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== Software ==
 
== Software ==
  
ALAC-encoded files are playable using Apple's [http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/ iTunes] media player. Applications using the open-source [http://ffmpeg.org/ libavcodec] can also playback and otherwise manipulate ALAC-encoded files. For a list of such applications, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libavcodec#Applications_using_libavcodec here].
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ALAC-encoded files are playable using Apple's [http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/ iTunes] media player. Applications using the open-source [[FFmpeg|libavcodec]] can also playback and otherwise manipulate ALAC-encoded files. For a list of such applications, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libavcodec#Applications_using_libavcodec here].
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Windows and MacOS PowerPC compiles of the reverse-engineered ALAC decoder v0.1.3 can be found [http://www.rarewares.org/lossless.php#alac here]
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* [[Konvertor]]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
  
 
* [http://alac.macosforge.org/ Apple Lossless Audio Codec Project]
 
* [http://alac.macosforge.org/ Apple Lossless Audio Codec Project]
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File Format
Name ALAC
Ontology
Extension(s) .m4a
PRONOM fmt/596
Released 2004-04-28

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Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) was developed by Apple to deliver lossless audio compression, with the data being stored in an MP4 container. The format was open-sourced by Apple in 2011.

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[edit] Software

ALAC-encoded files are playable using Apple's iTunes media player. Applications using the open-source libavcodec can also playback and otherwise manipulate ALAC-encoded files. For a list of such applications, see here.

Windows and MacOS PowerPC compiles of the reverse-engineered ALAC decoder v0.1.3 can be found here

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