How to play FLAC file with Windows Media Player 12

Anonymous
2009-12-30T20:15:31+00:00

Is there any way to play Flac files with Windows Media Player 12?  A hefty percentage of my music library is FLAC. 

Thanks!

Lloyd

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Anonymous
2010-01-05T15:56:49+00:00

Hello L Goldfine,

Thank you for your inquiry.

The Flac extension is not a supported file type of Windows Media Player. You may however user your favorite search engine to search for a solution that may convert the file to a Windows Media Player supported file type.

For more information on Windows Media Player supported file types you may also view the following link: 

Information about the Multimedia file types that Windows Media Player supports

I hope this information is helpful.

Thank you,

Mary

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T06:26:51+00:00

    Method 1 **Convert FLAC to Windows Media Player**

    This method helps to play all kinds of FLAC audio file whatever it is 16-bit or 24-bit and wherever it comes from like from Pristine.

    Converting FLAC to WMP supported lossless WAV audio format will lose almost no audio quality.

    If we want to play FLAC in Windows Media Player as well as play FLAC in other devices like iPod, iPhone, iTunes, MP3 players, BlackBerry, converting FLAC to a more popular audio format is recommended.

    iDealshare VideoGo can fast and batch convert FLAC to Windows Media Player supported lossless audio format like WAV or lossy audio format like WMA, MP3. It also helps to convert FLAC to AIFF, AU, RA, AAC, AC3, DTS and etc. It even supports converting OGG, APE, Opus, MP4, M4A, MP4, MOV, MKV, FLV and etc to Windows Media Player.

    Method 2 Install FLAC codec for Windows Media Player

    Here we will provide two options for FLAC codec, and you just need to install one of them and then can enable Windows Media Player play FLAC files.

    Option 1: Install a DirectShow Filter

    Option 2: Intall Media Foundation FLAC Codec

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-03-07T21:46:20+00:00

    Works for me too, great, thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-03-07T21:13:02+00:00

    For those searching for WMP FLAC support try the XIPH.ORG site.

    http://www.xiph.org/dshow/

    Happy Listening!

    Yep, this worked!

    I love open source - you can compile it yourself and inspect the source first to see if there are any spy/mal ware.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-01-22T05:56:36+00:00

    For those searching for WMP FLAC support try the XIPH.ORG site.

    http://www.xiph.org/dshow/

    Happy Listening!

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