In today's open source roundup: Why you should consider using FLAC for audio. Plus: New encryption ransomware targets Linux. And 10 GUI tools for Linux sysadmins Most users of open source software are ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Digital music comes in many different formats – almost everyone knows MP3 thanks to Napster at ...

Music-streaming app Tidal has begun rolling out hi-res FLAC streams across the platform, according to CEO Jesse Dorogusker via a Reddit post. FLAC (free lossless audio codec) streams offer high ...

In addition to some of the more publicized features of the Android 3.1 OS update announced by Google at I/O and the OS’s support for hardware-accelerated Adobe Flash 10.2 videos, the new version of ...

Files in the FLAC format are around 6 times larger than what they would be in the MP3 format. Thus, users prefer to convert FLAC audio files to MP3 format. Here are 5 of the most popular audio file ...

Tensilica has added the Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) decoder to its library of software for its HiFi Audio DSP family of IP (intellectual property) cores for SOC (system-on-chip) design. FLAC is ...

MP3 is an audio file format widely prevalent on the web and on music players and the like because of the high audio data compression rate, but the sound quality is deteriorated although the size is ...

Tidal‘s Hi-Fi Plus subscription tier recently became the first place in the streaming music world where you could stream hi-res audio in both FLAC and MQA formats on your smartphone. Unfortunately, ...

Do you know your OGG from your ALAC? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Digital music comes in many different formats – almost ...