
BoredSysAdmin
Audioholic Slumlord
Well, it doesn't but there is a hack:I do wish MS supported FLAC natively. Something else I have to rig Win7 MCE to be able to play.
http://www.hack7mc.com/2009/01/playing-flac-files-in-media-center.html
Well, it doesn't but there is a hack:I do wish MS supported FLAC natively. Something else I have to rig Win7 MCE to be able to play.
From Wikipedia's FLAC page:I thought that FLAC:
1. Was simply a container (compressible like .zip) not a format
2. Is free of any patents/licensing
Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) is an audio compression codec that employs a lossless data compression algorithm. A digital audio recording compressed by FLAC can be decompressed into an identical copy of the original audio data. Audio sources encoded to FLAC are typically reduced to 50–60% of their original size.
FLAC is an open and royalty-free format with a free software implementation made available. FLAC has support for tagging, cover art, and fast seeking. Though FLAC playback support in portable audio devices and dedicated audio systems is limited compared to formats like MP3 or uncompressed PCM, FLAC is supported by more hardware devices than competing lossless compressed formats like WavPack.
Unfortunately both Apple and Micro$oft have chosen to push proprietary formats in a perfectly understandable attempt to make money on music and player sales and to avoid possible royalties from other formats. It's been a success for Apple but not so much for M$ who finally gave up and killed off the Zune - but may try again with the latest Windows phones. So yes if you're going to use MCE you'll need a plug-in but I suspect that M$ will eventually realize that their stubbornness is not paying off and add native support.I do wish MS supported FLAC natively. Something else I have to rig Win7 MCE to be able to play.
I'm not up on the latest Atoms but I don't see why it wouldn't work.Good thoughts. How about something like this, coupled with external dual hard drives?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856158017&cm_sp=Pers_ProductSimilar-_-56-158-017_1_AG-_-56-158-016
That has been my entire point. With a 2TB HD I don't see any technical reason for FLAC in my setup. WAV isn't limited to redbook audio either.If you're happy with WAV then stick with it but there is no technical reason for choosing WAV over FLAC while there are technical reasons for choosing FLAC over WAV. Fortunately dbPoweramp makes it easy to convert an entire lossless library between formats.