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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. The only thing I'd ever buy by cen1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All the music I ever bough was FLAC, mostly thanks to services like Bandcamp. They require the artists to upload their song in lossless and from there they provide all the formats you'd ever want. That's how all music should be sold.. with no shitty codecs and DRM.

  2. Re:Latest and greatest? by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    good example of the stupidity of the music industry.

    they put the best mix on the worst (physical, playback) medium, vinyl.

    the cd (or file) which can have superior specs, they give the compressed loudness-war mix.

    makes NO SENSE!

    the music industry is fucked up. they just are.

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