http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ FLAC <p><strong><span class="caps">FLAC</span></strong> or <em>Free Lossless Audio Codec</em> is a streamable audio codec that compresses and decompresses audio files without losing any data.</p> <p>Because it is a lossless codec, it typically cannot compress as well as popular lossy codecs such as <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/AAC"><span class="caps">AAC</span></a>, <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/MP3"><span class="caps">MP3</span></a>, or <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Ogg">Ogg</a> &#8211; nevertheless <span class="caps">FLAC</span> is capable of compressing a CD by up to 50%.</p> <p>The <span class="caps">FLAC</span> project includes development on a number of sub components: reference libraries, a command line tool for encoding and decoding <span class="caps">FLAC</span> files, a command line tool for editing <span class="caps">FLAC</span> files&#8217; metadata, as well as plugins for numerous applications including <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Winamp">Winamp</a> and <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/XMMS"><span class="caps">XMMS</span></a>.</p> <p>The reference libraries (libFLAC, libFLAC++) are available under the terms of the <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/License:GPL"><span class="caps">GPL</span></a>.</p> FLAC or Free Lossless Audio Codec is a streamable audio codec that compresses and decompresses audio files without losing any data. Because it is a lossless codec, it typically cannot compress as well as popular lossy codecs such as AAC, MP3, or Ogg &#8211; nevertheless FLAC is capable of compressing a CD by up to 50%. The FLAC project includes development on a number of sub components: reference libraries, a command line tool for encoding and decoding FLAC files, a command line tool for e http://swik.net/FLAC http://flac.sourceforge.net/ flac audio codec License:GPL Fri, 08 Jul 2005 21:27:04 -0700 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:42:11 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Cog+-+News/ccf8p Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:05:05 -0700 http://swik.net/Rockbox/del.icio.us+tag%2Frockbox/Rockbox+-+Open+Source+Jukebox+Firmware/ca7xi Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:51:02 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Rockbox+-+Open+Source+Jukebox+Firmware/casce Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:51:22 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/FLAC+-+download/b8pko Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:01:46 -0700 http://swik.net/Rockbox/del.icio.us+tag%2Frockbox/WhyRockbox+%3C+Main+%3C+TWiki/b8my9 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:59:32 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Rockbox+-+Open+Source+Jukebox+Firmware/b8kw1 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:57:10 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/FLAC+-+Free+Lossless+Audio+Codec/b6oqr cause it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, see supported devices) just like you would an MP3 f Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:56:51 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/FLAC+-+Free+Lossless+Audio+Codec/b6jm5 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:39:33 -0700 http://swik.net/Rockbox/del.icio.us+tag%2Frockbox/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9+ROCKbox+for+iPod/b4q5m Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:42:30 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/FLAC+-+Free+Lossless+Audio+Codec/b03l1 FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:50:23 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/The+BonkEnc+Project+-+BonkEnc+Home/b0z1e Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:48:46 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Xiph.org/b0v8a Go here for FLAC or Ogg codecs for iTunes Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:51:12 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Xiph.org/b0t58 Non-profit corporation dedicated to protecting the foundations of Internet multimedia from control by private interests. Includes implementation of codecs (flac/oggvorbis for Quicktime/Core Audio components) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:45:44 -0800 http://swik.net/Rockbox/del.icio.us+tag%2Frockbox/Rockbox+-+Daily+builds+.FLAC+flac+support+for+Ipod.+APPLE/bzz8b Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:28:43 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/FLAC+-+Free+Lossless+Audio+Codec/bzyt0 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:31:37 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Rockbox+-+Open+Source+Jukebox+Firmware/bzsu8 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:23:29 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/FLAC+-+Free+Lossless+Audio+Codec/bzoua Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:17:13 -0800 http://swik.net/Kubuntu/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fkubuntu/Forumul+Ubuntu+Rom%C3%A2nia+%C5%9Fi+KiwiLinux+%2F+HOW-TO%3A+Manipularea+fisierelor+audio+in+linie+de+comanda/byvbq Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:35:02 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/X+Lossless+Decoder%3A+Lossless+audio+decoder+for+Mac+OS+X/byn2o Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:59:16 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/FLAC+-+Free+Lossless+Audio+Codec/bx5y5 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:59:00 -0800 http://swik.net/podcasting/del.icio.us+tag%2Fpodcasting/Magnatune%3A+license+music+and+MP3+download/bxz8z Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:55:42 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/SourceForge.net%3A+Files/bxv9z Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:59:02 -0800 http://swik.net/Rockbox/del.icio.us+tag%2Frockbox/FLAC+to+iPOD%3F+-+Slim+Devices+%3A+Community+%3A+Forums/bwk9x Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:37:28 -0800 http://swik.net/Rockbox/del.icio.us+tag%2Frockbox/Rockbox+-+Open+Source+Jukebox+Firmware/busou Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:26:58 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/FLAC+-+Free+Lossless+Audio+Codec/bursj Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:29:43 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/FLAC+-+Free+Lossless+Audio+Codec/bup1b Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:33:18 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/FLAC+-+download/bunoi Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:30:09 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/FLAC+-+Free+Lossless+Audio+Codec/btwtv Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:10:11 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/The+BonkEnc+Project+%28Bonk+Encoder%29/bs6x5 BonkEnc is a CD ripper, audio encoder and converter for various formats. It can produce MP3, MP4/M4A, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Bonk and FLAC files. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:56:36 -0800 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/xACT-users+%3A+xACT+Users/bsx5a List for discussion about xACT for Mac OS X. Announcements about new versions will also be made here. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:47:12 -0800