Debian packages can be found <A HREF="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=flac+libflac+1.&searchon=all&subword=1&version=all&release=all">here</A>.
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<P>
- Mac OS X users, be sure to check out <A HREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC</A>, a FLAC distribution specifically for OS X, including a .pkg installer and applescript droplets. Or, if you use <A HREF="http://fink.sourceforge.net/">Fink</A>, you can try the <A HREF="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/flac">FLAC Fink package</A>.
+ Mac OS X users, be sure to check out <A HREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC</A>, a FLAC distribution specifically for OS X, including a .pkg installer and GUI front-end. Or, if you use <A HREF="http://fink.sourceforge.net/">Fink</A>, you can try the <A HREF="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/flac">FLAC Fink package</A>.
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<P>
IRIX users can find FLAC packages <A HREF="http://freeware.sgi.com/">here</A>.
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<P>
- <B>GUI front-ends:</B>
+ <B>GUI encoding/decoding front-ends:</B>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
<LI>
<B>Unix</B>
<UL>
- <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.</LI>
+ <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>
+ </UL>
+ </LI>
+ <LI>
+ <B>Mac OS X</B>
+ <UL>
+ <LI><A HREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC</A>, a FLAC distribution which also includes nice graphical front-end.</LI>
+ <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>
+ </UL>
+ </LI>
+ </UL>
+ </P>
+
+ <P>
+ <B>CD burning:</B>
+ <P>
+ <UL>
+ <LI>
+ <B>Windows</B>
+ <UL>
+ <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>
+ <LI><A HREF="http://www.apehaus.com/burrrn/">Burrrn</A> supports burning CDs from cuesheets directly from many formats, including FLAC.</LI>
+ </UL>
+ </LI>
+ <LI>
+ <B>Unix</B>
+ <UL>
+ <LI><A HREF="http://arson.sourceforge.net/">Arson</A>, a front-end to various CD burning and ripping tools.</LI>
+ </UL>
+ </LI>
+ </UL>
+ </P>
+
+ <P>
+ <B>Third-party plugins:</B>
+ <P>
+ <UL>
+ <LI>
+ <B>Windows</B>
+ <UL>
+ <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>
+ <LI><A HREF="http://neroplugins.cd-rw.org/">Nero FLAC plugin</A> allows you to burn FLAC files directly to audio CDs.</LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="http://www.quinnware.com/plugins/in_qcdflac.exe">QCD FLAC plugin</A>.</LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="http://www.winamp.com/components3/reviews.jhtml?rOT=C&rOI=131644">Winamp3 FLAC plugin</A> by another author; try it if the one that comes with the FLAC distribution doesn't work for you.</LI>
</UL>
</LI>
</UL>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/abcde.php">abcde</A> (A Better CD Encoder)<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://arson.sourceforge.net/">Arson</A>: KDE ripper/burner<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://bossogg.sourceforge.net/">Boss Ogg</A>: Audio client/server<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
+ <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><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>)<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
+ <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://bach.dynet.com/crip/index.html">crip</A>: console ripper/encoder/tagger<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://easytag.sourceforge.net/">EasyTAG</A> versatile tagger<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/flac.htm">FLAC frontend</A> (Windows GUI)<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://flac-tools.sourceforge.net/">flac-tools</A><BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://www.gstreamer.net/">GStreamer</A> streaming media framework<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
+ <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://hasas.sourceforge.net/">HASAS</A> HydroAcoustical Signal Analysis System<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
+ <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://www.j-ogg.de/">J-Ogg</A> Java libraries for Ogg decoding<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://jreceiver.sourceforge.net/">JReceiver</A> servlet-based audio server<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC</A> Mac OS X FLAC distribution<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#EEEED4"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Lucida,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><A HREF="http://mediaxw.sourceforge.net/">MediaXW</A> includes FLAC DirectShow filter<BR></FONT></SMALL></TD></TR>