players, so you couldn't listen to them in iTunes or Windows without converting them to a supported file type or buying specialized software.That's all changed now, so you can listen to all those Phish, YMSB, or Grateful Dead bootlegs with one click and a copy of Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 you couldn't listen to them in iTunes or Windows without converting them to a supported file type or buying specialized software.lol wut. Free Winamp, foobar2000, etc... Been listening to flac on Windows XP since before those kids were born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryrynz Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 you couldn't listen to them in iTunes or Windows without converting them to a supported file type or buying specialized software.lol wut. Free Winamp, foobar2000, etc... Been listening to flac on Windows XP since before those kids were born.Support for it is good, finally get some Explorer love for it as well.Should have been in Windows 8 or 8.1 though honestly.. pretty slack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Oh, yeah - every little bit of enhancement is welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev0r269 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Sure, I've been riding the FLAC train for a while now but every bit of native Windows enhancement is welcome. HDDs are much bigger, and connections are faster. Sound clarity doesn't need to be sac'd for file size anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Sure, I've been riding the FLAC train for a while now but every bit of native Windows enhancement is welcome. HDDs are much bigger, and connections are faster. Sound clarity doesn't need to be sac'd for file size anymore. So size doesn't matter :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev0r269 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 For most people, you're right. A 320 CBR or a VBR is good enough in perceivable quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7even Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Won't hear any differences when listening with generic desktop or cheap laptop speakers :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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