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SHN/FLAC playback on Mac OS X

Started by tross, April 03, 2007, 11:00:22 AM

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rowjimmy

#15
I was reading another message board and saw a thread about 24-bit FLAC playback on mac.
This was the final recommendation. YMMV
It does not, I'm told, play shn. but shn is for dinosaurs, anyway.

Edit to add the freakin link:
http://sbooth.org/Play/



oops

kickaha

VLC will also play FLAC:

  http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

And this post seems to indicate that it's possible, through a number of steps, to play flac in iTunes. I have yet to try this:

  http://earpick.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/how-to-play-flac-in-itunes-on-mac/

Two other compression utilities I use, besides xACT are Max and XLD:

  http://sbooth.org/Max/
  http://tmkk.hp.infoseek.co.jp/xld/index_e.html

Neither decodes shn but both let me encode from flac directly into apple lossless or aac for itunes/ipod usage.

Lukas

Caravan2001

Well, I for one am stoked because I just figured out that Toast supports Flac.....I use cog to listen to my flacs, but when I needed to burna cd for a friend or the car or whatever, I always used xact to go to AIFF...for fun I dropped a bunch of flacs in toast, burned a disc  and lo and behold, it worked.....duhh...what a timesaver!

jephrey

Yeah, I've been using Toast for a while.  My only complaint is about the cue file.  It can't be dragged/dropped anywhere I think.  I had XLD, but I'll have to try that method again.  It's fairly easy to make a UI for an app like that.  Maybe even do some other things like completely tag the files.
There are 10 types of people in this world.  Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Mr Minor

Thanks for the info on Cog.  Being able to play the shn/flac files is so much easier than converting, burning/storing shows. 

:clap:
:beers:
:banana:

By the way, the newest version didn't seem to make my Mac too happy, so I went with an older version and it works smoothly!

mattstick

Quote from: Mr Minor on February 13, 2008, 09:47:56 PM


By the way, the newest version didn't seem to make my Mac too happy, so I went with an older version and it works smoothly!

Mine used to crash if I had files in the queue which had been moved or deleted.  I would have to re-install, it was retarded.

The new version is rock solid though.

Mr Minor

Of course I spoke too soon.  As it was changing tracks, it would crash.   :frustrated:

Maybe i will try the update and see how it works.

Mr Minor

Quote from: Mr Minor on February 13, 2008, 10:11:46 PM
Of course I spoke too soon.  As it was changing tracks, it would crash.   :frustrated:

Maybe i will try the update and see how it works.

Alright, when I try and open the newest version, it tells me there are "no mountable file systems"

I am still running 10.3 and I think this is for 10.4

Aarrgghhh.

jephrey

Any reason to not update to leopard?  I think many softwares have dropped support for Tiger.

Stuart Copeland
There are 10 types of people in this world.  Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Mr Minor

#24
I am a poor teacher trying to buy a house.  Also waiting until summer so they can work out all the bugs.

I am using Cog version .4 and it is working great.  So far...prolly jinxed myself with thatnow...

tet

the educational price for Leopard is $70.  just go to store.apple.com and then to the Education section to purchase for that price.  it's a SOLID upgrade man, you'll be happy.
"We want you to be happy"
-Phish

jephrey

Yeah, thinking about Tiger, I'm not sure it even had spotlight.  Not that I advocate stealing, but I'm sure you know there are ways to obtain a new OS without paying. 

In all honesty, for the last few releases, I've split it with my bro, so although I haven't bought myself a 100% legit copy, I've been involved with the purchase.  In any case, I've always found it easy to come up with a justification if I've needed one.  :wink:

Alec Ounsworth
There are 10 types of people in this world.  Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Mr Minor

Quote from: tet on February 13, 2008, 11:48:46 PM
the educational price for Leopard is $70.  just go to store.apple.com and then to the Education section to purchase for that price.  it's a SOLID upgrade man, you'll be happy.

Good to know.  I will check that out.
Thanks for the info.  I love the fact that apple has those deals for educators.  I guess we teachers get paid in more ways than just the "big bucks."   :-P

tet

sure thing.  Apple and education go back a long way... it's always been one of their strongest markets, and is mutually beneficial for both. 
"We want you to be happy"
-Phish

rowjimmy

(For all you mac guys) FLUKE supposedly plays FLAC in iTunes
http://earpick.cubicfruit.com/2008/05/15/fluke-play-flacs-in-itunes/


Obviously, I have no mac so I can't testify to its function...