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Burrrn

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{{Infobox Software
| name = Burrrn
| logo =
| screenshot = [[image:Burrrn.png|200px]]
| caption = Easy to use CD writer
| maintainer =
| stable_release = 1.14
| preview_release = 1.14b2
| operating_system = Windows
| use = CD/DVD Authoring
| license = Free
| website = 
}}

=Introduction=
Burrrn is a little tool for creating audio CDs with CD-Text from various audio files.
Supported formats are: wav, mp3, mpc, ogg, aac, mp4, ape, flac, ofr, wv, tta, m3u, pls and fpl playlists and cue sheets. You can also burn EAC’s noncompliant image + cue sheets! Burrrn can read all types of tags from all these formats (including ape tags in mp3). Burrrn uses cdrdao.exe for burning.

==External links==


[[Category:CD/DVD Writers]]
[[Category:Software]]

Download page

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All programs mentioned anywhere in the wiki can be downloaded here.
See also the [[:Category:Software|Software Category]] article for more software not listed here.

==CD Rippers==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #75A3FF; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#75A3FF"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:500px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[DBpowerAMP with AccurateRip|dBpoweramp]]
| commercial
| [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows that includes Accurate Stream functionality.
|-
! align="left" | [[EAC]]
| Free
| [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows, C2 error pointers, Accurate Stream, etc.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[fre:ac ]]
| GPL
| [http://www.freac.org/ here]
| align="left" |
fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various popular formats and encoders. Plus supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database which allows you query song information.
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:500px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Max]]
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Max/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for OS X that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|-
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[XLD]]
| GPL
| [http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/index_e.html here]
| align="left" | X Lossless Decoder(XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. Can convert between many lossless and lossy formats. Plugin oriented design, for easy exchange for new encoders.
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #FF8533; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#FF8533;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:450px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | abcde
| GPL
|[https://abcde.einval.com/wiki/ here]
| align="left" | A command-line based ripper with cdparanoia functionality
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[cdparanoia]]
| BSD, GPL
| [http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/ here]
| align="left" | One of the first secure standalone rippers for the Linux platform
|-
! align="left" | Grip
| GPL
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/grip/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source Gnome interface ripper that uses cdparanoia functionality
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Rubyripper]]
| GPL
| [http://code.google.com/p/rubyripper/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for the Linux that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|}

==CD/DVD Writers==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #75A3FF; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#75A3FF"
! style="width:185px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Burrrn]] (CDA only)
| N
| Free
| 
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | CDBurnerXP
|
| Free
| [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | DeepBurner
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | InfraRecorder
| N
| GPL
| [http://infrarecorder.org/ here]
|
|-
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:310px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | DVD-Audio Tools
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | FireStarter FX
| N
| Free
| [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=FireStarter_FX here]
| align="left" | Free OS X Cocoa CD writing application
|-
! align="left" | X-CD-Roast
| N
| Free
| [http://www.xcdroast.org/xcdr098/xcdrosX.html here]
| align="left" | New OS X port of this Linux CD writing application
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Burn
| N
| Free
| [http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html/ here]
| align="left" | Versatile CD/DVD authoring application
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #FF8533; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#FF8533;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:450px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | CDRDAO
| N
| GPL
| [http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DVD-Audio Tools
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|-
! align="left" | GnomeBaker
| N
| GPL
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnomebaker/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[K3b]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.k3b.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE CD writing application for Linux platform
|-
! align="left" | X-CD-Roast
| Y
| GPL
| [http://www.xcdroast.org here]
| align="left" | New open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Brasero
| N
| GPL
| [http://projects.gnome.org/brasero/ here]
| align="left" | Brasero is a application to burn CD/DVD for the Gnome Desktop.(Gnome Default)
|}

==Multimedia Players==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #75A3FF; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#75A3FF"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:500px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[foobar2000]]
| Free, BSD
| [http://www.foobar2000.org/ here]
| align="left" | Advanced tagging, plugin capabilities, and kernel streaming support
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MediaMonkey]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many Winamp plugins
|-
! align="left" | VUplayer
| Free
| [http://www.vuplayer.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many popular digital audio codecs and MOD tracker formats
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Winamp]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.winamp.com/ here]
| align="left" | Popular audio player for Windows
| align="left" |
|-
! align="left" | [[VLC]]
| LGPL
| [http://www.videolan.org/vlc// here]
| align="left" | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
|}

===Players / Source code ===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:450px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | MusikCube
| BSD
| [http://www.musikcube.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports dynamic playlists and advanced SQL capabilities
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:450px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Cog
| GPL
| [http://cogosx.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source digital audio player for OS X.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Play
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Play/ here]
| align="left" |Play is an application for playing and managing audio files.
|-
! align="left" | [[VLC]]
| LGPL
| [http://www.videolan.org/vlc// here]
| align="left" | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #FF8533; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#FF8533;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:450px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Amarok]]
| GPL
| [http://amarok.kde.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE audio player similiar to Foobar2000
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Audacious
| [http://opensource.org/docs/osd OSD]
| [http://audacious-media-player.org/ here]
| align="left" |Audacious is an open source audio player
|-
! align="left" | Clementine
| GPL
| [http://www.clementine-player.org/ here]
| align="left" | Cross platform media player, a port of [[Amarok]] 1.4 to the Qt 4 and GStreamer framework, can be controlled with a Wii remote
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DeaDBeeF
| GPL
| [http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Lightweight music player for Linux, GUI similar to [[Foobar2000]]
|-
! align="left" | [[Rhythmbox]]
| GPL
| [http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/ here]
| align="left" | GNOME music player
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[VLC]]
| LGPL
| [http://www.videolan.org/vlc// here]
| align="left" | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats as well as DVDs, |Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
|-
! align="left" | [[XMMS]]
| GPL
| [http://www.xmms.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source audio player similiar to Winamp
|}

=== Console players ===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #CC33CC; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#E1A6FF;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:350px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | mpg123
| LGPL
| [http://www.mpg123.org/ here]
| align="left" | mpg123 is a real time MPEG audio player/decoder
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | mplayer for windows
| GPL v2
| [http://mplayerwin.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | MPlayer is a free and open source media player.
|
|}

==Tagging Utilities==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #75A3FF; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#75A3FF"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:500px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | MP3 Book Helper
| Free
| [http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Tags [[ID3v1]], ID3v2.3, and Vorbis comments. Features: FreeDB, unicode, guessing and matching, and supporting PAR, SFV, SV, and NFO generation.
|-
! align="left" | [[MP3tag]]
| Free
| [http://www.mp3tag.de/ here]
| align="left" | Tags all files supporting [[ID3]], [[APEv2]], and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]], not only MP3s
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Tag.exe]]
| GPL
| [http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/ here]
| align="left" | Command-line universal tagger for Windows
|-
! align="left" | Tag & Rename
| Shareware
| [http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | TagScanner
| Free
| [http://www.xdlab.ru/en/index.htm here]
| align="left" | Tag editor with built-in audio player.
|-
! align="left" | WMP Tag Plus 2.0
| Free
| [http://bmproductions.fixnum.org/wmptagplus/ here]
| align="left" | Software to integrate other tag format than [[ID3]] into Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:320px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Tag
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source tagging application for OS X
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #FF8533; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#FF8533;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:450px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Beets]]
| MIT
| [http://beets.io/ here]
| align="left" | Cross-platform open source tagging application written in Python, CLI only. Uses the Musicbrainz and Mutagen libraries, still in beta. Mostly automatic, minimal user input required. Many features and plugins. (Read the documentation)
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | EasyTAG
| GPL
| [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/EasyTAG here]
| align="left" | Gnome tagging utility
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" |
|-
! align="left" | Puddletag
| GPLv3
| [http://docs.puddletag.net/index.html here]
| align="left" | Puddletag is a Linux audio tag editor similar to Mp3tag
|}

==Encoders, Decoders, Etc.==
All basic tools needed to make use of the audio formats supported here.

{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #FF0099; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#FF66CC;"
! style="width:100px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:500px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[MP3]]
| GPL
| [http://lame.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | LAME is a lossy audio compression.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Opus]]
| GPL
| [http://www.opus-codec.org/ here]
| align="left" | Opus is a totally open, royalty-free codec. It is primarily designed for interactive speech and music transmission over the Internet. discussion in the opus [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showforum=71 Forum]
|-
! align="left" | [[Musepack]]
| GPL
| [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=enc here]
| align="left" | Musepack is a lossy audio compression.
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[FLAC]]
| GPL
| [http://xiph.org/flac/index.html here]
| align="left" | FLAC is a lossless audio compression.
|
|-
! align="left" | qaac
| GPL
| [https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/home here]
| align="left" | qaac is a command line AAC/ALAC encoder frontend based on Apple encoder. discussion in the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=85135 Forum]
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[WavPack]]
| GPL
| [http://www.wavpack.com/ here]
| align="left" | WavPack is a hybrid lossless wavefile compressor. discussion in the WavPack [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showforum=68 Forum]
|
|-
|}

===Ogg [[Vorbis]]===
Currently, all recommended Ogg Vorbis utilities are available at the [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html Rarewares Ogg Vorbis page]. The following tools are important:

* '''OggEnc2''': A command-line Ogg Vorbis encoder that can be used with most CD rippers.

* '''OggDec''': Command-line decoder.

* '''[[OggDropXPd]]''': An easy to use, drag'n'drop encoder/decoder with support for automatic tagging, renaming and playlist creation on encoding.

* ''Encoding DLLs'': For encoding within CDex or WinLame.

* '''VorbisGain''': The [[ReplayGain]] utility for Ogg Vorbis.

In addition, the [[Lancer]] suite — a highly SSE-optimized suite of utilities and libraries — are available at [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/ this page] ''(in Japanese)''. See [[Lancer#Platform-specific Builds|this section]] for information about the different builds.

==Transcoders==
''Note: Although these tools may convert from one encoding to another, please remember that [[transcoding]] to any [[lossy]] encoding <u>will</u> result in a degraded quality.''
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #99FF99; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#99FF99;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | dBpowerAMP
| Shareware
| [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm here]
| align="left" | dBpoweramp Music Converter
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" |
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[foobar2000]]
| Freeware
| [http://www.foobar2000.org/encoderpack here]
| align="left" | foobar2000 Free Encoder Pack,
discussion in the [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,108593.msg934566/topicseen.html#new Forum]
|-
! align="left" | [[fre:ac ]]
| GPL
| [http://www.freac.org/ here]
|-
! align="left" | ferocious
| free
| [https://github.com/jniemann66/ferocious here]
| align="left" | discussion in the [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,111777.msg921198.html Forum]
|
|-
! align="left" | BatchEncoder
| MIT license
| [https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/BatchEncoder here]
| align="left" | discussion in the [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,50822/topicseen.html Forum]
|
|-
! align="left" | WinLAME
| GPL
| [http://winlame.sourceforge.net/ here]
|
|}

==Processing utilities==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #33CCFF; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#33CCFF;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:500px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[lossyWAV]]
| GPL
| [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=56129&view=findpost&p=504087 here]
| align="left" | lossyWAV is a lossy pre-processor for [[Wikipedia:Pulse-code modulation|PCM]] (uncompressed) WAV files. It reduces [[Wikipedia:Audio bit depth|bit depth]] of the input signal, which, when used in conjunction with certain lossless codecs, reduces the bitrate of the encoded file significantly.
|}

[[Category:Software]]

WavPack

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{{Software Infobox
| name = WavPack
| logo = [[Image:Wavpacklogo.png|280px|Official WavPack logo]]
| screenshot =
| caption = Hybrid Lossless Audio Compression
| maintainer = David Bryant
| stable_release = 5.1.0 (20-01-2017)
| preview_release = None
| operating_system = Windows, Mac OS/X, Linux/BSD/Unix
| use = Encoder/Decoder
| license = BSD license
| website = http://www.wavpack.com/
}}

'''WavPack''' is a royalty-free, open source and [[lossless]] or high-quality lossy audio compression format developed by David Bryant.

== Description ==
WavPack (pronounced "wave-pack") allows users to compress (and restore) all [[PCM]] audio formats including 8, 16, 24 and 32-bit ints; 32-bit floats; DSD audio; [[mono]], [[stereo]], and [[multichannel]]; [[sampling rate]]s from 6 to 192 kHz. Like other lossless compression schemes the data reduction varies with the source, but it is generally between 30 % and 70 % for typical popular music and somewhat better than that for classical music and other sources with greater dynamic range.

WavPack also incorporates a unique "hybrid" mode that provides all the advantages of lossless compression with an additional bonus. Instead of creating a single file, this mode creates both a relatively small, high-quality lossy file that can be used all by itself, and a "correction" file that (when combined with the lossy file) provides full lossless restoration. For some users this means never having to choose between lossless and lossy compression!

== Feature Summary ==
* Fast and efficient encoding and decoding
* [[Open source]], released under a BSDish license
* Audio files > 4GB
* Multiplatform
* Hardware support
* Error robustness
* Streaming support
* Supports multichannel audio and high resolutions
* DSD compression
* Hybrid/lossy mode
* Tagging support ([[ID3v1]], [[APE tags]])
* Supports [[RIFF]] chunks
* Supports embedded CUE sheets
* Includes MD5 hashes for quick integrity checking
* Ability to create self extracting files for Win32 platform
* [[ReplayGain]] compatible

== History ==
David Bryant started development on WavPack in mid-1998, with the release of version 1.0. This first version compressed and decompressed audio losslessly, nothing else, but by then it already featured one of the best efficiency versus speed ratio among lossless encoders.

Very soon after the release of version 1.0, Bryant released v. 2.0, which featured lossy encoding (using only quantization for data reduction – no psychoacoustic process was applied to the stream).

In 1999, the developer released version 3.0, which featured novelties such as a fast mode (with reduced compression ratio), compression of RAW files and error detection using CRC checksums.

WavPack development is still going on, and a major feature added in late 3.x versions is the hybrid mode, where the encoder generates a lossy file + a correction file, so that both can be decompressed back to the original PCM stream.

WavPack 4 has been released in 2004. It included important changes, such as fast seeking, multichannel support, high resolution audio support, etc. turning it into one of the most full featured and modern lossless audio compressors.

WavPack 5 finally released on 6th December, 2016.
Now it accepts audio files bigger than 4 GB and can compress the Direct-Stream Digital (DSD) audio recording format.
Including handling with many new file formats like Sony Wave64 or Philips DSDIFF makes WavPack to an "universal audio archiving solution".

== Software support ==
=== Players ===
* NullSoft [[Winamp]] (plugin with ReplayGain & Media Library support) and Winamp-compatible players
* [[foobar2000]] Advanced Audio Player (official encoding/decoding addon, with ReplayGain & Cuesheets support)
* [http://www.vuplayer.com/vuplayer.php VUPlayer] (official plugin, supports encoding)
* [[Windows Media Player]] and other directshow-based players (MPC, TCMP, RadLight) (with [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=103693 CoreWavPack] directshow filter)
* [http://cogosx.sourceforge.net/ Cog] Audio player for MacOS X.
* [[XMMS]] (with Kuniklo's plugin)
* [http://fondriest.frederic.free.fr/realisations/lamip/ LAMIP] (official plugin)
* [http://mpxplay.sourceforge.net/ MPXplay] for DOS!
* [http://aqualung.sourceforge.net/ Aqualung] for GNU/Linux
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html VLC Player]
* Cowon [http://www.jetaudio.com/ JetAudio Player]
* Konvertor [http://www.logipole.com/index.html Konvertor]
*[http://www.un4seen.com/ XMPlay] Plugin required (WavPack input plugin) and (bass library) to play 'wv' files

=== Frontends ===
* Custom Windows [http://www.wavpack.com/WavPack_frontend.zip WavPack frontend] (by Speekenbrink)

=== Converters ===
'''Note:''' ''Several players, like Cowon JetAudio, foobar2000 and VUplayer, can also convert from other formats to WavPack!''

* [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ dBpowerAMP] Music Converter / Audio Player / CD Writer (official addon)
* [http://www.easeaudioconverter.com/wavpack.htm Ease Audio Converter] (Shareware / NOT Freeware)
* [http://media.io/ Online Audio Converter]
* Konvertor [http://www.logipole.com/index.html Konvertor]

=== Editors ===
* [[Adobe Audition]] and Cool Edit (filter with 32-bit floats & extra info save support)

=== CD writers/rippers ===
* [http://www.nero.com/eng/ Nero]
* [[Exact Audio Copy]] CD Ripper
* [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net CDex] CD ripper
* Cowon [http://www.jetaudio.com/ JetAudio Player]

=== Taggers ===
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html Mp3tag] Universal Tag Editor
* [http://www.jtclipper.eu/thegodfather/ The GodFather] Tagger / Music manager
* [[Tag.exe|Case's Tag]] command line tagger

=== Other tools ===
* [http://mr-questionman.en.uptodown.com/windows Mr. QuestionMan]
* [http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ mkvtoolnix] – tool to multiplex WavPack streams inside the Matroska container
''It's worth mentioning the [[Matroska]] guys decided to concentrate on WavPack as the lossless compressor of choice for their container. Quite an honor... :-)''

->[http://www.wavpack.com/#Software WavPack Software Section]

== Hardware Support ==
* iRiver iHP-120/iHP-140 with the open source [http://www.rockbox.org Rockbox firmware]
* Roku PhotoBridge HD (with [http://www.wavpack.com/downloads.html#binaries plugin])
->[http://www.wavpack.com/index.html#Hardware WavPack Hardware Section]

== Technology description ==
To ensure high-speed operation, WavPack uses a very simple predictor that is implemented entirely in integer math. In its "fast" mode the prediction is simply the arithmetic extrapolation of the previous two samples. For example, if the previous two samples were -10 and 20, then the prediction would be 50. For the default mode a simple adaptive factor is added to weigh the influence of the earlier sample on the prediction. In our example the resulting prediction could then vary between 20 for no influence to 50 for full influence. This weight factor is constantly updated based on the audio data's changing spectral characteristics, which is why it is called "adaptive".

The prediction generated is then subtracted from the actual sample to be encoded to generate the error value. In mono mode this value is sent directly to the coder. However, stereo signals tend to have some correlation between the two channels that can be further exploited. Therefore, two error values are calculated that represent the difference and average of the left and right error values. In the "fast" mode of operation these two new values are simply sent to the coder instead of the left and right values. In the default mode, the difference value is always sent to the coder along with one of the other three values (average, left, or right). An adaptive algorithm continuously determines the most efficient of the three to send based on the changing balance of the channels.

The developer has developed a unique data encoder for WavPack that he believes is better than Rice coding in two different areas. It is impossible to encode more efficiently than Rice coding because it represents the optimal bit coding (sometimes known as the Huffman code) for this type of data. WavPack's encoder is slightly less efficient than this, but only by about 0.15 bits/sample (or less than 1% for 16-bit data). The first advantage of WavPack's coder is that it does not require the data to be buffered ahead of encoding, instead it converts each sample directly to bitcodes. This is more computationally efficient and it is better in some applications where coding delay is critical. The second advantage is that it is easily adaptable to lossy encoding because all significant bits (except the implied "one" MSB) are transmitted directly. In this way it is possible to only transmit, for example, the 3 most significant bits (with sign) of each sample. In fact, it is possible to transmit only the sign and implied MSB for each sample with an average of only 3.65 bits/sample.

This coding scheme is used to implement the "lossy" mode of WavPack. In the "fast" mode the output of the non-adaptive decorrelator is simply rounded to the nearest codable value for the specified number of bits. In the default mode the adaptive decorrelator is used (which reduces the average noise about 1 dB) and also both the current and the next sample are considered in choosing the better of the two available codes (which reduces noise another 1 dB).

The developer has decided to not use any floating-point arithmetic in WavPack's data path because he believes that integer operations are less susceptible to subtle chip to chip variations that could corrupt the lossless nature of the compression, the Pentium floating point bug being a blatant example of this. It is possible that a lossless compressor that used floating-point math could generate different output when running on that faulty Pentium. Even disregarding actual bugs, floating-point math is complicated enough that there could be subtle differences between "correct" implementations that could cause trouble for this type of application. To further ensure confidence in the integrity of WavPack's compression, the encoder includes a 32-bit error detection code to the generated streams.

WavPack source code is very portable. It has been compiled on several Unices (Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Compaq Tru64, HP-UX...) as well as Windows, DOS and OpenVMS. It works on architectures such as x86, ARM, PowerPC, SPARC, DEC Alpha, PA-RISC, MIPS, Motorola 68k...

== External links ==
* [http://www.wavpack.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/lossless.html Unofficial multiplatform versions] at RareWares
* [[Lossless_comparison|Lossless Codec Comparison]]
* [[EAC_and_WavPack | Configuring EAC and WavPack]]

[[Category:Codecs]]
[[Category:Lossless]]

WavPack

2017-05-12T11:56:47Z

92.40.144.117: /* Players */ added XMPaly to the Player list

{{Software Infobox
| name = WavPack
| logo = [[Image:Wavpacklogo.png|280px|Official WavPack logo]]
| screenshot =
| caption = Hybrid Lossless Audio Compression
| maintainer = David Bryant
| stable_release = 5.1.0 (20-01-2017)
| preview_release = None
| operating_system = Windows, Mac OS/X, Linux/BSD/Unix
| use = Encoder/Decoder
| license = BSD license
| website = http://www.wavpack.com/
}}

'''WavPack''' is a royalty-free, open source and [[lossless]] or high-quality lossy audio compression format developed by David Bryant.

== Description ==
WavPack (pronounced "wave-pack") allows users to compress (and restore) all [[PCM]] audio formats including 8, 16, 24 and 32-bit ints; 32-bit floats; DSD audio; [[mono]], [[stereo]], and [[multichannel]]; [[sampling rate]]s from 6 to 192 kHz. Like other lossless compression schemes the data reduction varies with the source, but it is generally between 30 % and 70 % for typical popular music and somewhat better than that for classical music and other sources with greater dynamic range.

WavPack also incorporates a unique "hybrid" mode that provides all the advantages of lossless compression with an additional bonus. Instead of creating a single file, this mode creates both a relatively small, high-quality lossy file that can be used all by itself, and a "correction" file that (when combined with the lossy file) provides full lossless restoration. For some users this means never having to choose between lossless and lossy compression!

== Feature Summary ==
* Fast and efficient encoding and decoding
* [[Open source]], released under a BSDish license
* Audio files > 4GB
* Multiplatform
* Hardware support
* Error robustness
* Streaming support
* Supports multichannel audio and high resolutions
* DSD compression
* Hybrid/lossy mode
* Tagging support ([[ID3v1]], [[APE tags]])
* Supports [[RIFF]] chunks
* Supports embedded CUE sheets
* Includes MD5 hashes for quick integrity checking
* Ability to create self extracting files for Win32 platform
* [[ReplayGain]] compatible

== History ==
David Bryant started development on WavPack in mid-1998, with the release of version 1.0. This first version compressed and decompressed audio losslessly, nothing else, but by then it already featured one of the best efficiency versus speed ratio among lossless encoders.

Very soon after the release of version 1.0, Bryant released v. 2.0, which featured lossy encoding (using only quantization for data reduction – no psychoacoustic process was applied to the stream).

In 1999, the developer released version 3.0, which featured novelties such as a fast mode (with reduced compression ratio), compression of RAW files and error detection using CRC checksums.

WavPack development is still going on, and a major feature added in late 3.x versions is the hybrid mode, where the encoder generates a lossy file + a correction file, so that both can be decompressed back to the original PCM stream.

WavPack 4 has been released in 2004. It included important changes, such as fast seeking, multichannel support, high resolution audio support, etc. turning it into one of the most full featured and modern lossless audio compressors.

WavPack 5 finally released on 6th December, 2016.
Now it accepts audio files bigger than 4 GB and can compress the Direct-Stream Digital (DSD) audio recording format.
Including handling with many new file formats like Sony Wave64 or Philips DSDIFF makes WavPack to an "universal audio archiving solution".

== Software support ==
=== Players ===
* NullSoft [[Winamp]] (plugin with ReplayGain & Media Library support) and Winamp-compatible players
* [[foobar2000]] Advanced Audio Player (official encoding/decoding addon, with ReplayGain & Cuesheets support)
* [http://www.vuplayer.com/vuplayer.php VUPlayer] (official plugin, supports encoding)
* [[Windows Media Player]] and other directshow-based players (MPC, TCMP, RadLight) (with [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=103693 CoreWavPack] directshow filter)
* [http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html XMplay] (official plugin)
* [http://cogosx.sourceforge.net/ Cog] Audio player for MacOS X.
* [[XMMS]] (with Kuniklo's plugin)
* [http://fondriest.frederic.free.fr/realisations/lamip/ LAMIP] (official plugin)
* [http://mpxplay.sourceforge.net/ MPXplay] for DOS!
* [http://aqualung.sourceforge.net/ Aqualung] for GNU/Linux
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html VLC Player]
* Cowon [http://www.jetaudio.com/ JetAudio Player]
* Konvertor [http://www.logipole.com/index.html Konvertor]
*[http://www.un4seen.com/ XMPlay] Plugin required (WavPack input plugin) and (bass library) to play 'wv' files

=== Frontends ===
* Custom Windows [http://www.wavpack.com/WavPack_frontend.zip WavPack frontend] (by Speekenbrink)

=== Converters ===
'''Note:''' ''Several players, like Cowon JetAudio, foobar2000 and VUplayer, can also convert from other formats to WavPack!''

* [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ dBpowerAMP] Music Converter / Audio Player / CD Writer (official addon)
* [http://www.easeaudioconverter.com/wavpack.htm Ease Audio Converter] (Shareware / NOT Freeware)
* [http://media.io/ Online Audio Converter]
* Konvertor [http://www.logipole.com/index.html Konvertor]

=== Editors ===
* [[Adobe Audition]] and Cool Edit (filter with 32-bit floats & extra info save support)

=== CD writers/rippers ===
* [http://www.nero.com/eng/ Nero]
* [[Exact Audio Copy]] CD Ripper
* [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net CDex] CD ripper
* Cowon [http://www.jetaudio.com/ JetAudio Player]

=== Taggers ===
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html Mp3tag] Universal Tag Editor
* [http://www.jtclipper.eu/thegodfather/ The GodFather] Tagger / Music manager
* [[Tag.exe|Case's Tag]] command line tagger

=== Other tools ===
* [http://mr-questionman.en.uptodown.com/windows Mr. QuestionMan]
* [http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ mkvtoolnix] – tool to multiplex WavPack streams inside the Matroska container
''It's worth mentioning the [[Matroska]] guys decided to concentrate on WavPack as the lossless compressor of choice for their container. Quite an honor... :-)''

->[http://www.wavpack.com/#Software WavPack Software Section]

== Hardware Support ==
* iRiver iHP-120/iHP-140 with the open source [http://www.rockbox.org Rockbox firmware]
* Roku PhotoBridge HD (with [http://www.wavpack.com/downloads.html#binaries plugin])
->[http://www.wavpack.com/index.html#Hardware WavPack Hardware Section]

== Technology description ==
To ensure high-speed operation, WavPack uses a very simple predictor that is implemented entirely in integer math. In its "fast" mode the prediction is simply the arithmetic extrapolation of the previous two samples. For example, if the previous two samples were -10 and 20, then the prediction would be 50. For the default mode a simple adaptive factor is added to weigh the influence of the earlier sample on the prediction. In our example the resulting prediction could then vary between 20 for no influence to 50 for full influence. This weight factor is constantly updated based on the audio data's changing spectral characteristics, which is why it is called "adaptive".

The prediction generated is then subtracted from the actual sample to be encoded to generate the error value. In mono mode this value is sent directly to the coder. However, stereo signals tend to have some correlation between the two channels that can be further exploited. Therefore, two error values are calculated that represent the difference and average of the left and right error values. In the "fast" mode of operation these two new values are simply sent to the coder instead of the left and right values. In the default mode, the difference value is always sent to the coder along with one of the other three values (average, left, or right). An adaptive algorithm continuously determines the most efficient of the three to send based on the changing balance of the channels.

The developer has developed a unique data encoder for WavPack that he believes is better than Rice coding in two different areas. It is impossible to encode more efficiently than Rice coding because it represents the optimal bit coding (sometimes known as the Huffman code) for this type of data. WavPack's encoder is slightly less efficient than this, but only by about 0.15 bits/sample (or less than 1% for 16-bit data). The first advantage of WavPack's coder is that it does not require the data to be buffered ahead of encoding, instead it converts each sample directly to bitcodes. This is more computationally efficient and it is better in some applications where coding delay is critical. The second advantage is that it is easily adaptable to lossy encoding because all significant bits (except the implied "one" MSB) are transmitted directly. In this way it is possible to only transmit, for example, the 3 most significant bits (with sign) of each sample. In fact, it is possible to transmit only the sign and implied MSB for each sample with an average of only 3.65 bits/sample.

This coding scheme is used to implement the "lossy" mode of WavPack. In the "fast" mode the output of the non-adaptive decorrelator is simply rounded to the nearest codable value for the specified number of bits. In the default mode the adaptive decorrelator is used (which reduces the average noise about 1 dB) and also both the current and the next sample are considered in choosing the better of the two available codes (which reduces noise another 1 dB).

The developer has decided to not use any floating-point arithmetic in WavPack's data path because he believes that integer operations are less susceptible to subtle chip to chip variations that could corrupt the lossless nature of the compression, the Pentium floating point bug being a blatant example of this. It is possible that a lossless compressor that used floating-point math could generate different output when running on that faulty Pentium. Even disregarding actual bugs, floating-point math is complicated enough that there could be subtle differences between "correct" implementations that could cause trouble for this type of application. To further ensure confidence in the integrity of WavPack's compression, the encoder includes a 32-bit error detection code to the generated streams.

WavPack source code is very portable. It has been compiled on several Unices (Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Compaq Tru64, HP-UX...) as well as Windows, DOS and OpenVMS. It works on architectures such as x86, ARM, PowerPC, SPARC, DEC Alpha, PA-RISC, MIPS, Motorola 68k...

== External links ==
* [http://www.wavpack.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.rarewares.org/lossless.html Unofficial multiplatform versions] at RareWares
* [[Lossless_comparison|Lossless Codec Comparison]]
* [[EAC_and_WavPack | Configuring EAC and WavPack]]

[[Category:Codecs]]
[[Category:Lossless]]

OptimFROG

2017-05-12T11:35:41Z

92.40.144.117: /* Playback */ Added XMPlay to the player list.

{{Codec Infobox
| name = OptimFROG
| logo = [[File:Frog.gif]]
| type = lossless
| purpose = "reduce at maximum the size of audio files"
| maintainer = Florin Ghido
| recommended_encoder = OptimFROG 5.100 (2016-09-02)
| website = http://losslessaudio.org/
}}
OptimFROG is a free [[lossless]] audio codec, known by its very high compression ratios.
OptimFROG is developed by Florin Ghido.

OptimFROG usually obtains the best lossless audio compression ratios on comparisons against other lossless encoders (practically a tie with the current champion [[LA]]). It has Windows and Linux versions, fully-featured input plug-ins for the foobar2000, Winamp2, Winamp3, [[dBpowerAMP]], XMPlay and XMMS audio players (with bitstream error resilience, [[ID3v1|ID3v1.1]] and [[APEv2]] read tagging support), optimal support for all integer [[PCM]] [[WAV]] formats up to 32 bits and an extensible streamable (error tolerant) compressed format.

One of its downsides is that there is no source code available, nor format specifications. Another downside is that it is relatively slow at both encoding and decoding.

OptimFROG uses a new audio compression technology, the generalized stereo decorrelation concept, which was first introduced with OptimFROG 4.0b in December 2001. At the time of its introduction, the new technology yielded significant better (~1.5%) compression than existing state of the art lossless audio compressors.

== Playback ==
* [[foobar2000]]
* [[XMMS]]
* [[Winamp]]

* [http://www.un4seen.com/ XMPlay] Plugin required (OptimFROG input plugin) and (bass library) to play 'OFR' files

==Addtional Reading==
* [http://www.losslessaudio.org/ Ghido's Data Compression Page]
* [http://members.home.nl/w.speek/comparison.htm compression benchmark of many lossless codecs]
* [[Lossless_comparison|Lossless Codec Comparison]] by Rjamorim

[[Category: Codecs]]
[[Category: Lossless]]

Free Lossless Audio Codec

2017-05-12T11:09:30Z

92.40.144.117: /* External links */ Reduction

{{Codec Infobox
| name = FLAC
| logo = [[Image:FLAC logo.gif]]
| type = lossless
| purpose = Popular open source patent free lossless compression scheme.
| maintainer = Josh Coalson, Xiph Community
| recommended_encoder = FLAC encoder
| recommended_text = FLAC v1.3.2 (2017-01-01)
| website = http://xiph.org/flac/
}}
'''Free Lossless Audio Codec''' ('''FLAC''') is a codec for lossless audio compression.
Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to [[MP3]], but [[lossless]], meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, if supported) just like you would a lossy file.

FLAC is supported by default in Android since version 3.1 and in Windows 10.

== General aspects of the format ==
FLAC is freely available and supported on most operating systems, including Windows, UNIX (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, OS X, IRIX), BeOS, OS/2, and Amiga. There are build systems for autotools, MSVC, Watcom C, and Project Builder.

The FLAC project consists of:
* the stream format
* reference encoders and decoders in library form
* flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files
* metaflac, a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files
* input plugins for various music players

When it's said that FLAC is ''free'', it means more than just that it is available at no cost. It means that the specification of the format is fully open to the public to be used for any purpose, although the FLAC project reserves the right to set the FLAC specification and certify compliance. It also means that neither the FLAC format nor any of the implemented encoding/decoding methods are covered by any known patent. And it means that all the source code is available under [http://xiph.org/flac/license.html open-source licenses]. It is the first truly open and free lossless audio format.

== Features ==
* '''Lossless:''' The encoding of audio (PCM) data incurs no loss of information, and the decoded audio is bit-for-bit identical to what went into the encoder. Each frame contains a 16-bit CRC of the frame data for detecting transmission errors. The integrity of the audio data is further insured by storing an MD5 signature of the original unencoded audio data in the file header, which can be compared against later during decoding or testing.
* '''Fast:''' FLAC is asymmetric in favor of decode speed. Decoding requires only integer arithmetic, and is much less compute-intensive than for most perceptual codecs. Real-time decode performance is easily achievable on even modest hardware.
* '''Hardware support:''' Because of FLAC's free reference implementation, low decoding complexity and popularity, FLAC has relatively widespread hardware support compared to other lossless formats.
* '''Streamable:''' Each FLAC frame contains enough data to decode that frame. FLAC does not even rely on previous or following frames. FLAC uses sync codes and CRCs (similar to MPEG and other formats), which, along with framing, allow decoders to pick up in the middle of a stream with a minimum of delay.
* '''Seekable:''' FLAC supports fast sample-accurate seeking. Not only is this useful for playback, it makes FLAC files suitable for use in editing applications.
* '''Flexible metadata:''' New metadata blocks can be defined and implemented in future versions of FLAC without breaking older streams or decoders. Currently there are metadata types for tags, cue sheets, and seek tables. Applications can write their own APPLICATION metadata once they register an ID.
* '''Suitable for archiving:''' FLAC is an open format, and there is no generation loss if you need to convert your data to another format in the future. In addition to the frame CRCs and MD5 signature, FLAC has a verify option that decodes the encoded stream in parallel with the encoding process and compares the result to the original, aborting with an error if there is a mismatch.
* '''Convenient CD archiving:''' FLAC has a ''cue sheet'' metadata block for storing a CD table of contents and all track and index points. For instance, you can rip a CD to a single file, then import the CD's extracted cue sheet while encoding to yield a single file representation of the entire CD. If your original CD is damaged, the cue sheet can be exported later in order to burn an exact copy.
* '''Error resistant:''' Because of FLAC's framing, stream errors limit the damage to the frame in which the error occurred, typically a small fraction of a second worth of data. Contrast this with some other lossless codecs, in which a single error destroys the remainder of the stream.

== Pros ==
* Portable to many systems
* Open source and freely licensed
* Hardware support (PhatBox, Kenwood MusicKeg, Rio Karma, etc. See below)
* Streaming support
* Extremely fast decoding
* Supports multichannel and high resolution streams
* Supports [[ReplayGain]]
* Supports cue-sheet (with some limitations)
* Gaining wide use as successor to [[Shorten]]

== Cons ==
* Compresses less efficiently than other popular modern compressors ([[Monkey's Audio]], [[OptimFROG]])
* Higher compression modes slow, for little gain over the default setting.

== Hardware and software that support FLAC ==
For a more comprehensive list see the [http://xiph.org/flac/links.html FLAC links page].

=== Hardware ===
==== Car stereo ====
* Kenwood [http://www.kenwood.com/cs/ce/audiofile/index.php?model=KMM KMM series]
* Pioneer [http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/25/121/61/overview.html Car Stereo] (search FLAC)
* JVC [http://mobile.jvc.com/product.jsp?pathId=139 KD-X "Digital Media Receivers" series] (almost all)
* Soundstream [http://soundstream.com/store/car-video/source-units.html Source Units]
* Tesla Model S
* Citroën DS5

==== Home stereo ====
* Olive's [http://www.olive.us/ Symphony] wireless digital music center
* [http://www.numark.com/ Numark]'s DJ equipment (HDX and CDX turntables, HDMIX mixer)
* [http://www.sonos.com/ Sonos Digital Music System]
* Slim Devices' [http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html Squeezebox] networked audio players

==== Portable ====
* [[Apple iPod]] with [[Rockbox]] firmware
* [[iAudio M3]], M5 and X5
* [[iRiver]] iHP-120/iHP-140 with [[Rockbox]] firmware
* [[Iwod G10]]
* [[Rio Karma]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SanDisk_Sansa SanDisk Sansa]
* TrekStor's [http://www.trekstor.de/en/products/detail_mp3.php?pid=66 Vibez]
* Devices running Android 3.1+
* [[Pono|Pono Player]]

=== Software ===
==== Players ====

'''Windows'''
* [[foobar2000]]
* [[MediaMonkey]]
* [[Winamp]]
*[http://mplayerwin.sourceforge.net/ MPlayer] Console player
* [http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/features_en_US.html?&r=1 PowerDVD]
* [http://www.videolan.org/ VLC]
* [http://www.un4seen.com/ XMPlay]

'''Mac'''
* [http://coppertino.com/ VOX]
* [http://cogx.org/ Cog]
* [http://www.videolan.org/ VLC]

'''Linux'''
* [http://www.clementine-player.org/ Clementine]
* [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ MPlayer]
* [http://www.mythtv.org/ MythTV]
* [http://www.videolan.org/ VLC]
* [[XMMS]]

==== Frontends (Windows) ====
* FLAC frontend - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/flacfrontend/ download] / [http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Download_page discussion] (ktf)
* <s> Custom [http://members.home.nl/w.speek/flac.htm Windows Frontend] (by Speek) </s>

==== Frontends (Mac) ====
* [http://www.sbooth.org/Max/ Max]

==== Converters ====
* [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ dBpowerAMP] Music Converter / Audio Player / CD Writer
* [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ MediaMonkey] Music Manager / Audio Player / CD Writer
* [http://www.freac.org/ fre:ac] Music Converter / CD Writer/Ripper

==== Editors ====
*[http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity]
* [[Adobe Audition]]
* [http://www.goldwave.com/ GoldWave]

==== CD writers/rippers ====
* [http://www.nero.com/eng/ Nero]
* [http://arson.sourceforge.net/ Arson]
* [http://www.burrrn.net Burrrn] Audio CD burner
* [[Exact Audio Copy]] CD Ripper
* [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net CDex] CD ripper
* [http://www.cdwave.com/ CD Wave]
* [http://cdburnerxp.se/ CDBurnerXP] CD writer
* [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ MediaMonkey] - CD ripper/writer

==== Taggers ====
* [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html Mp3tag] - Universal Tag Editor
* [http://www.jtclipper.eu/thegodfather/ The GodFather] - Tagger / Music manager
* [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ Tag] - for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

* [http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/ Case's Tag] - Command line tagger
* [https://xiph.org/flac/documentation_tools_metaflac.html metaflac] - for general metadata (including Vorbis comments) maintenance
* [[MediaMonkey]] - Tagger / Music manager (Including multiple and linked album art support)
* [http://www.xdlab.ru/en/ TagScanner] - "The Ultimate Tag Editor"

==== Other tools ====
* [http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ mkvtoolnix] - tool to multiplex FLAC streams inside the Matroska container
* [https://xiph.org/flac/documentation_tools_metaflac.html metaflac] - for general metadata (including Vorbis comments) maintenance, also to calculate [[ReplayGain]] values for FLAC files lacking such

for a more comprehensive list use the '''External Links''' bottom of this page to visit flac's download and link page.

== Frequently asked questions ==
''Question:'' Does the compression level affect decompression speed?

''Short Answer'': No.

''Long Answer'': In truth, the compression level does affect the decompression speed, but the difference between the various compress levels can barely be measured and is too small to be noticed, even on low-end machines.

''Question:'' What is the best compression level for encoding my music?

''Short Answer'': The default setting, 5.

''Long Answer'': Encoding at the default setting will give the best balance between compression and encoding speed. Encoding at 8 can more than quadruple the encoding time, while having an insignificant effect on compression.

== See also ==
* [[Lossless]]
* [[Lossless comparison]]

== External links ==
* [https://xiph.org/flac/ FLAC Homepage]
* [http://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/index.php?showforum=67 FLAC discussion]
* [http://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/index.php?showtopic=107611 FLAC 1.3.1 discussion]
* [http://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/index.php?showtopic=107913 FLAC 1.3.1 non-SSE2 build for older CPUs]
* ktf's [http://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/index.php?showtopic=107990 Lossless codec comparison] graphs the influence of the chosen encoding level on the encoding and decoding performance of FLAC 1.3.1 and various other lossless codecs. Omion's older test, "[http://web.archive.org/web/20091108104748/http://people.ucsc.edu/~rswilson/flactest File Size vs. Decoding Speed"], covers the influence of the chosen encoding level on the decoding speed of FLAC 1.2.1.

[[Category:Lossless]]
[[Category:Encoder/Decoder]]