FLAC

E163320

FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an open-source audio compression format that reduces file size without any loss in sound quality, commonly used for high-fidelity music archiving and playback.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
FLAC canonical 18
Free Lossless Audio Codec 4
Vorbis comments 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf audio codec ⓘ
file format ⓘ
lossless audio codec ⓘ
abbreviationOf Free Lossless Audio Codec ⓘ
linked to: FLAC
canBeEmbeddedIn Ogg container ⓘ
competesWith ALAC ⓘ
Monkey's Audio ⓘ
WavPack ⓘ
compressionType lossless ⓘ
containerFormat native FLAC container ⓘ
developer Xiph.Org Foundation ⓘ
fileExtension .flac ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 2001 ⓘ
fullName Free Lossless Audio Codec ⓘ
linked to: FLAC
hasMagicNumber fLaC ⓘ
hasReferenceImplementationLanguage C ⓘ
isCommonOn Android ⓘ
Linux ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
iOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
isCrossPlatform true ⓘ
isFreeSoftware true ⓘ
isLossless true ⓘ
isOpenFormat true ⓘ
isOpenSource true ⓘ
isPatentEncumbered false ⓘ
isWidelySupportedInPlayers true ⓘ
license BSD-like license ⓘ
mediaType audio ⓘ
originalAuthor Josh Coalson ⓘ
standardizedBy Xiph.Org Foundation ⓘ
supportsBitDepths 4–32 bits per sample ⓘ
supportsBlockSizeRange 16–65,535 samples ⓘ
supportsChannels 1–8 channels ⓘ
supportsErrorCorrection true ⓘ
supportsErrorDetection true ⓘ
supportsFrameCRC true ⓘ
supportsHardwareDecoding true ⓘ
supportsLinearPrediction true ⓘ
supportsMetadataFormat Vorbis comments ⓘ
linked to: FLAC
supportsReplayGain true ⓘ
supportsRiceCoding true ⓘ
supportsSampleRates 1 Hz–655,350 Hz ⓘ
supportsSeekableStreams true ⓘ
supportsStreaming true ⓘ
supportsTagging true ⓘ
typicalCompressionRatio 30–60 percent size reduction ⓘ
useCase audio distribution ⓘ
high-fidelity music archiving ⓘ
music playback ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Google Play Music → supportedFormat → FLAC ⓘ
subject linked to: Google Play Music (legacy)
FLAC → fullName → Free Lossless Audio Codec ⓘ
linked to: FLAC
FLAC → abbreviationOf → Free Lossless Audio Codec ⓘ
linked to: FLAC
FLAC → supportsMetadataFormat → Vorbis comments ⓘ
linked to: FLAC
Xiph.Org Foundation → develops → libflac ⓘ
linked to: FLAC
Josh Coalson → contributedTo → Free Lossless Audio Codec ⓘ
linked to: FLAC
FLAC → fullName → Free Lossless Audio Codec ⓘ
subject linked to: Josh Coalson
linked to: FLAC
ALAC → similarTo → FLAC ⓘ
MP3 → competesWith → FLAC ⓘ
MPEG-4 ALS → relatedTo → FLAC ⓘ