It should be noted that FLAC is currently not accepted by most media players. You could also try to download FLAC files online, which is hard legally. But for some people whose ears are well trained or sensible enough, FLAC lossless compression brings obviously high-quality audio enjoyment.Ĭurrently there are 2 major ways to get FLAC files: buy it from online music stores, or rip audio CD to FLAC file (or convert other audios like MP3 to FLAC file). For average people, lossy compression algorithms like MP3 or WMA have no difference from the FLAC file. However, the result MP3 file would be a lossy audio file in which part of sound information would be lost. If you rip an Audio CD to an MP3 file, the MP3 file would take even less space (about one-tenth of the corresponding Wav file). If you rip an Audio CD track to a FLAC file, the result FLAC file will retain the same audio quality of the original (CD quality), like a WAV file, but take less space (usually about one-third of the corresponding WAV file). It has an open-source reference implementation, a well-documented format and API, and several other independent implementations. FLAC stands out as the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec, and is the only one that at once is non-proprietary and unencumbered by patents.
