Full Version: What is FLAC?
What does FLAC mean?
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an audio format similar to MP3, but it is a lossless encoding format, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality.
FLAC is unique as it is the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec, and the only one that at once is non-proprietary, and is not patented. It has an open-source reference implementation, and is a well documented format and API, and has several other independent implementations.
Similar to any lossless format, FLAC is also a popular archive format for owners of CDs and other media who wish to preserve their audio collections. If the original audio data is lost or damaged, a FLAC copy of the audio tracks guarantees that an exact copy of the original data can be recovered at any time. An exact restoration from a lossy archive (like the MP3 format) of the original audio data is impossible.
FLAC is unique as it is the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec, and the only one that at once is non-proprietary, and is not patented. It has an open-source reference implementation, and is a well documented format and API, and has several other independent implementations.
Similar to any lossless format, FLAC is also a popular archive format for owners of CDs and other media who wish to preserve their audio collections. If the original audio data is lost or damaged, a FLAC copy of the audio tracks guarantees that an exact copy of the original data can be recovered at any time. An exact restoration from a lossy archive (like the MP3 format) of the original audio data is impossible.
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