{"id":3739,"date":"2021-05-23T16:55:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T16:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/?p=3739"},"modified":"2021-05-23T16:55:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T16:55:13","slug":"flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/","title":{"rendered":"FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File"},"content":{"rendered":"

FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

FLAC extension<\/p>\n

\"flac\"<\/p>\n

How to open flac files
\nWindows: ComboPlayer, Roxio Creator 2012, Adobe Audition 3, Nullsoft Winamp Media Player 5.6, VideoLAN VLC media player, Foobar2000, GoldWave, VUPlayer, aTunes.
\nMac OS: Roxio Toast 11, Adobe Audition 3, Cog, MacAmp Lite X, VideoLAN VLC media player, aTunes.
\nLinux: VideoLAN VLC media player, aTunes.<\/p>\n

Description of the FLAC extension
\nPopularity: Frequently used<\/p>\n

Section: Audio files<\/p>\n

Developer: flac.sourceforge.net<\/p>\n

The FLAC extension is an acronym for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an open source audio format that uses lossless audio compression, which means that the audio is compressed into the FLAC format without loss of quality or original data.<\/p>\n

In simple terms, FLAC is similar to MP3 but is lossless, which means that the audio is compressed into FLAC with no loss of quality. This is similar to how ZIP works, but in the case of the .FLAC file, you will get much better compression as it is specifically designed for audio, and you can play the compressed FLAC files on your favorite player (or in your car, or in your home stereo system), just like you would play an MP3 file.<\/p>\n

FLAC files are freely available and compatible with most operating systems, including Windows, “Unix” (Linux, * BSD, Solaris, OS X, IRIX), BeOS, OS \/ 2, and Amiga. Systems have been created for Autotools, MSVC, Watcom C, and Project Builder.<\/p>\n

MIME type: audio \/ x-flac
\nHEX code: 66 4C 61 43 00 00 00 22
\nASCII code: fLaC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File FLAC extension How to open flac files Windows: ComboPlayer, Roxio Creator 2012, Adobe Audition 3, Nullsoft Winamp Media Player 5.6, VideoLAN VLC media player, Foobar2000, GoldWave, VUPlayer, aTunes. Mac OS: Roxio Toast 11, Adobe Audition 3, Cog, MacAmp Lite X, VideoLAN VLC media player, aTunes. Linux: VideoLAN … Continue reading “FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File”<\/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-3739","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":"\nFLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File - 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\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File - mp4gain.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File FLAC extension How to open flac files Windows: ComboPlayer, Roxio Creator 2012, Adobe Audition 3, Nullsoft Winamp Media Player 5.6, VideoLAN VLC media player, Foobar2000, GoldWave, VUPlayer, aTunes. Mac OS: Roxio Toast 11, Adobe Audition 3, Cog, MacAmp Lite X, VideoLAN VLC media player, aTunes. Linux: VideoLAN … Continue reading "FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-05-23T16:55:13+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\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"R. Arias\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#\/schema\/person\/36ffddda9988e565bd4a9013324ce2cc\"},\"headline\":\"FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-23T16:55:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/\"},\"wordCount\":245,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#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\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/\",\"name\":\"FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File - mp4gain.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-23T16:55:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#\/schema\/person\/36ffddda9988e565bd4a9013324ce2cc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#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\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File\"}]},{\"@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":"FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File - 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\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File - mp4gain.com","og_description":"FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File FLAC extension How to open flac files Windows: ComboPlayer, Roxio Creator 2012, Adobe Audition 3, Nullsoft Winamp Media Player 5.6, VideoLAN VLC media player, Foobar2000, GoldWave, VUPlayer, aTunes. Mac OS: Roxio Toast 11, Adobe Audition 3, Cog, MacAmp Lite X, VideoLAN VLC media player, aTunes. Linux: VideoLAN … Continue reading \"FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File\"","og_url":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/","og_site_name":"mp4gain.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mp4gain","article_published_time":"2021-05-23T16:55:13+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\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/"},"author":{"name":"R. Arias","@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#\/schema\/person\/36ffddda9988e565bd4a9013324ce2cc"},"headline":"FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File","datePublished":"2021-05-23T16:55:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/"},"wordCount":245,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#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\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/","url":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/","name":"FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File - mp4gain.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/FLAC_logo_vector.svg\/1200px-FLAC_logo_vector.svg.png","datePublished":"2021-05-23T16:55:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/#\/schema\/person\/36ffddda9988e565bd4a9013324ce2cc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#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\/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-audio-file\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec Audio File"}]},{"@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\/3739","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=3739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}