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
    2014-09-02T18:28:09+00:00

    He did inform you at the beginning, that his OS was Vista & ask if it would work. Read previous post.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-09-02T17:41:24+00:00

    Why didn't you enter the thread in the Vista section of the forum?

    Anyone replying to any thread here automatically assumes we are talking about W7.

    "well, actually, the shark codecs kinda messed up my ability to play my xvids and avis in media player like they used to.  yes, i could play my flac files  in wmp, but i could no longer load my avis or xvids and my preview pane had stopped loading those same files.  i use windows vista"

    Thanks for letting us know you use vista, I never saw it, only the original OPs WNP 12 problem in W7 and I though we were dealing with the same problem.

    I think you maybe had a Vista problem with WMP 12, not a 007 Shark problem (?)  : )

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-09-02T16:58:54+00:00

    xvid is supported in 007Shark.

    The following filetypes are enabled and SUPPORTED by the installation of Shark's Codec Solutions.

    amr | mpc | ofr | divx | mka | ape | flac | evo | flv | m4b | mkv | ogg | ogv | ogm | rmvb | xvid

    All of the above file types can be queued to the Windows Media Player Playlist using a right-click.

    well, actually, the shark codecs kinda messed up my ability to play my xvids and avis in media player like they used to.  yes, i could play my flac files  in wmp, but i could no longer load my avis or xvids and my preview pane had stopped loading those same files.  i use windows vista

    i hate to bring a bummer into this forum topic but i was forced to uninstall the shark codecs and install the k-lite standard codecs and i must be truthfull in saying that everything is working correctly now.

    my flac's play in wmp 11, my avis and xvids are back to playing in my wmp 11, and my preview pane loads up and plays all of those files now as well.

    also, i can now play mkv in wmp 11 as well as flac.

    the shark007 codecs and made some registry changes that had removed key registry entries, or perhaps it was just my installing and uninstalling of codecs, but the k lite actually repaired all of those on install.

    i just wanted to be honest in my posts here and let you know this.

    if there is one thing to be gained here, it is the knowledge that is not a good idea to install a load of codecs.  pick one, install it, and if it works, great.  if you still need codec help, uninstall your exsisting codecs and install another pack until you get what you need.

    thank you guys for all of your help.

    i really appreciate it.  without your help here i would not have gained the knowledge and the working codecs i needed

    peace

    russell

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-08-28T00:05:54+00:00

    xvid is supported in 007Shark.

    The following filetypes are enabled and SUPPORTED by the installation of Shark's Codec Solutions.

    amr | mpc | ofr | divx | mka | ape | flac | evo | flv | m4b | mkv | ogg | ogv | ogm | rmvb | xvid

    All of the above file types can be queued to the Windows Media Player Playlist using a right-click.

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