Offer FLAC format in addition to (or instead of) WAV

FLAC files are the same quality as WAV, but are much smaller and can include tags and album art.

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br41n shared this idea · July 27, 2011 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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BeatportMarc responded · May 29, 2013

Hello everybody. Today we introduced AIFF as a new lossless format that you can select during purchase. We’re hoping that this will address some of the functionality you’ve been asking for (metadata and album art in a lossless file). This forum will stay open so people can continue to vote for FLAC support and we would love to hear about your experiences using our AIFF downloads. For more information on why we started with AIFF, see this post: http://news.beatport.com/blog/2011/09/09/introducing-aiff-format/.

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107 comments

golem commented · March 08, 2018 13:20 · Flag as inappropriate

still waiting for FLAC support, what is taking so long?
arteniioleg commented · September 04, 2017 06:59 · Flag as inappropriate

AIFF doesn't play well on my phone (and Ubuntu PC). WAV doesn't have metadata. So I always convert to FLAC.
DJ_KaYcee commented · May 25, 2017 23:18 · Flag as inappropriate

I disagree, why make beatport waste there time and resources on something you can just convert yourself if you would rather have flac.
Tup3x commented · April 08, 2017 13:42 · Flag as inappropriate

I don't really understand why they even use AIFF. Sure, embedded metadata over WAV is a bonus but FLAC is superior in every possible way. Everyone can easily convert FLAC to any format they wish but since FLAC is compressed lossless format Beatport would save bandwidth quite a bit. Also downloads would be faster. It's painful to see how much behind Beatport is to, say, 7Digital. You have to pay massive premium yet no FLAC support which should be standard by now (also it's impossible to redownload tracks which doesn't really make any sense to me - after all, usually you would never have to do that again).
AfricanAmericanUnityProsperity commented · April 03, 2017 19:47 · Flag as inappropriate

I trust your judgement Beatport,you and the artist know which formats are the highest qualities. Still,you should offer flac for the basic audiophiles,and keep aiff an d.wav for us critical audiophile. There is a difference in sound quality between aiff,.wav,and .flac Subtle difference at time,but a difference. Here are the links from credible audiophiles.

http://av2day.com/2014/09/flac-aiff-and-wav-files-sound-different/

http://forums.naimaudio.com/topic/wav-vs-flac-vs-aiff?reply=63232625822156640#63232625822156640
golem commented · April 03, 2017 12:43 · Flag as inappropriate

Once again I need to copy Beatport shopping cart to Juno Downloads shopping cart. So much unneccessary work. Please add FLAC support (and full length preview) ASAP.
JockeTF commented · January 21, 2017 15:05 · Flag as inappropriate

I would much prefer FLAC to any of the formats you are currently offering.
Timcook commented · January 01, 2017 00:18 · Flag as inappropriate

FLAC's PLEASE!!!!!!!!
murphymv commented · May 15, 2016 07:09 · Flag as inappropriate

Definitely past time to offer FLAC downloads! And charge same price as mp3's please!
Palavataivas commented · May 03, 2016 03:45 · Flag as inappropriate

I'd also like to have FLAC support.
platonicliquid commented · February 13, 2016 17:13 · Flag as inappropriate

Still no FLAC? It's kind of important.
kostabodakavala commented · January 14, 2016 11:24 · Flag as inappropriate

voted for flac
skorpyo commented · January 12, 2016 15:37 · Flag as inappropriate

Yes ! I agree with Golem and Sitner! With the latest release of Pioneer DJ, which introduce CDJ-2000NXS2, it will be better for DJ's to purchase music with FLAC format, because of a saving of the storage !! Please, can you introduce it ? ;)
Sitner commented · January 12, 2016 15:15 · Flag as inappropriate

golem, you're absolutely right!
golem commented · January 12, 2016 08:39 · Flag as inappropriate

Pioneer added FLAC support so now it is the time for Beatport too ;)

http://djtechtools.com/2016/01/12/pioneer-dj-annouces-cdj-2000nxs2-djm-2000nxs2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+djtechtools+%28djtechtools.com%29
Fistognosticated commented · January 01, 2016 09:22 · Flag as inappropriate

FLAC please! Just voted!
MrOrangeutan commented · November 06, 2015 12:12 · Flag as inappropriate

There are the also Votes for FLAC in "Beatport Pro for Mac" and "Beatport Pro for PC" at least 170 votes total !!
Please take that in consideration.

For me AIFF is not a alternative for FLAC-Support. Don't want to convert my collection.
LoPan455 commented · September 30, 2015 14:09 · Flag as inappropriate

I vote for FLAC.
golem commented · September 28, 2015 09:07 · Flag as inappropriate

FLAC support please :)

It would be nice also if tunes could be previewed from their whole length (like in Juno).

Because of these two shortcomings I have switched to using Juno Downloads. But Beatport UI is more straightforward so if you repair them I would start to use it again :)
falcon4917 commented · August 21, 2015 12:45 · Flag as inappropriate

FLAC!!!!!!Please.