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Not sure what you're talking about. I have zero issues using my FLAC files from elsewhere on my iPhone.
by xvector 5y ago
Not sure what you're talking about. I have zero issues using my FLAC files from elsewhere on my iPhone.
- chillwaves 5y agoTry using a custom ringtone that you do not purchase through the Apple store.
- kstrauser 5y agoOK. https://www.wikihow.com/Set-a-Song-As-Your-Ringtone-on-iPhone https://www.wikihow.com/Set-a-Song-As-Your-Ringtone-on-iPhon...
- prepend 5y agoThis used to bother me, but I haven’t used a ringtone at all for 10 years so I really don’t care anymore. Although before that, I made my own ringtone using GarageBand off a ripped mp3 and didn’t buy anything through the apple store.
- throwawayboise 5y agoLOL yeah my ringtone for all calls is silence.
- bombcar 5y agoI forget how I got it setup but I have a custom ringtone for one contact that I certainly didn’t buy.
- grumpyprole 5y agoYou must have installed some niche piece of software that the vast majority of iPhone users will never use or hear about. Hopefully the indie dev keeps updating it and Apple never pulls it from the store!
- tigershark 5y agoIn what world VLC is “some niche piece of software that the vast majority of iPhone users will never use or hear about”? You REALLY never heard of VLC?
- grumpyprole 5y agoVLC and free open source software certainly won't offer "just works". If you are happy to go down this path, then Android will offer more free open source apps for you.
- Handytinge 4y agoIt seems more likely that the majority of iOS users (and likely Android users too) just don't care. I would be shocked if > 20% of Android users manage their own music library rather than using one of the standard music streaming services. You've picked on iOS (incorrectly) for not being able to playback FLAC, then shifted argument. The point was proven that you don't need to buy into Apples ecosystem for this.
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- Espressosaurus 5y agoHow do you play it? How do you import them into your library? If it's not mp3, aac, or m4a, iTunes won't index it, it won't end up in your library, and any of the standard music apps will not play it. Speaking from experience because this is a continuing pain point for my music collection that includes oddball formats like flac, ogg, and others--none of which I can even get on my phone without using a cloud service.
- sixbrx 5y agoI use Foobar2000 on iOS where you can toggle its embedded FTP server to transfer files, either to its own music library or one shared with iTunes. It's very easy.
- xvector 5y agoNevermind, looks like I had some conversion going on to get those files on my iPhone. It's irrelevant anyways, since AAC is audibly transparent to the human ear.
- grumpyprole 5y agoAAC may not be audibly transparent after its transcoded for Bluetooth. If you are using Apple headphones then this of course shouldn't happen, but for Sony's LDAC, better to start with FLAC.
- codr7 5y agoI use VLC, which works great. I don't use iTunes, ever, anywhere; and I feel sorry for anyone who does.
- Espressosaurus 5y agoVLC, fine. How do you transfer .ogg or similar files to your iphone?
- Handytinge 4y ago