ALAC
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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 [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]. | 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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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://alac.macosforge.org/ Apple Lossless Audio Codec Project] | * [http://alac.macosforge.org/ Apple Lossless Audio Codec Project] |
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Description
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.
Information
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