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

by Ross McKillop on September 3, 2006

Mac

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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    1 Michael B 09.06.08 at 6:23 am

    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.

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