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All source code and binaries are freely available and distributed under
http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
Open Source
licenses.  The codec libraries are distributed under Xiph.org's BSD license, and the plugins and command-line utilites (
flac
and
metaflac
) are distributed under the
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.html
GPL
.  If you would like to redistribute parts or all of FLAC under different terms,
mailto:jcoalson@users.sourceforge.net
contact Josh Coalson
.  (For more information, see the
license.html
license page
.)
Linux
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-linux-i386.tar.gz?download
FLAC 1.1.2 for RedHat 7.x
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=flac+libflac+1.&searchon=all&subword=1&version=all&release=all
FLAC 1.x Debian packages
RPMs can be found on
http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html
Planet CCRMA
and
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=flac
rpmfind.net
Mac OS X
http://www.danrules.com/macflac/
MacFLAC with installer and GUI front-end
(source code not available)
http://software.emuscene.com/view.php?softid=10
FLACer
(source code not available)
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952
xACT with installer and GUI front-end
(source code included)
http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/flac
FLAC Fink package
for use with
http://fink.sourceforge.net/
Fink
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-osx-ppc.tar.gz?download
FLAC 1.1.2 for OS X (no installer)
Windows
http://cyberial.com/flacinstaller.asp
FLAC 1.1.2 for Windows with installer
.
NOTE:
Several virus scanners are reporting that FLAC contains a trojan; this is a FALSE POSITIVE.  For more info see
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/index.php?id=2&backPID=2&tt_news=14
here
,
http://servicenews.symantec.com/cgi-bin/displayArticle.cgi?article=29991&group=symantec.support.generic.virus_corporate.general&tpre=ent&
here
,
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=164312
here
.
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-win.zip?download
FLAC 1.1.2 for Windows (tools only)
Other
http://amiga.sourceforge.net/
FLAC package for Amiga
http://freeware.sgi.com/
FLAC packages for IRIX
.
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.0-sol2.7-sparc.tar.gz?download
FLAC 1.1.0 for Solaris 2.7
Unofficial port of the
http://arisme.free.fr/ports/flac.php
FLAC libraries to Windows CE (WinCE)
Source code
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2.tar.gz?download
FLAC 1.1.2 full source code
; also includes documentation and build systems for Windows (MSVC++) and *nix,*BSD,OS/2,OS X (autotools)
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/flac-cvsroot.tar.bz2
Nightly CVS tarball
; this is the actual CVS repository used for development
Older versions
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13478
Older versions of FLAC
available from SourceForge
extras
NOTE:
these extras are not part of the FLAC project.  They are all freely available but distributed under their authors' own terms.
NOTE:
don't forget to check out the
links.html
links page
for a list of other useful open-source software supporting FLAC.
GUI encoding/decoding front-ends:
Windows
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
dBpowerAMP
, a swiss army knife that can convert and play many formats, including FLAC.
http://www.uninformative.com/flacattack/
Flacattack
: an all-in-one tool that works with ExactAudioCopy to encode a CD image to FLAC, embed the cuesheet, add ReplayGain, create lossy files, etc. all in a customizable directory structure.
http://www.rarewares.org/lossless.html
FLACdrop
, an Oggdrop-like frontend for Windows, or the even more versatile
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jfe1205/
oggdropXPd
.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/flac.htm
FLAC frontend
, a Windows GUI, or the even more versatile
http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/multi.htm
Multi frontend
.
http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/
Frontah
, a new frontend to many codecs, including FLAC.  Still in beta but has good reviews.
http://mareo.netfirms.com/
MAREO
is a "virtual" encoder that can be used with ExactAudioCopy to encode to multiple formats (including FLAC) at once while ripping.
http://www.monkeysaudio.com/
Monkey's Audio
can be fooled into supporting FLAC as an external encoder;
documentation.html#monkey
here's how
.
http://www.unifront.boereck.de/
UniversalFront
, an encoding/decoding/transcoding GUI that is also scriptable.
Unix
http://www.nostatic.org/grip/
Grip
is a great ripping and encoding front end and can be easily configured to use flac.  See
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1634089&forum_id=5443
this message
on how to configure Grip for FLAC.
http://www.amb.org/xmcd/
xmcd
is a CD ripper with CDDB support as well as a player.
Mac OS X
http://www.danrules.com/macflac/
MacFLAC
, a FLAC distribution which also includes nice graphical front-end.
http://members.rogers.com/beamsplitter/
RipBeak
is a nice GUI encoding frond-end that supports FLAC as well as Vorbis and MP3.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952
xACT
, another FLAC distribution with a graphical front-end to FLAC and other formats.
CD burning:
Windows
http://www.burnatonce.com/
burnatonce
, a CD burning GUI that wraps around
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrdao/
cdrdao
and
http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/
mkisofs
.
http://www.burrrn.net/
Burrrn
supports burning CDs from cuesheets directly from many formats, including FLAC, and supports most tag formats.
http://www.cdwave.com/
CD Wave
, a CD authoring tool that can read and write FLAC.
Unix
http://arson.sourceforge.net/
Arson
, a front-end to various CD burning and ripping tools.
Third-party plugins:
Windows
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=20145&
Cooledit FLAC filter
.
http://corecodec.org/projects/coreflac
CoreFLAC
: DirectShow filters for encoding to/decoding from FLAC.
http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/
DirectShow filters
for encoding to/decoding from FLAC and Ogg FLAC (as well as Ogg Vorbis/Speex/Theora).
http://www.monsterfang.com/MCinFLAC/
Media Center/Media Jukebox FLAC plugin
and
http://www.monsterfang.com/MCinFLAC/Encoding.htm
instructions
on how to encode to FLAC as well.  Source is also available.
http://www.phsoft.nl/?id=flacplginf
Mp3CoolPlay-X FLAC plugin
.
http://neroplugins.cd-rw.org/
Nero FLAC plugin
allows you to burn FLAC files directly to audio CDs.
http://www.quinnware.com/plugins/in_qcdflac.exe
QCD FLAC plugin
.
http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=131643
FLAC Winamp3 plugin
by Giacomo Margarito.
Java
http://jflac.sourceforge.net/
jFLAC
: a Java native-FLAC decoder library and player application.
http://www.j-ogg.de/
J-Ogg
: Java libraries for Ogg decoding, including Ogg FLAC.
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