Weird. I hadn't checked iTunes. I just assumed that if QTPlayer would play it then iTunes would as well.
So after some more googling around it turns out iTunes in pretty particular as to what OS file type the flac file is. Apparently with the aforementioned plugins the QT infrastructure can now handle flac just fine, as shown by the QTPlayer being able to open and play the files. iTunes though seems to filter out files that aren't of the right type. So you can command-O all you want and it won't import the flac file. So of course somebody made a dropplet app that will fix this called Set OggS. You can download that from here: http://people.xiph.org/~arek/flac_import/set-OggS-0.1.dmg So you go to your flac file, pull up the contextual menu with VO-shift-m, choose open with and then other, then navigate to wherever you've stashed Set OggS at. That should pop up and say it made the change with a Quit button. Quit out of Set OggS and then you should be able to open your flac file in iTune. I didn't try it but I would guess it should work in batches. Just select all your flacs, then do the contextual menu steps. Worked for me with a single file at least. CB Darcy Burnard wrote: > Hi. Adding the import component did allow me to open flac files in > quicktime player. However, it did not allow me to open them in > itunes? Is there another way to accomplish that? > Darcy > On 15-Jul-09, at 3:24 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > >> The XiphQT only gives flac playback capability. I added the >> flac_import >> component and was able to open and play a flac file. The importer >> without XiphQT enabled QuickTime player to open a flac but I got >> silence >> when it played. So you need both pieces. I got the flac import >> component >> from here: >> >> http://people.xiph.org/~arek/flac_import/flac_import_0.5b1_p0.1.dmg >> >> I wonder why this capability isn't bundled into the main XiphQT >> plugin. >> I tested with the BlueEyesExcerpt.flac from this site: >> >> http://ff123.net/samples.html >> >> CB >> >> Mark Baxter wrote: >> >>> I second that; a restart did not make any difference in its behavior, >>> nor did another flac file. >>> >>> >>> Mark BurningHawk >>> >>> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>> MSN: [email protected] >>> My home page: >>> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>> >>> >>> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
