superfall
27th November 2006, 14:54
Hey guys,I find that more and more people want to know about FLAC.This time,I searched on web and get some information.I hope it’s useful for you.
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo) just like you would an MP3 file.
FLAC is freely available and supported on most operating systems, including Windows, "unix" (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, OS X, IRIX), BeOS, OS/2, and Amiga. There are build systems for autotools, MSVC, Watcom C, and Project Builder.
The FLAC project consists of:
1.the stream format
2.reference encoders and decoders in library form
3.flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files
4.metaflac, a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files
5.input plugins for various music players
When we say that FLAC is "Free" it means more than just that it is available at no cost. It means that the specification of the format is fully open to the public to be used for any purpose (the FLAC project reserves the right to set the FLAC specification and certify compliance), and that neither the FLAC format nor any of the implemented encoding/decoding methods are covered by any known patent. It also means that all the source code is available under open-source licenses. It is the first truly open and free lossless audio format.
Of course,if you are used to any other popular formats such as mp3,wmv etc.u can convert it.Here is a good choice:xilisoft audio maker, not only provides an easy and completed way to convert between all popular audio formats, such as MP3, M4A, WAV, WMA, MP2, OGG, AAC, AC3, APE, FLAC, AU etc, but also convert video files including AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF, MOV, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, RM, H.264, M4V to your favorite audio formats.
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo) just like you would an MP3 file.
FLAC is freely available and supported on most operating systems, including Windows, "unix" (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, OS X, IRIX), BeOS, OS/2, and Amiga. There are build systems for autotools, MSVC, Watcom C, and Project Builder.
The FLAC project consists of:
1.the stream format
2.reference encoders and decoders in library form
3.flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files
4.metaflac, a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files
5.input plugins for various music players
When we say that FLAC is "Free" it means more than just that it is available at no cost. It means that the specification of the format is fully open to the public to be used for any purpose (the FLAC project reserves the right to set the FLAC specification and certify compliance), and that neither the FLAC format nor any of the implemented encoding/decoding methods are covered by any known patent. It also means that all the source code is available under open-source licenses. It is the first truly open and free lossless audio format.
Of course,if you are used to any other popular formats such as mp3,wmv etc.u can convert it.Here is a good choice:xilisoft audio maker, not only provides an easy and completed way to convert between all popular audio formats, such as MP3, M4A, WAV, WMA, MP2, OGG, AAC, AC3, APE, FLAC, AU etc, but also convert video files including AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF, MOV, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, RM, H.264, M4V to your favorite audio formats.