The mp3 format in which audio files were recorded was very popular. But, despite its great popularity and recognition, he could not boast of the high quality of the sound that suffered during file compression. Now a new flac format has appeared and a legitimate question has arisen: if the file you downloaded with the music is recorded in this format, how can I open flac and what programs are suitable for this purpose? The presented material proposed several options for solving the problem.
What is flac
The name of the FLAC format can be decrypted from English - Free Lossless Audio Codec, which means free lossless audio codec. Now it is very popular all over the world, as it allows, unlike AAC, MP3, and Ogg Vorbis, to record and store audio information, without removing anything from the audio stream. The listed formats suffered such quality losses. Therefore, flac, providing the ability to listen to music without distortion, began to find more and more supporters. It is suitable for many audio applications and is compatible with all operating systems. Using a convenient format, you can create archives and listen to music daily. Thinking about how to open the flac format, it is sometimes difficult to imagine that there are many programs that can be used to play files in the named format, or it is possible to transcode them into a format convenient for you. Let us dwell on the players.
Programs for playing flac files
There are a considerable number of applications that can read files in flac format. For example, VLC media player, a program of remarkable quality. It is free and very easy to use. After downloading the player from the Internet, you need to install it on your computer, in the window containing the “File Association” menu, a check should be in front of flac. After that, click "Next." The program than opening flac is installed by default on drive C. After that, start the player, select "Open file" in the "Menu". Then you need to find the file recorded in flac format and click on the “Open” button.
Winamp has been popular for a long time. If you prefer it, to play flac you will need to install a plugin to read the format. Choosing how to open flac, you can opt for Windows Media Player, but the program will need special filters - Illiminable or CoreFLAC. Thanks to the development of Russian programmers, the AIMP player was created, which combines the best characteristics of audio players. The player has a built-in converter, with which you can translate information into other audio formats, it has a sensitive equalizer and it is possible to work with several playlists. In addition to the thirty-seven formats that the AIMP player supports, it also reads flac files.
Discussing the program, how to open flac, one can not stop at the Foobar 2000 player , which, having a modest interface, is able to support almost any audio format. Abroad, there is a widespread media player Media Jukebox 12, capable of working as a music center and being an organizer of media files. This software has become free and is now starting to circulate among domestic users. As a universal means for playing flac format suitable multimedia player KMPlayer.
If you need an audio file editor, then a program that works with the flac format, Adobe Audition , is perfect.
For playing music, the best flac format. How to open it there is always an optimal option. For example, modern DVD players. They are equipped with universal firmware, due to which they are able to support files of many formats. The flac audio file can be recorded to a flash drive or to a laser disc. It is better to play on a computer if your TV does not have a connected speaker system. The flac format has a rich spectrum of frequencies, the number of which files with a different extension is much smaller. Therefore, very high-quality audio equipment is required. If you do not have one, then you can convert the flac file to mp3, for which a program such as Format Factory is suitable. When converting, you must set the sampling frequency to the highest. This will save sound quality.