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Do Macs Play FLAC?

My my understanding was always that they could not play FLAC encoded files.  I just installed a Synology NAS.  I have a Bluesound Vault 2 with about 300 CDs that were ripped in FLAC and was able to transfer the contents of the Vault 2 to the NAS.  These show up as FLAC files in the NAS index.  To my surprise, they play on my MAcAir, purchased in in 2013, via usb into a Bryston DAC3.  I had assumed I would need a music playing program to make these files playable on the Mac.  I have no FLAC converting software loaded onto the Mac
mahler123
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dbphd
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Is there any reason to use FLAC rather than AIFF?  I've been installing CDs into iTunes then ripping with dBPoweramp to AIFF.  Roon finds the files immediately and displays the cover art.  Before I started moving files to iTunes I would sometimes have trouble finding a ripped or downloaded file, maybe an error in setting up Roon.

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mahler123 OP
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Traditionally flax has been better with metadata, but as you say Roon is handling the metadata just fine, I wouldn’t change anything that you are doing 
mahler123 OP
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Ok, flac, not flax
mahler123 OP
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Sorry, Blind Jim, this was the older thread that I was thinking of.  
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