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[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Yep. Lack of format support is usually to blame on the one who doesn't support the format. You can absolutely blame Apple for this too though, their apps can't open e.g. Matroska video or FLAC.

And perplexingly, they don't support uploading HEIC, their own image format of choice, on the web iCloud Photos. So there's that too.

(At this point my music library is stored as ALAC because it's well supported in both Linux and Apple's OSes. Really wish it wouldn't have to be that way though. Someone needs to tell them about ffmpeg.)

For example they used to have their own video container .mov

It's always very very funny every time someone mentions MOV, because while it's very similar to MP4, it's actually an open format while MP4 isn't (!). You actually have to pay for the MP4 standard document while Apple just gives you the MOV documentation.

Also at least taking a screen capture on macOS still gives you a MOV container, actually.

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago

Apple made ALAC as an alternative to FLAC due to the dubious licensing around FLAC at the time.

[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 hours ago

Interesting. I can’t find anything about the FLAC licensing issues. Do you have a link?

(Also, correction — Wikipedia says macOS in general can play FLAC. I guess it’s just the Music app that can’t import them.)

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

I’m really not sure where I originally read it. I did some digging and I found some discussion about FLAC and patent trolls on a few forums, including the Talk page of the Wikipedia article, but I haven’t found anything concrete.

It might be that the patent troll thing was just a rumor!

[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 minutes ago

Ah, alright. Thanks for looking!

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