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): https://downloads.xiph.org/releases/flac/flac-1.4.3.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 7cab20b46e0bc859234bf5ba7da81625
Download size: 1.0 MB
Estimated disk space required: 22 MB (additional 163 MB to run the test suite)
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (additional 0.6 SBU to run the test suite)
libogg-1.3.5, DocBook-utils-0.6.14, Doxygen-1.9.8, and Valgrind-3.22.0
Install FLAC by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--disable-thorough-tests \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/flac-1.4.3 &&
make
To test the results, issue: make check. Note that
if you passed the --enable-exhaustive-tests and
--enable-valgrind-testing parameters to
configure and then run the test suite, it will take a
very long time (up to 300 SBUs) and use about 375 MB
of disk space.
Now, as the root user:
make install
--disable-thorough-tests: This parameter is
used so that the test suite will complete in a reasonable amount of time.
Remove it if you desire more extensive tests.
is a command-line utility for encoding, decoding and converting FLAC files | |
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 |