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  83                 All source code and binaries are freely available and distributed under <A HREF="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php">Open Source</A> licenses.  The codec libraries are distributed under Xiph.org's BSD license, and the plugins and command-line utilites (<B><TT>flac</TT></B> and <B><TT>metaflac</TT></B>) are distributed under the <A HREF="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.html">GPL</A>.  If you would like to redistribute parts or all of FLAC under different terms, <A HREF="mailto:jcoalson@users.sourceforge.net">contact Josh Coalson</A>.  (For more information, see the <A HREF="license.html">license page</A>.)
  84         </P>
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  86                 <UL>
  87                         <LI>
  88                                 <B>Linux</B>
  89                                 <UL>
  90                                         <LI><A HREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-linux-i386.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.2 for RedHat 7.x</A></LI>
  91                                         <LI><A HREF="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=flac+libflac+1.&searchon=all&subword=1&version=all&release=all">FLAC 1.x Debian packages</A>
  92                                         <LI>RPMs can be found on <A HREF="http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html">Planet CCRMA</A> and <A HREF="http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=flac">rpmfind.net</A>
  93                                 </UL>
  94                         </LI>
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  96                                 <B>Mac OS X</B>
  97                                 <UL>
  98                                         <LI><A HREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC with installer and GUI front-end</A> (source code not available)</LI>
  99                                         <LI><A HREF="http://software.emuscene.com/view.php?softid=10">FLACer</A> (source code not available)</LI>
 100                                         <LI><A HREF="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952">xACT with installer and GUI front-end</A> (source code included)</LI>
 101                                         <LI><A HREF="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/flac">FLAC Fink package</A> for use with <A HREF="http://fink.sourceforge.net/">Fink</A>
 102                                         <LI><A HREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-osx-ppc.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.2 for OS X (no installer)</A></LI>
 103                                 </UL>
 104                         </LI>
 105                         <LI>
 106                                 <B>Windows</B>
 107                                 <UL>
 108                                         <LI><A HREF="http://cyberial.com/flacinstaller.asp">FLAC 1.1.1 for Windows with installer</A>. <B>NOTE: </B>Several virus scanners are reporting that FLAC contains a trojan; this is a FALSE POSITIVE.  For more info see <A HREF="http://nsis.sourceforge.net/index.php?id=2&backPID=2&tt_news=14">here</A>, <A HREF="http://servicenews.symantec.com/cgi-bin/displayArticle.cgi?article=29991&group=symantec.support.generic.virus_corporate.general&tpre=ent&">here</A>, <A HREF="http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=164312">here</A>.</LI>
 109                                         <LI><A HREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-win.zip?download">FLAC 1.1.2 for Windows (tools only)</A></LI>
 110                                 </UL>
 111                         </LI>
 112                         <LI>
 113                                 <B>Other</B>
 114                                 <UL>
 115                                         <LI><A HREF="http://amiga.sourceforge.net/">FLAC package for Amiga</A></LI>
 116                                         <LI><A HREF="http://freeware.sgi.com/">FLAC packages for IRIX</A>.
 117                                         <LI><A HREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.0-sol2.7-sparc.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.0 for Solaris 2.7</A></LI>
 118                                         <LI>Unofficial port of the <A HREF="http://arisme.free.fr/ports/flac.php">FLAC libraries to Windows CE (WinCE)</A></LI>
 119                                 </UL>
 120                         </LI>
 121                         <LI>
 122                                 <B>Source code</B>
 123                                 <UL>
 124                                         <LI><A HREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.2 full source code</A>; also includes documentation and build systems for Windows (MSVC++) and *nix,*BSD,OS/2,OS X (autotools)</LI>
 125                                         <LI><A HREF="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/flac-cvsroot.tar.bz2">Nightly CVS tarball</A>; this is the actual CVS repository used for development</LI>
 126                                 </UL>
 127                         </LI>
 128                         <LI>
 129                                 <B>Older versions</B>
 130                                 <UL>
 131                                         <LI><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13478">Older versions of FLAC</A> available from SourceForge</LI>
 132                                 </UL>
 133                         </LI>
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 157                 <B>NOTE: </B> these extras are not part of the FLAC project.  They are all freely available but distributed under their authors' own terms.
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 159         <P>
 160                 <B>NOTE: </B> don't forget to check out the <A HREF="links.html">links page</A> for a list of other useful open-source software supporting FLAC.
 161         </P>
 162         <P>
 163                 <B>GUI encoding/decoding front-ends:</B>
 164         </P>
 165         <UL>
 166                 <LI>
 167                         <B>Windows</B>
 168                         <UL>
 169                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.dbpoweramp.com/">dBpowerAMP</A>, a swiss army knife that can convert and play many formats, including FLAC.</LI>
 170                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.uninformative.com/flacattack/">Flacattack</A>: an all-in-one tool that works with ExactAudioCopy to encode a CD image to FLAC, embed the cuesheet, add ReplayGain, create lossy files, etc. all in a customizable directory structure.</LI>
 171                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.rarewares.org/lossless.html">FLACdrop</A>, an Oggdrop-like frontend for Windows, or the even more versatile <A HREF="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jfe1205/">oggdropXPd</A>.</LI>
 172                                 <LI><A HREF="http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/flac.htm">FLAC frontend</A>, a Windows GUI, or the even more versatile <A HREF="http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/multi.htm">Multi frontend</A>.</LI>
 173                                 <LI><A HREF="http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/">Frontah</A>, a new frontend to many codecs, including FLAC.  Still in beta but has good reviews.</LI>
 174                                 <LI><A HREF="http://mareo.netfirms.com/">MAREO</A> is a "virtual" encoder that can be used with ExactAudioCopy to encode to multiple formats (including FLAC) at once while ripping.</LI>
 175                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.monkeysaudio.com/">Monkey's Audio</A> can be fooled into supporting FLAC as an external encoder; <A HREF="documentation.html#monkey">here's how</A>.</LI>
 176                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.unifront.boereck.de/">UniversalFront</A>, an encoding/decoding/transcoding GUI that is also scriptable.</LI>
 177                         </UL>
 178                 </LI>
 179                 <LI>
 180                         <B>Unix</B>
 181                         <UL>
 182                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.nostatic.org/grip/">Grip</A> is a great ripping and encoding front end and can be easily configured to use flac.  See <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1634089&forum_id=5443">this message</A> on how to configure Grip for FLAC.</LI>
 183                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.amb.org/xmcd/">xmcd</A> is a CD ripper with CDDB support as well as a player.</LI>
 184                         </UL>
 185                 </LI>
 186                 <LI>
 187                         <B>Mac OS X</B>
 188                         <UL>
 189                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC</A>, a FLAC distribution which also includes nice graphical front-end.</LI>
 190                                 <LI><A HREF="http://members.rogers.com/beamsplitter/">RipBeak</A> is a nice GUI encoding frond-end that supports FLAC as well as Vorbis and MP3.</LI>
 191                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952">xACT</A>, another FLAC distribution with a graphical front-end to FLAC and other formats.</LI>
 192                         </UL>
 193                 </LI>
 194         </UL>
 195         </P>
 196
 197         <P>
 198                 <B>CD burning:</B>
 199         <P>
 200         <UL>
 201                 <LI>
 202                         <B>Windows</B>
 203                         <UL>
 204                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.burnatonce.com/">burnatonce</A>, a CD burning GUI that wraps around <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrdao/">cdrdao</A> and <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/">mkisofs</A>.</LI>
 205                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.burrrn.net/">Burrrn</A> supports burning CDs from cuesheets directly from many formats, including FLAC, and supports most tag formats.</LI>
 206                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.cdwave.com/">CD Wave</A>, a CD authoring tool that can read and write FLAC.</LI>
 207                         </UL>
 208                 </LI>
 209                 <LI>
 210                         <B>Unix</B>
 211                         <UL>
 212                                 <LI><A HREF="http://arson.sourceforge.net/">Arson</A>, a front-end to various CD burning and ripping tools.</LI>
 213                         </UL>
 214                 </LI>
 215         </UL>
 216         </P>
 217
 218         <P>
 219                 <B>Third-party plugins:</B>
 220         <P>
 221         <UL>
 222                 <LI>
 223                         <B>Windows</B>
 224                         <UL>
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 226                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/files/cool_flac.zip">Cooledit FLAC filter</A> (source code <A HREF="http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/files/cool_flac_src.zip">here</A>).</LI>
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 228                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=20145&">Cooledit FLAC filter</A>.</LI>
 229                                 <LI><A HREF="http://corecodec.org/projects/coreflac">CoreFLAC</A>: DirectShow filters for encoding to/decoding from FLAC.</LI>
 230                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/">DirectShow filters</A> for encoding to/decoding from FLAC and Ogg FLAC (as well as Ogg Vorbis/Speex/Theora).</LI>
 231                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.monsterfang.com/MCinFLAC/">Media Center/Media Jukebox FLAC plugin</A> and <A HREF="http://www.monsterfang.com/MCinFLAC/Encoding.htm">instructions</A> on how to encode to FLAC as well.  Source is also available.</LI>
 232                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.phsoft.nl/?id=flacplginf">Mp3CoolPlay-X FLAC plugin</A>.</LI>
 233                                 <LI><A HREF="http://neroplugins.cd-rw.org/">Nero FLAC plugin</A> allows you to burn FLAC files directly to audio CDs.</LI>
 234                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.quinnware.com/plugins/in_qcdflac.exe">QCD FLAC plugin</A>.</LI>
 235                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=131643">FLAC Winamp3 plugin</A> by Giacomo Margarito.</LI>
 236                         </UL>
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 239                         <B>Java</B>
 240                         <UL>
 241                                 <LI><A HREF="http://jflac.sourceforge.net/">jFLAC</A>: a Java native-FLAC decoder library and player application.</LI>
 242                                 <LI><A HREF="http://www.j-ogg.de/">J-Ogg</A>: Java libraries for Ogg decoding, including Ogg FLAC.</LI>
 243                         </UL>
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