Audio
FLAC files
The most common lossless audio format outside Apple’s world. Many music stores and hi-fi players use it.
- Full name
- Free Lossless Audio Codec
- Made by
- Xiph.Org Foundation
- Introduced
- 2001
- File extension
- .flac
- Compression
- Lossless
- Best for
- Lossless music collections and hi-fi players
- Opens in
- Most players and hi-fi devices, Android and Windows
- In FileFlip
- Opens and saves
Good at
- Lossless
- Smaller than WAV
- Open and widely supported
Not so good at
- Larger than lossy formats
- Apple’s apps prefer ALAC for lossless music
FLAC in FileFlip
FileFlip opens FLAC files and saves to FLAC.
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