FLAC is a cross-platform codec, but when it comes to Windows, one has a pretty wide range of compiles. Some are more optimized than others.
I first got the idea for this benchmark when I stumbled upon a native 64-bit FLAC executable…
Archive for the tag 'FLAC'
Dec 19 2008
GNOME Audio Player Shootout Revisited
It’s been close to two years since I wrote GNOME Audio Player Shootout, a visual and textual comparison of some the best available audio players for the GNOME desktop.
As is usually the case in the world of free software, a…
Mar 04 2008
ImgBurn 2.4.0.0
ImgBurn, a popular disc image burner, has seen a major version change. Most important in this release is support for burning audio formats—anything for which it can find a compatible DirectShow filter. See the rest of the changes (including a…
Jul 27 2007
Audio News You Can Use
It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the world of digital audio: Hydrogen Audio is even more abuzz than normal.
Exact Audio Copy v0.99 prebeta 1
André has released a new version of Exact Audio Copy. A high-level changelog is as follows:
- Better…
Jul 10 2007
cdrtfe: a powerful cdrtools frontend
Previously, I reviewed InfraRecorder, a relatively young project that seeks to add a bit of spit and polish to the venerable cdrtools command line programs. At the time, noted that while the interface was lovely, there were a few flaws, notably the…
Mar 26 2007
Infra Recorder: the best Windows cdrtools frontend
The state of Win32 burning programs
The proprietary choices for optical disc burning on Windows are pretty obvious: at the fore, there’s Roxio’s offering, EZ Media Creator, and Nero’s offering, Nero Burning Rom. Having used Roxio’s v5 program long, long ago…
Feb 16 2007
Friday Random Ten CIV
The “Upgraded to FLAC 1.1.4″ edition
- Sondre Lerche • Things You Call Fate
- Six Organs of Admittance • This Hand
- Tristania • Lethean River
- Sparta • Without a Word
- Do Make Say Think • Le’espalace
- Stars of the Lid • Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage
- Änglagård • Ifrån Klarhet Till Klarhet
- Leaves • Should Have Seen…
Feb 14 2007
FLAC 1.1.4
A new version of FLAC—Free Lossless Audio Encoder—has been released, a mere three months after its last major release.
The main improvements in this release are speed optimizations at all levels, but most importantly, encoding at -8 is twice as fast as it…
Nov 29 2006
FLAC 1.1.3
With very little fanfare, the popular lossless audio encoder known as FLAC seems to have been released in its new 1.1.3 version. There’s no news yet on Hydrogen Audio or on the main FLAC homepage, but a little bird clued me…