why does't goldwave open alac file under w7?

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Sara
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why does't goldwave open alac file under w7?

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Hi
i have noticed that goldwave doesn't open Alac file under windows 7 pro 64bit

but can open them under windows 10 pro 64bit

thanks

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this is what happen when i try to open under windows 7
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Re: why does't goldwave open alac file under w7?

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Microsoft does not include the ALAC decoder in Windows 7.

If you have iTunes and QuickTime installed, you may be able to open ALAC files in GoldWave v5 on Windows 7 (that uses the 32 bit decoders installed by QuickTime). GoldWave v6 (64 bit) cannot use 32 bit decoders.
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Re: why does't goldwave open alac file under w7?

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GoldWave Inc. wrote:Microsoft does not include the ALAC decoder in Windows 7.

If you have iTunes and QuickTime installed, you may be able to open ALAC files in GoldWave v5 on Windows 7 (that uses the 32 bit decoders installed by QuickTime). GoldWave v6 (64 bit) cannot use 32 bit decoders.
hi

but goldwave 6 can open Opus and Ogg Vorbis , they are not included in windows 10 ,aren't they?
goldwave supports only Lossless flac compression when i want to save my audio
will goldwave support/add others enceders like WavPack ,Monkey's Audio APE ?
i don't think goldwave will not include the ALAC encoder seeing is not free , is not free right?
thank you so much!
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Re: why does't goldwave open alac file under w7?

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It is simply not worth the development time/cost to create an ALAC plug-in for GoldWave when it already works in Windows 10 using the system decoders. The number of people using ALAC on Windows 7 is way too small.
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