Flac files on an iPod?

Are iPods compatible with Flac files? Can I transfer Flac files from a computer to an iPod ? Thanks...

mabonn01-30-2012 5:40pm

mezmo Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 516 posts 01-31-2012 at 03:08am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Nope. Pretty sure that Mac don't do FLAC. Easy to convert to AAC, MP3, AIFF, ALAC -- all of which are Mac supported -- but FLAC is essentially the competitor format to apple lossless. So, naturally, it's verboten in the Apple ecosystem.
audiojedi Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 225 posts 01-31-2012 at 02:47am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Apparently you can if you Rockbox it: http://www.rockbox.org/ I'm about 3/4 of the way through ripping my CD's to FLAC and I'm considering the same thing myself.
brubacca Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5 posts 01-31-2012 at 02:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Yes, but not with Apple OS.. You can replace Apple's OS within the iPod with a program called RockBox. http://www.rockbox.org/ I have not done this, but this is the option that I know... If you try it and brick your iPod it is not my fault. I have an old iPod that I may try....