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<p>Th00ht: </p> <hr /> <div>{{website|FLAC|http://flac.sourceforge.net}}<br /> {{open}}<br /> '''FLAC''' is short for '''Free Lossless Audio Compression'''. It is an open source [[codec]] and [[file format]] which provides a [[lossless|perfect]] quality audio file. Normally, FLAC files contain [[CD|CD quality]] audio. But there is no restriction and commercially distributed tracks can contain 24 bit * 96 KHz quality audio.<br /> <br /> FLAC provides a smaller size of file than [[PCM]] [[WAV]] (about half the size), but much larger than [[lossy]] codecs like [[MP3]]. MP3s are about 5-10% the size of WAV files, but are lower quality.<br /> <br /> A CD's worth of data is...<br /> * 700MB as a CD<br /> * 700MB as WAV<br /> * '''300MB as FLAC'''<br /> * 40MB as MP3 (128 [[kbps]])<br /> <br /> == Container format ==<br /> {{mux|id=flac|encoder=n}}<br /> FLAC can be used inside several [[container formats]], such as [[ogg]] and [[matroska]], but can also be stored in it's own container.<br /> <br /> VLC can only decode this type of container, and cannot encode it. To encode files in FLAC format use the flac command line tool from [http://flac.sf.net FLAC's website].<br /> <br /> == Source code ==<br /> {{file|modules/demux/flac.c|input demuxer}}</div>

Th00ht https://wiki.videolan.org/index.php?title=FLAC&diff=14875 2009-10-28T21:08:32Z

<p>Th00ht: </p> <hr /> <div>{{website|FLAC|http://flac.sourceforge.net}}<br /> {{open}}<br /> '''FLAC''' is short for '''Free Lossless Audio Compression'''. It is an open source [[codec]] and [[file format]] which provides a [[lossless|perfect]] quality audio file. Normally, FLAC files contain [[CD|CD quality]] audio, but there is no restriction and commercially distributed tracks can contain 24 bit * 96 KHz quality audio.<br /> <br /> FLAC provides a smaller size of file than [[PCM]] [[WAV]] (about half the size), but much larger than [[lossy]] codecs like [[MP3]]. MP3s are about 5-10% the size of WAV files, but are lower quality.<br /> <br /> A CD's worth of data is...<br /> * 700MB as a CD<br /> * 700MB as WAV<br /> * '''300MB as FLAC'''<br /> * 40MB as MP3 (128 [[kbps]])<br /> <br /> == Container format ==<br /> {{mux|id=flac|encoder=n}}<br /> FLAC can be used inside several [[container formats]], such as [[ogg]] and [[matroska]], but can also be stored in it's own container.<br /> <br /> VLC can only decode this type of container, and cannot encode it. To encode files in FLAC format use the flac command line tool from [http://flac.sf.net FLAC's website].<br /> <br /> == Source code ==<br /> {{file|modules/demux/flac.c|input demuxer}}</div>

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