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2 <!-- Copyright (c) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Josh Coalson -->
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3 <!-- Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document -->
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4 <!-- under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 -->
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5 <!-- or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; -->
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11 <meta name="author" content="Josh Coalson" />
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12 <meta name="description" content="A free, open source codec for lossless audio compression and decompression" />
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13 <meta name="keywords" content="free,lossless,audio,codec,encoder,decoder,compression,compressor,archival,archive,archiving,backup,music" />
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16 <title>FLAC - itunes</title>
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48 flac + itunes
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50 <div class="box_header"></div>
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52 Would you like iTunes to support FLAC? So would we!<br />
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53 <br />
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54 Due to the design of iTunes, only Apple can add support for FLAC <a href="#footnote1">[1]</a>. And why wouldn't they? FLAC usage is accelerating, <a href="links.html#music">many bands</a> like Pearl Jam, Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Metallica -- the same hip, influential people whose fans Apple courts -- are already distributing music in FLAC format, and users are clamoring for it in the iTunes forums:<br />
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56 <li><a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=784174&#784174">[2]</a> <i>"I have seen a lot of people on live music message boards turn away from the iPod because there are other music players that support FLAC. I am on the verge... and I am an Apple die-hard!"</i></li>
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57 <li><a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=799873&#799873">[3]</a> <i>"If your source material is FLAC (as many bands have gone this way to distribute online music) your choice is to use another music player ..."</i></li>
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58 <li><a href="http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=flac&objID=c149&dateRange=all&userID=&numResults=30">[4]</a> (many more requests)</li>
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59 </ul>
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60 Make your voice heard! <a href="http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html">Fill out the iTunes feedback form</a> (politely!) and let them know. Feel free to also direct them to this page. We at the FLAC project <a href="developers.html">stand ready to help</a> as well.<br />
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64 <a name="footnote1" />[1] <a href="http://xiph.org/quicktime">XiphQT</a>, through tremendous effort by developers, goes as far as possible in allowing some playback capability via QuickTime. But proper iTunes support -- tag handling, no import delays, etc. -- is not possible without Apple.<br />
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75 Copyright (c) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Josh Coalson
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