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FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, see <a href="links.html#hardware">supported devices</a>) just like you would an MP3 file.<br />
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+ FLAC stands out as the <a href="comparison.html">fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec</a>, and the only one that at once is non-proprietary, is unencumbered by patents, has an open-source reference implementation, has a well documented format and API, and has several other independent implementations.<br />
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See <a href="features.html">About FLAC</a> for more, or <a href="documentation_tasks.html">Using FLAC</a> for how to play FLAC files, rip CDs to FLAC, etc.
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- Want iTunes to support FLAC? <a href="itunes.html">Visit our iTunes page</a> to make your request known!<br />
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- Pixel Magic has added FLAC support to its <a href="http://www.pixelmagicsystems.com/products/media_players/hd_mediabox.htm">HD MediaBox</a>.<br />
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- <a href="http://www.sonos.com/">Sonos, Inc.</a> has sent us a complete <a href="http://www.sonos.com/products/">Sonos Digital Music System</a> for review. Aside from being just plain cool, FLAC support is excellent; see <a href="links.html#review_sonos">our writeup</a> for details.<br />
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- Pearl Jam is selling recordings of many of their live shows <a href="https://bootlegs2.pearljam.com/">in FLAC format</a>.<br />
+ <b>FLAC 1.2.1 released</b> New in this release is support for all RIFF/AIFF metadata, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BWF">Broadcast Wave Format (BWF)</a>. There are many other small improvements and bug fixes; see the <a href="changelog.html#flac_1_2_1">changelog entry</a> for complete details.<br />
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- Two new portables support FLAC, the Meizu <a href="http://www.miniplayer.info/miniplayer_specifications.asp">M6 Miniplayer</a> and the <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/teclast-tl29-pmp-pretty-face-pure-of-heart-198859.php">Teclast TL-29</a>.<br />
+ The new <a href="http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertainment/home-cinema/home-cinema-separates/av-amps-and-receivers/news/denon-unleashes-avr-4308dab-monster-movie-amp?articleid=2102358567">Denon AVR-4308DAB</a> receiver supports FLAC.<br />
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- <b>FLAC 1.1.3 released</b> Almost 2 years in the making, FLAC 1.1.3 is a <a href="faq.html#api__release_versioning">major release</a> with improved compression, improved cover art and multichannel support, better recovery for corrupted files, many new features and options in the command-line tools, and several bug fixes. For developers, the decoder and encoder APIs have also been simplified and there is a new <a href="api/group__porting.html">porting guide</a>. See the <a href="changelog.html#flac_1_1_3">changelog entry</a> for complete details. If your locale does not use "." for the decimal point, <a href="documentation_bugs.html">see this note</a>.<br />
+ <a href="http://sony-696.vo.llnwd.net/dspcdn/releasenotes/soundforge90b_readme.htm">Sound Forge 9.0b supports FLAC</a>, for both reading and writing.<br />
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- <a href="http://winamp.com/player/">Winamp 5.31</a> now includes Nullsoft FLAC plugins for encoding and decoding. The decoder is based on our reference decoder plugin. However the current encoder plugin is based on a pre-release of <a href="http://flake-enc.sourceforge.net/">flake</a> and we <a href="http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=45013&view=findpost&p=443961">recommend to not use it for archival</a> yet.<br />
+ An <a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.4.dmg">installer for flac-1.1.4 on OS X</a> is now available. This includes universal binaries that will work on both Intel and PowerPC machines. A 1.2.0 update will be available soon.<br />
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- The new <a href="http://www.neodigits.com/new/body/products/Xline/x5000.asp">Helios X5000</a> HD network media player from Neodigits supports FLAC.<br />
+ Czech Radio has released <a href="http://www.rozhlas.cz/d-dur/download_eng">complete recordings of Bach's Brandenburg concertos in FLAC format</a>, free to download.<br />
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- The <a href="http://www.thephiladelphiaorchestra.com/">Philadelphia Orchestra</a> is making many recordings <a href="http://www.losslessaudioblog.com/?p=109">available in FLAC</a>.<br />
+ A handful of new devices support FLAC: for home stereo, there are Denon's upcoming tabletop players <a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/denon-line-show-2007/denon-launches-four-compact-s+series-21-systems-with-wi+fi-usb-ipod-and-other-options-281952.php">SE-32 and SE-52</a> and Escient's <a href="http://hiddenwires.co.uk/resourcesnews2007/news20070724-03.html">FireBall SE500</a>; for portables, the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/25/oppo-blast-pmp-is-blowing-up-your-flvs/">Blast</a> from OPPO, Hyundai's <a href="http://www.losslessaudioblog.com/2007/04/16/hyundai-pmp-with-flac-and-wma-lossless-support/">NH-260</a>, the Zarva <a href="http://www.mobilewhack.com/zarva-announces-m209-portble-media-player/">MV209</a>, this generically-named <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/14/pmp-console-emulator-breaks-a-whole-bunch-of-laws/">Portable Media Player</a>, and the Gemei <a href="http://www.pmptoday.com/2007/07/16/gemei-x-750-w-sennheiser-mx400-headphones/">X-750</a>.<br />
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- <i>last updated 2006-Dec-21</i>
+ <i>last updated 2007-Sep-17</i>
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+ <a href="news.html#20070917">17-Sep-2007</a> :<br />FLAC 1.2.1 released<br /><br />
+ <a href="news.html#20070816">16-Aug-2007</a> :<br />Sound Forge 9.0b supports FLAC<br /><br />
+ <a href="news.html#20070803">03-Aug-2007</a> :<br />Czech Radio releases free FLAC recordings<br /><br />
+ <a href="news.html#20070723">23-Jul-2007</a> :<br />FLAC 1.2.0 released<br /><br />
+ <a href="news.html#20070213">13-Feb-2007</a> :<br />FLAC 1.1.4 released<br /><br />
<a href="news.html#20061127">27-Nov-2006</a> :<br />FLAC 1.1.3 released<br /><br />
<a href="news.html#20061025">25-Oct-2006</a> :<br />Winamp 5.31 ships with FLAC support<br /><br />
<a href="news.html#20051220">20-Dec-2005</a> :<br />Volvo's Digital Jukebox plays FLAC<br /><br />
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