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84 All source code and binaries are freely available and distributed under open-source 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>.
91 <LI><A HREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.0-rh7-i386.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.0 for RedHat 7.x</A></LI>
92 <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>
93 <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>
99 <LI><A HREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC with installer and GUI front-end</A></LI>
100 <LI><A HREF="http://software.emuscene.com/flacer.html">FLACer</A> (source not available)</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>
107 <LI><A HREF="http://cyberial.com/flacinstaller.asp">FLAC 1.1.0 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>
108 <LI><A HREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.0-win.zip?download">FLAC 1.1.0 for Windows (tools only)</A></LI>
114 <LI><A HREF="http://amiga.sourceforge.net/">FLAC package for Amiga</A></LI>
115 <LI><A HREF="http://freeware.sgi.com/">FLAC packages for IRIX</A>.
116 <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>
122 <LI><A HREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.0.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.0 full source code</A>; also includes documentation and build systems for Windows (MSVC++) and *nix,*BSD,OS/2,OS X (autotools)</LI>
123 <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>
127 <B>Older versions</B>
129 <LI><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13478">Older versions of FLAC</A> available from SourceForge</LI>
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148 <B><FONT SIZE="+2">extras</FONT></B>
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155 <B>NOTE: </B> these extras are not part of the FLAC project. They are all freely available but distributed under their authors' own terms.
158 <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 <B>GUI encoding/decoding front-ends:</B>
167 <LI><A HREF="http://www.dbpoweramp.com/">dBpowerAMP</A>, a swiss army knife that can convert and play many formats, including FLAC.</LI>
168 <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>
169 <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>
170 <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>
171 <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>
172 <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>
173 <LI><A HREF="http://www.unifront.boereck.de/">UniversalFront</A>, an encoding/decoding/transcoding GUI that is also scriptable.</LI>
179 <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>
180 <LI><A HREF="http://www.amb.org/xmcd/">xmcd</A> is a CD ripper with CDDB support as well as a player.</LI>
186 <LI><A HREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC</A>, a FLAC distribution which also includes nice graphical front-end.</LI>
187 <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>
200 <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>
201 <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>
202 <LI><A HREF="http://www.cdwave.com/">CD Wave</A>, a CD authoring tool that can read and write FLAC.</LI>
208 <LI><A HREF="http://arson.sourceforge.net/">Arson</A>, a front-end to various CD burning and ripping tools.</LI>
215 <B>Third-party plugins:</B>
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222 <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>
224 <LI><A HREF="http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=20145&">Cooledit FLAC filter</A>.</LI>
225 <LI><A HREF="http://corecodec.org/projects/coreflac">CoreFLAC</A>: DirectShow filters for encoding to/decoding from FLAC.</LI>
226 <LI><A HREF="http://www.monsterfang.com/MCinFLAC/">Media Center/Media Jukebox FLAC plugin</A> currently still beta, but promising. Source is also available.</LI>
227 <LI><A HREF="http://neroplugins.cd-rw.org/">Nero FLAC plugin</A> allows you to burn FLAC files directly to audio CDs.</LI>
228 <LI><A HREF="http://www.quinnware.com/plugins/in_qcdflac.exe">QCD FLAC plugin</A>.</LI>
229 <LI><A HREF="http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=131643">FLAC Winamp3 plugin</A> by Giacomo Margarito.</LI>
235 <LI><A HREF="http://jflac.sourceforge.net/">jFLAC</A>: a Java native-FLAC decoder library and player application.</LI>
236 <LI><A HREF="http://www.j-ogg.de/">J-Ogg</A>: Java libraries for Ogg decoding, including Ogg FLAC.</LI>
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