Comments on: Windows Media Player: How do I Play Ogg and FLAC Files in WMP?

By: baxterch

baxterch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:54:34 +0000

I'm sorry Dex,

But you are obviously frustrated by something, either youth or a lack of disk space, but I ask you this? Why would you even bother to bother what other people do? It is not your disk space, and not your time… True, most wont tell the difference, but many can and do… I am an audiophile and have audiophile quality equipment and I can hear the difference clear as day…

I'm not a sheep (remember, baa-aa-aa means no), I just like to hear the music, and ALL the music, not sound that mimics the music because of the lopped off highs and flooded lows…

By: Dex Luther

Dex Luther — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:28:54 +0000

The sad truth is that FLAC is a needless waste of space. Most people can't even hear the difference between a FLAC and MP3 yet they insist on using bloated FLAC files just because people say it's better.

Nothing but sheep.

I keep two files on my MP3 player just to prove this point whenever someone brings up the FLAC topic. Two copies of the same song. One FLAC the other MP3. I play them both for the 'FLACists', and most of them can't even tell the difference. The ones that do just get lucky guessing.

The truth is that even with an expensive sound system (I have JM Labs speakers just to give you a little idea) there's no real audible difference. If there is it's because you're an idiot listening to 192kbit MP3's.

I only get FLAC when there's no other choice. Otherwise it's all 320kbit MP3 and there's absolutely no audible difference at all.

By: hdb

hdb — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:14:34 +0000

What 'little tweaks'. Sounds like hour wasted to me ….

By: hdb

hdb — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:06:41 +0000

I downloaded vlc to play flac it worked for a while but no plays with no sound even though the volume level is up.

I have done a google search and I am not the only one with this problem although nobody offers a solution.

By: Shah

Shah — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:41:08 +0000

vlc sux when it comes to audio quality, and the whole point of lookin for flac i assume is wanting higher quality.

By: Connor McBrine-Ellis

Connor McBrine-Ellis — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:16:27 +0000

I use VLC all the time for my video files because I don't have TOO many video files, and because I use playlist, but it doesn't support libraries and WMP has a nice layout and ways to find and enjoy your music more.

By: Connor McBrine-Ellis

Connor McBrine-Ellis — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:12:28 +0000

WMP is awesome software – it is well laid out and syncs to almost all mediaplayers with the exception of iPods because they suck

By: Connor McBrine-Ellis

Connor McBrine-Ellis — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:10:37 +0000

but WMA is proprietary and nobody uses it

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:14:48 +0000

If you are using windows 7 64-bit or vista 64-bit you need the updated codecs from here: http://www.xiph.org/dshow/pmwiki.php/Main/Downl...

By: asdf

asdf — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:02:59 +0000

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