Fluke

Name: Fluke
Rating: 3.6364 (7 reviews)

0.2.5

29 July 2013

Listen to FLAC files in iTunes (beta).

Overview

Fluke is a small OS X utility that lets you listen to your FLAC files right within iTunes without needing to convert anything. Simply feed your FLACs into it and watch the magic happen.

Features:

16bit/44.1KHz playback
Multiple file and folder handling (the latter from command line only at the moment)
Track number and count support

What's new in Fluke

Version 0.2.5:

Bug fixes: PPC support, single file import bug.

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I have tried it over and over and I always gave up due to the lack of artwork support... So, here is a question to anyone who is already using it: does Fluke has managed to solve this issue or is this still (and maybe forever) a problem? I'm asking because I have already installed it several times just to check for this and every time I had to uninstall...

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Version .11

Aargl

31 May 2018

Fluke was once a good idea but it's long gone. For anyone interested, there are apps that play FLAC such as Cog (even if it hasn't been updated for years, it's 64 bits and still runs on 10.9.5) and Vox, amongst others.

Version 0.2.5

mookee

20 March 2016

HELP cant add my musikfolder to itunes or dont know how. tried dragging the whole musik orden onto the fluke symbol in "programms" but that just copies my musikfolder into the programmsfolder dragging it into itunes doesnt work either.. got fluke 2.5 itunes 10.6.1 snowleopard ..???????????

Version 0.2.5

Robk

05 March 2013

It is a pity that Fluke does NOT work with Mountain Lion. And to make matters worse, it looks like the development has stopped. Fluke still works with Lion and lower. But make sure you have the xiph qt decoders installed. (They must be downloaded and installed separately). And for Lion users, make sure you are running iTunes in 32-bit mode. (Right Click on iTunes in the Applications folder and click on Run in 32-bit mode".)

Version 0.2.5

2 answer(s)

Mikael-B

17 April 2013

That's strange. I didn't have to run iTunes in 32bit mode on my 64bit CPU when I had Lion 10.7.4 nor 10.7.5 installed. You should also point out that iTunes 10.6.1 is currently the latest version of iTunes supported by Fluke. For this reason I have now abandoned Fluke and thusly converted all my FLAC files to Apple Lossless.

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Diogo-Cocharro

04 November 2013

Itunes force you to go the "itunes way" and I stop using it for that reason. Consider also checking Songbird or Nightingale, for my personal use, way much better, supports flac natively and the "watch folders" are fantastic.

I wonder how many people miss the fact that they may need the Xiph QuickTime Decoders http://xiph.org/quicktime/download.html in order to Fluke to work properly. I had several issues, but missed that I had previously installed Xiph in the main /Library/Components folder in my former system and not in my user ~/Library/Components folder. That is where I put this component As soon as I had installed the "XiphQT 0.1.9 (Mac OS X, only decoders)" in my fresh and updated Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard system, Fluke 0.2.5b started to work again. Xiph requires QT 7. If you want to retain the FLAC-file for whatever reason Fluke is indispensable. Fluke should be distributed with a link to Xiph! Macupdate, please add this vital requirement!

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Version 0.2.5

Fluke is a nice software Though FLAC is open-source and royalty-free format, it is not a compatible audio format with iTunes and with all Apple devices. In order to import FLAC to iTunes, a recommended solution is to convert FLAC to Apple friendly audio formats so that you can play FLAC with iTunes, iPad, the new iPad 3, iPhone and iPod, etc. If you care the quality of the output audio, converting FLAC to Apple Lossless audio is recommended. If you do not care about the quality of the music, you can convert FLAC to MP3, a versatile audio format across system and devices then import the converted FLAC files to iTunes. Just google search Step by Step Guide on How to Import FLAC to iTunes, you will find a nice simple solution

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Version 0.2.5

Fluke allows me to put and play FLAC-files to my iTunes library, which I use as a source for Traktor DJ software, which does play FLAC natively. For this it's indispensable and it works well for about 90% of my files, which has simplified my life considerably.

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Version 0.2.5

Mikael-B

30 June 2012

If you have iTunes 10.6.3 and Fluke gives you the AttributeError: Unknown property, element or command: 'add' you can solve this by downgrading to 10.6.1. Just run the installer available at: http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes10/041-4792.20120328.fRhny/iTunes10.6.1.dmg

Version 0.2.5

1 answer(s)

Mikael-B

30 June 2012

And here's the link to the bug page where you can choose to follow changes addressing this problem and give your input: http://code.google.com/p/flukeformac/issues/detail?can=2&start=0&num=100&q=&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Opened%20Summary%20Owner%20Milestone&groupby=&sort=&id=54

Received iTunes error message each time attempted to add to library as apple lossless file. Tried to re-downloading file, adding file from different locations, but nothing seemed to work. Finally just deleted file. Good riddance fluke! XLD was just as simple to use and worked the first time! What good is "free" if the product doesn't work!

Version 0.2.5

4 answer(s)

Mikael-B

29 June 2012

Does XLD add FLAC to the iTunes library? Lately this error message also happens to me on OS X 10.5 and Fluke 0.2.5 and I've been suspecting the latest versions of iTunes. I think 10.6 worked for me, but not after that. That a product is free also means you should do error reporting to the developer and the user community so we can fix the problem. My report is coming soon.

Mikael-B

29 June 2012

I just added a flac file to iTunes 10.6.1 on OS X 10.6.8 with Fluke 0.25 proving this way working works with Snow Leopard.

Mikael-B

30 June 2012

I have now verified this problem is caused by changes in iTunes 10.6.3, not matter the OS X verions. Downgrading to iTunes 10.6.1 solves the problem. Here's the download link: http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes10/041-4792.20120328.fRhny/iTunes10.6.1.dmg

Mikael-B

24 July 2012

I have now verified Fluke 0.2.5 together with iTunes 10.6.1 both on OS X Lion 10.7.4 as well as OS X Leopard 10.5.8. It works for most files, though a handful of files seem to be untreatable by Fluke and Max couldn't convert them either. XLD could though. Don't update to 10.6.3 or later if you need Fluke!

ragbull1979

01 September 2011

How can I tell I-tunes to run in 32-bit?

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Version 0.2.5

1 answer(s)

MacUpdate-Ryan

01 September 2011

If you right click on iTunes and choose Get Info, there is an option to open in 32-bit mode.

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I just posted that this does not work for Lion and iTunes 10.4, but this is not true. You have to tell iTunes to run in 32-bit mode since the update switched it to 64-bit mode. I found this fix in this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/flukeformac/browse_thread/thread/9fb06519a53a92ba

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Version 0.2.5

1 answer(s)

Mikael-B

24 July 2012

For iTunes 10.6.1 on a 64-bit Lion 10.7.4 system I just used the basic installation of iTunes.

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