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Scottedge
10-28-2011, 08:16 AM
http://goo.gl/4uqfD

This would be pretty awesome to implement in any digitizing systems from manufacturers. Finally can get lossless audio in a format compatible with iDevices.

Springs
10-28-2011, 08:46 AM
Isn't ALAC FLAC at its core. I mean "great artists steal."

Scottedge
10-28-2011, 08:56 AM
Isn't ALAC FLAC at its core. I mean "great artists steal."

Don't know. what I do know is FLAC doesn't play on any Apple devices which I've heard are popular for audio playback devices. I think those iPod/iTunes/iPhone things might be catching on

2ndRick
10-28-2011, 08:58 AM
Well it's a 16-bit lossless format... but that does not mean it's stolen.

Besides, Bob Stuart from Meridian developed lossless multi-channel 24-bit codecs (like the MLP that was the heart of the DVD-Audio format) a couple years before FLAC was around.

And I am sure that this was an audio-centric variant on some other data compression system from before that...