WMP Flac Support?

[Rewired]

Is there any plugin for Windows Media Auido 10 that will allow WMP to support the FLAC (Loseless Audio) file type?

What are some alternatives?

Thanks for your help. :)

[Black Hawk]

You could try this (http://corecodec.org/projects/coreflac).

[Rewired]

Thank you but I'm looking for something that will allow me to play my FLACs directly form Windows Media Player. I don't know that such a thing exists in which case I'll have to switch to WinAmp.

[Black Hawk]

The above is a codec that you install and theoretically, WMP should be able to play the file.

[Rewired]

Right on.
I installed the CoreFlac Decoder and it works great. Thanks a bunch.
What exactly is a codec and how does this Flac Encoder work?
Have you used the encoder?
Thanks again.

[Black Hawk]

Short for compressor/decompressor, a codec is any technology for compressing and decompressing data. Codecs can be implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of both. Some popular codecs for computer video include MPEG, Indeo and Cinepak.
My guess is that the file is encoded so that the file size is smaller cause the raw wav is big (over 100mb). Different codecs yield different filesizes and quality. Most computers/OS only come with certain kind of codecs installed and you need to download other ones like DivX, XviD, MP4, etc.

I haven't used the codec. All of my music is in mp3.

[TheLostSwede]

Bump*

I just tried this lossless codec and it rocks so far.
The raw .wav is 96,214 kb on a song i have here. Encoded in FLAC without any loss in quality at all, it's at 70,838 kb. The best of all is that while encoded in FLAC, you can use it in most hardware systems and players as well. Even car stereos. That means a 99min cd which works in most car stereos, can hold a lot of FLAC songs and without quality loss. A complete cd took about a minute do decode(including verification) from FLAC to .Wav on a Barton@2.4, so it isn't a slow encoder/decoder either. Recommended!