To be honest, it is indeed a little bit troubling. Installing Windows Media Player Flac codec can make your Windows Media Player able to play FLAC files and some other media files that weren’t supported earlier. Part 4: Convert Flac to MP3 to Play on Windows Media Player When the installation is finished, you are good to go. To avoid installing this extra software, remove the check in the box on the “Install Additional Software” screen. Like a lot of free software, Media Player Codec Pack comes with a potentially unwanted program. That’s why FLAC is so popular and widely used for lossless music compression. It has an open-source reference implementation, and has several other independent implementations.
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Being similar to how Zip works, with FLAC you will get much better compression quality because FLAC is designed specifically for audio, and you can playback compressed FLAC files in most of your favorite player, your car or home stereo.īeing the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec, FLAC is the only one that at once is non-proprietary, is unencumbered by patents. What are FLAC files anyway? FLAC stands for “Free Lossless Audio Codec”, basically it is an audio format that is similar to MP3 but compared to MP3, FLAC is lossless, which means that audio compressed in FLAC is without any loss in quality. Part 5: Free Alternative to Play Flac File.Part 4: Convert Flac to MP3 to Play on Windows Media Player.Part 3: Installing Flac Codec on Windows Media Player.Part 2: Why Windows Media Player Won't Play Flac File.