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How to play .flac, .shn, .ape and other audio formats in OS X

In a nutshell, use Cog, an open source audio player for OS X.

Cog Features:

* Gapless playback
* Seeking
* Automatic updating
* Feedback form
* Smart shuffle

Formats that Cog supports:

* Ogg Vorbis
* Mp3
* Flac
* Musepack
* Monkeys Audio
* Shorten
* Wavpack
* AAC
* Wave/AIFF

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By Ross McKillop – September 3, 2006

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Michael B says

I’ve found Cog to be a little unstable. Play from sbooth.org seems to be much more stable, offers gapless plaback, and has a library and playlist management features.

September 6, 2008, 6:23 am
AMOS says

EXISTE-T6-L UN LECTEUR DE SALON (qui lit cd audio et mp3) POUR LIRE UN CD SUR LEQUEL ON A GRAVé DE LA MUSIQUE EN FLAC. Merci d’avance …
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August 24, 2009, 5:04 am

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