FORMAT FLAC

WHAT IS IT?

FLAC (stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an audio codec that allows digital audio to be compressed without loss so that the size of the audio file is reduced without any information being lost.

advantages and disadvantages

ADVANTAGES:

The FLAC format allows us to save audio without loss of quality. This codec encodes the file with the same information that the original CD would have (which would be the WAV file). It is an open source format (Free Lossless Audio Codec) that could be improved, thanks to its registration as an open source license.

»Higher quality, especially for HiFi equipment: this format allows us to enjoy a bitrate between 900 and 1100 kbps that does not eliminate information as it does in the MP3, even if it is of high quality. You will notice a warmer sound, with more body and cleaner.
»The information is continuous between tracks: as in the original CD, you can listen to the music without interruptions between tracks.
»The music is not altered: and that is the main reason why FLAC is ideal. Well, the file you use is the same as you would download from the CD.
»The FLAC format supports unlimited sampling frequencies: a FLAC can reproduce frequencies of 192,000 Hz without problem. However, everything that reduces is not gold. There are also some problems with the FLAC that you should know, although they are not serious at all.

DISADVANTAGES:

They occupy more: because a FLAC file usually occupies just over half of the original CD file. It’s easy for an album to go to 300 MB.
Many players do not support FLAC: this is changing in a beastly way. But the industry has fought for the MP3 to the last breath and many players, radios, etc. They do not support this standard yet.

That is, the disadvantages are or rather were. In the future we will have a new cleaner format, which will surely take up less space and that is an evolution of FLAC. At present, however, it is the format par excellence and the one that we should all use although I am not sure that a new, closed format does not come out, that I can with it before it is its apogee.