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The Flake encoder project was started as a way for the author to learn more
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about lossless audio encoding. The author chose the FLAC format because it is
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open and well-documented. Although the FLAC reference encoder is also free and
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open-source, the author's goal was to implement the standard from scratch as an
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independent project. Flake is licensed under the GNU LGPL.
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Once Flake progressed to a usable state, the author submitted the encoder to be
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included as part of FFmpeg. It was included and improved upon by other FFmpeg
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developers. Since then, Ithe author has added more features to Flake and
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improved the encoding speed. The author plan to add some of these features into
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FFmpeg as the encoder progresses.
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There are both benefits and drawbacks to using Flake as a FLAC encoder
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alternative. In its current state, Flake gives, on average, slightly better
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compression than the FLAC reference encoder and is about twice as fast.
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However, it does not currently implement all the advanced features such as
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tagging, cuesheets, 24-bit audio, embedded pictures, and ogg encapsulation.
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The author hopes to add these to Flake in future releases.
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WWW: http://flake-enc.sourceforge.net
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