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Would like "play-to" for FLAC and WMP12
This subject has been discussed on the Internet before, and even in this forum. Seems like it just can't be done, but I'll give it one more try.
I would like to send FLAC files from Win7 to a network player capable of playing FLAC (e.g. Oppo 103/203). The optimal approach would be to right-click on either a folder containing the music files to be sent (which could include MP3, FLAC, videos, etc.) or an individual FLAC file, and then select the "play-to" item which hopefully would appear on the context menu, and then select the Oppo player from the list presented.
This approach works perfectly for all media types inherently supported by WMP12 (e.g. MP3, videos, etc.) where "play-to" actually appears on the context menu.
But for FLAC, the "play-to" item is NOT presented. Even though I've installed MFFLAC codec, as well as MADFLAC filter previously, so that WMP can actually play FLAC files if I select them, the streaming "play-to" ability for FLAC is missing.
Even if I play a FLAC file in WMP so that is shows in the "playing" list, when I drop down the "play-to" button list (upper-right corner) and select the Oppo player which appears, the "play-to" applet appears but seems to fail to successfully "contact media server" and the streaming to the Oppo never actually starts.
This isn't the most critical problem in the world, as I can actually go the other way, starting from the Oppo -> Network -> Music and then selecting my PC, and navigating to the music folders and picking music to play (including FLAC) from the Oppo itself. But it would often be much more convenient if I could stream from the PC to the Oppo, rather than being forced to do it the other way around.
My online research revealed a Registry hack which purported to solve the "play-to" context menu issue for FLAC, but it did not work for me.
Can anybody suggest a known working solution for this? Or is it just not possible?
I will experiment with my Win10 laptop, since FLAC is natively supported by WMP in Win10. Perhaps "play-to" is also presented on the context menu for FLAC files in Win10. Perhaps this is the only real solution, and that there's just no fix for Win7.
Anybody know anything about this?