An update to the recently released 1.2.0 has been made available. FLAC 1.2.1 brings a variety of bugs fixes and improvements but the main addition is support for all RIFF/AIFF metadata.
For more details on the changes check out the FLAC 1.2.1 Changlog
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Lossless compression has begun to be adopted by companies all across the audio industry and the sound recording industry is no exception. Field recording provider Sound Devices who is popular in the taping and live show recording community is adding FLAC support to the latest firmware update for their 7 series recorders. With the implementation […]

There is a new member of Hyundai’s large line of PMP’s that supports lossless audio. The new NH-260 with its 2.4″ TFT screen supports both FLAC and WMA Lossless.
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Known for developing solid, feature rich DAP’s and PMP’s Cowon has announced a new PMP that lives up to the Cowon name. As with previous devices the Q5 supports the usual array of audio formats but what is special about the Q5 is that it not only supports Flac but also adds support for Monkley’s […]

After using Flac 1.1.4 for the last few days I have to say I am really impressed. 1.1.4 speed improvements are very noticable especially at -8 compression levels which is noted as being twice as fast as -8 compression in 1.1.3. Thanks Josh!

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The latest version of FLAC has been released bringing the current version to 1.1.4. This has been a great year for Flac users with many new devices providing hardware support and the release of 1.1.3 which brought a host of much anticipated features. With Flac 1.1.4 the theme is speed, many improvements in both compression […]

It’s that time of year again, when companies start releasing sneak peeks of up and coming products as well as products that will never see any more action than the floor of a convention center. With CES 2007 just getting started new product sightings are getting more common. One such product is Netgear’s EVA800. The […]

Pixel Magic Systems has released new firmware that adds Flac support to it’s HD MediaBox.
1.3.4 Firmware

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The welcome addition of cover art support in the latest release of FLAC 1.1.3 is starting to appear in a few applications and utilities. One of these being a patch for the SlimServer software from Slim Devices.
Stay tuned for a list of all the existing and upcoming applications that support this awesome new feature.
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With the recent release of FLAC 1.1.3 many applications, plugins and utilities will be updating there software to include the new version of FLAC. One of the first to add the new version is the Adobe Audition and Cool Edit filter for FLAC.
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Version 1.1.3 of the Free Lossless Audio Codec has been released! Changes are plenty including much awaited support for cover art and file corruption recovery.
The read me also mentions that the Winamp plugin has been disabled for the time being, so it won’t cause problems with the native Winamp FLAC output plugin. I can’t wait […]

Zamar is an online file conversion service that allows you to convert your audio, video, photos and various documents to a wide variety of supported formats. Zamar announced today that Flac has been added to the list of supported formats. Current audio formats include aac, ac3, au, mp3, ogg, wav and flac.
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The Trekstor Vibez is finally available and dapreview.net has a hands on review of the device. They also reveal some interesting history on the origins of the Trekstor Vibez shown below. The Vibez supports MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC as well as WMA DRM 9/10. There is also a new website for the Vibez with […]

After a year of rumours, speculation and photos Cowon has officially announced the D2. The D2 supports MP3, WMA, Ogg and FLAC.
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While official specs are not clear the Maxian D900 is starting to look like one full featured device. Based on WIN CE 5.0 the audio support includes MP3, OGG, FLAC and Monkey’s Audio format APE. This is the second device in the last few months to include the popular APE lossless format. Video support will […]