How to Play FLAC Files in Windows 7 Media Center & Player

Check the box Don’t ask me again for this extension and click Yes.

Now Media Player should play the track you’ve chosen.

Delete Current Music LibraryBut what if you want to add your entire collection of FLAC files to the Library?

The best way to manage the music library in Windows 7 is via WMP 12.

Deleting Current DatabaseNow we need to ensure we’re starting out fresh.

select Start and jot down in services.msc into the search box and hit Enter.

Now scroll down and stop the service named Windows Media Player web connection Sharing Service.

If you’re uneasy about deleting these files, see to it to back them up first.

Now after you restart WMP it’s possible for you to begin adding your FLAC files.

To delete the other directories go to Organize \ Manage Libraries then launch the directories you want to remove.

For example here we’re removing the default libraries it tries to check for music.

Remove the directories you don’t want it to gather contents from in each of the categories.

We removed all of the other collections and only added the FLAC music directory from our home server.

It enables FLAC (and other file formats) to be picked up in the library much easier.

Just install it by accepting the defaults, and you’ll be glad you did.

In fact, if your collection is huge, just walk away and let it do its thing.

If you give a shot to use it right away, WMP slows down considerably while updating the library.

Album ArtOne caveat is that some of our albums didn’t show any cover art.

But we were usually able to get it by right-clicking the album and selecting Find album info.