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FLAC Gets First Update In 6 Years

Posted by Unknown on from the new-and-improved dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Free Lossless Audio Codec, FLAC, loved by audiophiles for its lossless fidelity has been updated to version 1.3.0. FLAC is an audio format similar to MP3, but 'lossless', meaning that audio compressed in FLAC doesn't suffer any loss in quality. FLAC v1.3.0 is the first update in almost 6 years and it is also the first release from the new Xiph.Org maintainer team." Big new feature: ReplayGain works for sampling rates up to 192kHz so you can finally control the volume of your obsessively ripped LPs.

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  1. Re:lol, Xiph, like GNU Hurd by ldobehardcore · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You fucking troll.

    Have you not heard of Opus? It's a fucking sweetass new codec that beats speex quality-wise for voice compression at equal bitrates, but works equally well for web-radio beating AAC-HE v1 and v2, is better than MP3/AAC/OGG at regular video soundtrack rates (eg 96kbps) and does High-Def lossy audio better than AC3 (192kbps to 448kbps).
    It's a fucking amazing codec, and it's already out in beta. VLC and Foobar2000 already plays it. It already has support in FFMPEG and MPlayer.

    Have you been that awsome in the the last ten years? NO YOU HAVE NOT.

    Go home you stupid child.

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  2. Re:No updates in 6 years? by NFN_NLN · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "FLAC is an audio format similar to MP3"

    Aside from the fact they are both audio codecs, aren't they polar opposites?
    MP3 is optimized for size at the expense of quality while FLAC is LOSSLESS.