Introduction to FLAC
FLAC is an audio CODEC similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed without losing any information.
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Download (HTTP): http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.1.tar.gz
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Download MD5 sum: c6ccddccf8ad344065698047c2fc7280
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Download size: 1.4 MB
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Estimated disk space required: 33 MB
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Estimated build time: 0.71 SBU
Installation of FLAC
Install FLAC by running the following commands:
LIBS=-lm ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
If you run the make check tests, it will take a very long time (about 34 SBUs) and use about 100 MB of disk space.
Command explanations
LIBS=-lm ./configure --prefix=/usr: libFLAC uses a function from the math library but is not linked with libm. Passing the environment variable to configure satisfies this dependency.
Contents
The FLAC package contains flac, metaflac, libFLAC, libFLAC++, libOggFLAC, libOggFLAC++ and libxmms-flac.
Description
metaflac is a program for listing, adding, removing, or editing metadata in one or more FLAC files.
These libraries provide native FLAC and Ogg FLAC C/C++ APIs for programs utilizing FLAC.
Last updated on 2005-02-14 08:12:36 -0700