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
    2011-12-22T18:39:58+00:00

    Try http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmptagext/

    After installation you may need to associate "flac" with Windows Media Player.  Works for me.

    +1

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-12-03T18:26:37+00:00

     

    But this one works fine after rebooting: http://xiph.org/dshow/downloads/

     

    And now Media Player 12 even indexes the .flac files thanks to the how-to here: http://www.hack7mc.com/2009/01/playing-flac-files-in-media-center.html

     

    I did not need to rebuilt the Library as suggested in the post. :)

     

    used the one posted above and works great.

    Thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-11-15T07:33:46+00:00

    Ignore the negative responses here. Media Player is extensible via installable codecs and other plugins, and has been for many versions.

    It's not always possible for Microsoft to add open-source formats because of the license implications for Windows.

    To get FLAC working for playback and tag-support in Windows Media Player, simply follow the instructions here: http://www.codeemporium.com/2009/11/26/convincing-flac-files-to-play-in-windows-media-player-12/

    Win 7 pro 64bit, worked like a charm, thanx, now I can hear my 8G of Dead I put on my old pc shelf

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-10-22T20:01:10+00:00

    Wow thank you so much for sharing! It's awesome ...works without a problem!

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