FLAC Gets First Update In 6 Years

An anonymous reader writes "The Free Lossless Audio Codec, FLAC, loved by audiophiles for its lossless fidelity has been updated to version 1.3.0. FLAC is an audio format similar to MP3, but 'lossless', meaning that audio compressed in FLAC doesn't suffer any loss in quality. FLAC v1.3.0 is the first update in almost 6 years and it is also the first release from the new Xiph.Org maintainer team." Big new feature: ReplayGain works for sampling rates up to 192kHz so you can finally control the volume of your obsessively ripped LPs.

Re:No updates in 6 years?

[timeOday]

Clearly the project should be migrated over to the pdf team at Adobe, they know how to put a little excitement back into software that had been just quietly doing its job.

Re:No updates in 6 years?

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

I'm pretty sure that flac doesn't need 3d Flash embedded object support...

Re:No updates in 6 years?

[jsdcnet]

This is why you are not a product manager at Adobe.

Re:No updates in 6 years?

[letherial]

Adobe needs to update, install?

No

Adobe needs to update, install?

No

Adobe needs to update, install?

Yes

Adobe needs to update install?

Shut the fuck up.

Sorry but adobe doesn't quietly do anything

Re:No updates in 6 years?

[Anonymous Coward]

Thatwasthejoke.jpg

I tried opening that but I get the following error:

The file is damaged and could not be repaired.

Re:I don't see the point

[Anonymous Coward]

Because people swear they can hear the missing bits of data with their SPDIF Monster cable.

Re:No updates in 6 years?

[arielCo]

Allow me to explain with a graph: http://i.imgur.com/nSD3ofw.gif [imgur.com]

Re:FLAC superiority to MP3

[Anonymous Coward]

This is fantastic because I am a dog. Why does everyone overlook this? Does everyone hate dogs?

Re:24/192 Music Downloads and why they make no sen

[ddd0004]

But this sampling rate goes to 11

Re:I don't see the point

[Molochi]

Audiophilic SPDIF connectors are supposed to use cocobolo wood plugs lined with titanium for a nice "warm" bitstream.

the crux of it

[Onymous Coward]

If the same transducer reproduces ultrasonics along with audible content, any nonlinearity will shift some of the ultrasonic content down into the audible range as an uncontrolled spray of intermodulation distortion products covering the entire audible spectrum.

My barber was saying this exact thing to me the other day. So I says to him, "Frank, come on, can't you just correct for nonlinearities?" and he laughed at me and gave me a look like he couldn't believe me. I've decided to change barbers.