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Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) is a file format for audio data compression. Being a lossless compression format, FLAC does not remove information from the audio stream, as lossy compression formats such as MP3, AAC, and Vorbis do.Like other methods of compression, FLAC's main advantage is the reduction of bandwidth or storage requirements, but without sacrificing the integrity of the audio source. For example, a digital recording (such as a CD) encoded to FLAC can be decompressed into an identical copy of the audio data. Audio sources encoded to FLAC are typically reduced in size 40 to 50 percent (47% according to their own comparison).FLAC is suitable for everyday playback and audio archival, with support for tagging, cover art and fast seeking. FLAC's free and open source royalty-free nature makes it well-supported by many software applications. FLAC playback support in portable audio devices and dedicated audio systems is limited but growing. Josh Coalson is the primary author of FLAC.On January 29, 2003, Xiphophorus (now called the Xiph.Org Foundation) announced the incorporation of FLAC under their banner, alongside Vorbis, Theora, Speex, and others. [edit]

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DEVELOPMENT STATUS: production
LICENSE: gnu general public license (gpl)

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OPERATING SYSTEM: bsd

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE: c++

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USER INTERFACE: command-line

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Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) is a file format for audio data compression. Being a loss...


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