FLAC

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FLAC - Lossless encoder for audio files

The FLAC project consists of:

the stream format
reference encoders and decoders in library form
flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files
metaflac, a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files
input plugins for various music players

FLAC has recently joined the Xiph project, which produces other free codecs such as speex and Ogg Vorbis.

Obtaining

Web page	http://flac.sourceforge.net/index.html
Source tarball	http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.0.tar.gz?download
Source information	http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13478

Version 1.1.0 (stable) released on 2003-01-26

Licensed under GPL, Xiph.

This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

See http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation.html for a complete list of documentation

Support contacts

Announce List	<flac-announce@lists.sourceforge.net> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flac-announce
Help List	<flac-users@lists.sourceforge.net> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flac-users
Developer List	<flac-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flac-devel

Project contacts

Maintainers	Josh Coalson <jcoalson@users.sourceforge.net>
Developers	Josh Coalson <jcoalson@users.sourceforge.net>
Contributors	See the AUTHORS file in the distribution for a complete list

Related information

Source repository	:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/flac http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=13478
Interfaces	command line
Programs	flac, metaflac
Source languages	C, C++, Assembly
Weak prerequisites	libogg, id3lib, xmms-devel, nasm
Related programs	Speex, Ogg Vorbis

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2003-04-01
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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