{"id":3733,"date":"2021-05-21T17:47:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/?p=3733"},"modified":"2021-05-21T17:47:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:47:42","slug":"what-is-the-flac-format-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Flac format?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the Flac format?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"FLAC\"<\/p>\n

FLAC format description<\/p>\n

\"flac<\/p>\n

A FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) file is an audio file that has been compressed without losing sound quality. The .flac file format is considered inferior to MP3 in terms of compression ratio, but FLAC clearly demonstrates the best sound quality results.<\/p>\n

FLAC files are very popular among connoisseurs of listening to audio on high-end stereos. Many music lovers prefer to create their own audio collection, where the FLAC format helps improve the quality of listening to music.
\nThere is a type of FLAC Fingerprint file attached, named “ffp.txt”, which stores the data from the .flac file itself, as well as a checksum.<\/p>\n

With the right software, the user will be able to listen to this file extension without any problem. There are a large number of all kinds of players distributed for free. The most popular are Nullsoft Winamp and AIMP Player, and VideoLAN VLC Media Player. You should know that you can open a FLAC file using Windows Media Player; however, for full Lossless Audio format operation, you will need CoreFLAC \/ Illiminable filters.<\/p>\n

You can edit the FLAC file format with Adobe Audition or Sound Forge. The hardware of certain mobile devices is also capable of opening a FLAC file. Some users prefer to convert FLAC to another format due to the large amount of memory consumed, but for those who are interested in high sound quality, the FLAC extension will give them a real pleasure in listening to music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the Flac format? FLAC format description A FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) file is an audio file that has been compressed without losing sound quality. The .flac file format is considered inferior to MP3 in terms of compression ratio, but FLAC clearly demonstrates the best sound quality results. FLAC files are very popular … Continue reading “What is the Flac format?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31187,37900,59594,28916,31233,62495,6827,6820,6823,6822,62230,28919,22462,28922,6831,28917,6832,6830,30538,22465,28920,6833,62496,6839,6834,6844,62497],"class_list":["post-3733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-video","tag-audio-container-format","tag-audio-format-was-developed-by-microsoft","tag-can-you-convert-audio-format","tag-does-youtube-accept-audio-formats","tag-how-audio-formats-convert","tag-what-are-audio-coding-formats","tag-what-are-audio-file-formats-used-for","tag-what-are-audio-formats","tag-what-are-different-audio-formats","tag-what-are-lossless-audio-formats","tag-what-are-the-audio-formats-supported-by-the-oneplus-devices","tag-what-audio-formats-can-iphone-play","tag-what-audio-formats-does-arc-support","tag-what-audio-formats-does-iphone-support","tag-what-audio-formats-does-itunes-support","tag-what-audio-formats-does-lightworks-support","tag-what-audio-formats-does-netflix-support","tag-what-audio-formats-does-optical-support","tag-what-audio-formats-does-plex-support","tag-what-audio-formats-does-premiere-pro-support","tag-what-audio-formats-does-sonos-beam-support","tag-what-audio-formats-does-sonos-support","tag-what-audio-formats-does-spotify-support","tag-what-is-audio-coding-formats","tag-what-is-audio-formats","tag-which-audio-formats-are-lossless","tag-which-audio-formats-are-supported-by-the-browser"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is the Flac format? - mp4gain.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is the Flac format? - mp4gain.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is the Flac format? FLAC format description A FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) file is an audio file that has been compressed without losing sound quality. The .flac file format is considered inferior to MP3 in terms of compression ratio, but FLAC clearly demonstrates the best sound quality results. FLAC files are very popular … Continue reading "What is the Flac format?"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"mp4gain.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mp4gain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-21T17:47:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"R. Arias\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mp4gain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mp4gain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"R. Arias\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"R. Arias\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#\/schema\/person\/36ffddda9988e565bd4a9013324ce2cc\"},\"headline\":\"What is the Flac format?\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-21T17:47:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":256,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png\",\"keywords\":[\"audio container format\",\"audio format was developed by microsoft\",\"can you convert audio format\",\"does youtube accept audio formats\",\"how audio formats convert\",\"what are audio coding formats\",\"what are audio file formats used for\",\"what are audio formats\",\"what are different audio formats\",\"what are lossless audio formats\",\"what are the audio formats supported by the oneplus devices\",\"what audio formats can iphone play\",\"what audio formats does arc support\",\"what audio formats does iphone support\",\"what audio formats does itunes support\",\"what audio formats does lightworks support\",\"what audio formats does netflix support\",\"what audio formats does optical support\",\"what audio formats does plex support\",\"what audio formats does premiere pro support\",\"what audio formats does sonos beam support\",\"what audio formats does sonos support\",\"what audio formats does spotify support\",\"what is audio coding formats\",\"what is audio formats\",\"which audio formats are lossless\",\"which audio formats are supported by the browser\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Audio and video\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/\",\"name\":\"What is the Flac format? - mp4gain.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-21T17:47:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#\/schema\/person\/36ffddda9988e565bd4a9013324ce2cc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What is the Flac format?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/\",\"name\":\"mp4gain.com\",\"description\":\"Mp4 Gain Official Website\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#\/schema\/person\/36ffddda9988e565bd4a9013324ce2cc\",\"name\":\"R. Arias\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ca03263e87418cfde07c571c83fa172297ce230085e4f181b9e5f9af745d6be?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ca03263e87418cfde07c571c83fa172297ce230085e4f181b9e5f9af745d6be?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ca03263e87418cfde07c571c83fa172297ce230085e4f181b9e5f9af745d6be?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"R. Arias\"},\"description\":\"R. Arias is the author of this article and has extensive experience for more than 30 years as a recording engineer and audio specialist, as well as more than 20 years of experience creating algorithms related to audio and video. Linkedin\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ricardoariaszorrilla\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/author\/mp4gain\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is the Flac format? - mp4gain.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is the Flac format? - mp4gain.com","og_description":"What is the Flac format? FLAC format description A FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) file is an audio file that has been compressed without losing sound quality. The .flac file format is considered inferior to MP3 in terms of compression ratio, but FLAC clearly demonstrates the best sound quality results. FLAC files are very popular … Continue reading \"What is the Flac format?\"","og_url":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/","og_site_name":"mp4gain.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mp4gain","article_published_time":"2021-05-21T17:47:42+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"R. Arias","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mp4gain","twitter_site":"@mp4gain","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"R. Arias","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/"},"author":{"name":"R. Arias","@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#\/schema\/person\/36ffddda9988e565bd4a9013324ce2cc"},"headline":"What is the Flac format?","datePublished":"2021-05-21T17:47:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/"},"wordCount":256,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png","keywords":["audio container format","audio format was developed by microsoft","can you convert audio format","does youtube accept audio formats","how audio formats convert","what are audio coding formats","what are audio file formats used for","what are audio formats","what are different audio formats","what are lossless audio formats","what are the audio formats supported by the oneplus devices","what audio formats can iphone play","what audio formats does arc support","what audio formats does iphone support","what audio formats does itunes support","what audio formats does lightworks support","what audio formats does netflix support","what audio formats does optical support","what audio formats does plex support","what audio formats does premiere pro support","what audio formats does sonos beam support","what audio formats does sonos support","what audio formats does spotify support","what is audio coding formats","what is audio formats","which audio formats are lossless","which audio formats are supported by the browser"],"articleSection":["Audio and video"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/","url":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/","name":"What is the Flac format? - mp4gain.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png","datePublished":"2021-05-21T17:47:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#\/schema\/person\/36ffddda9988e565bd4a9013324ce2cc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-the-flac-format-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What is the Flac format?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/","name":"mp4gain.com","description":"Mp4 Gain Official Website","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#\/schema\/person\/36ffddda9988e565bd4a9013324ce2cc","name":"R. Arias","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ca03263e87418cfde07c571c83fa172297ce230085e4f181b9e5f9af745d6be?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ca03263e87418cfde07c571c83fa172297ce230085e4f181b9e5f9af745d6be?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ca03263e87418cfde07c571c83fa172297ce230085e4f181b9e5f9af745d6be?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"R. Arias"},"description":"R. Arias is the author of this article and has extensive experience for more than 30 years as a recording engineer and audio specialist, as well as more than 20 years of experience creating algorithms related to audio and video. Linkedin","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ricardoariaszorrilla\/"],"url":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/author\/mp4gain\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}