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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Lossless_Audio_Codec | |||
'''Free Lossless Audio Codec''' | |||
* is an open format | |||
* is an royalty-free format | |||
* has free software implementation made available | |||
* has support for tagging | |||
* has support for cover art | |||
* has support for fast seeking. | |||
Read more about FLAC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Lossless_Audio_Codec | |||
The official website can be found at http://flac.sourceforge.net/ , the download section at http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html and the download link for Windows as of 2011-01-01 is http://downloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.2.1b.exe | |||
Revision as of 2011-02-12T15:31:19
Free Lossless Audio Codec
- is an open format
- is an royalty-free format
- has free software implementation made available
- has support for tagging
- has support for cover art
- has support for fast seeking.
Read more about FLAC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Lossless_Audio_Codec
The official website can be found at http://flac.sourceforge.net/ , the download section at http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html and the download link for Windows as of 2011-01-01 is http://downloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.2.1b.exe
Compression ratios
A compression ratio estimate:
- 7333 audio files, (in 429 folders), winamp: 14 days+14:25:43
- wav - 207 GB (223.171.483.886 Bytes)
- flac 1.1.2, 1.1.3 - ca. 89,0 GB (95.627.346.550 Bytes) ratio = 0.428492677
- flac 1.2.1b - 86,3 GB (92.729.301.460 Bytes) ratio = 0.415506945
- wav - 207 GB (223.171.483.886 Bytes)
| # of files | GB | playing time |
|---|---|---|
| 7333 | 86,3 | 350h 25min |
| 1000 | 12 | 48h |
| 250 | 3 | 12h |
| 84 | 1 | 4h |
Data Security
2008-02-20 User:Chrisjjj : For me most important is security of data. I have seen programs such as MediaMonkey have only recently had fixes to bugs that corrupted FLAC files so, though not the fault of FLAC, sadly I think more time is needed before FLAC is as safe to use as older formats.