Audio codec that can be used for free and does not deteriorate sound quality "FLAC" updated for the first time in 6 years

ByCraig Elliott

MP3 is an audio file format widely prevalent on the web and on music players and the like because of the high audio data compression rate, but the sound quality is deteriorated although the size is reduced at the time of data compressionLossy compressionto hold. On the other hand, if the file format of the lossless compression in which the sound quality does not deteriorate even if the sound data is compressed is "FLAC"is. That FLAC has released a new version 1.3.0 for the first time in 6 years.

FLAC Audio Format gets First Update in 6 Years | Kabatology ~ Open Source, Linux
http://www.kabatology.com/06/10/flac-audio-format-gets-first-update-in-6-years/

FLAC - changelog
https://xiph.org/flac/changelog.html

There are no major changes in this update, but fine enhancement / improvement is the main, but newCD-DA(Standard for accommodating audio data on CD)Cue sheetIt is also possible to support file formats such as RF64 and Sony Wave 64, enabling encoding and decoding for these file formats.

ByPaul Perreijn

Furthermore, gain analysis from 56 kHz to 192 kHz became possible, and an error message at the time of file decoding was also improved.

ByNick Richards

FLAC is a non-profit organization aiming to develop free multimedia formats and develop tools currently,Xiph.orgHas become the right holder, this update is the first release on FLAC by Xiph.org.