06-04-2021, 10:54 PM
@Miss Sissy Princess
The FLAC specification looks quite complete to my eyes.
https://xiph.org/flac/format.html
https://xiph.org/vorbis/doc/v-comment.html
FLAC codec and associated utilities from xiph.org are IME the most widely used in Linux audio precisely because of their high quality implementations, efficient algorithms and well defined specifications.
ALAC is typically only found in collections where iTunes is or was used. Even after Apple released the ALAC specification back in 2011 as Open Source the adoption rate has been almost nil in the Linux audio community because FLAC has been in use since 2001 and was already a proven winner with high quality implementations, speed, efficiency and metadata support.
Oddly Apple still does not support FLAC in the iTunes / Apple Music eco system while most Linux audio players support a wide variety of formats including ALAC.
The FLAC specification looks quite complete to my eyes.
https://xiph.org/flac/format.html
https://xiph.org/vorbis/doc/v-comment.html
FLAC codec and associated utilities from xiph.org are IME the most widely used in Linux audio precisely because of their high quality implementations, efficient algorithms and well defined specifications.
ALAC is typically only found in collections where iTunes is or was used. Even after Apple released the ALAC specification back in 2011 as Open Source the adoption rate has been almost nil in the Linux audio community because FLAC has been in use since 2001 and was already a proven winner with high quality implementations, speed, efficiency and metadata support.
Oddly Apple still does not support FLAC in the iTunes / Apple Music eco system while most Linux audio players support a wide variety of formats including ALAC.
