[linux-audio-user] Apple Lossless codec

[Conrad Parker]

On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 07:27:03AM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > Is it mean that libsndfile will have FLAC support in the near future ?
> 
> It does if you're volunteering to do it :-). 
> 
> Thats only a half smilie, because the coming Ogg support in libsndfile
> is almost totally the work of Conrad Parker.

FLAC and Ogg/FLAC are different formats -- native FLAC uses its own
encapsulation rather than Ogg. libsndfile [post 1.0.11] will automagically
get Ogg/FLAC support after libfishsound gets [lib]FLAC support. Native
FLAC support in libsndfile will require a new flac format handler (which,
incidentally, will be very similar code to the fishsound handler).

If any of that paragraph made sense to you, and you'd like to help Erik
and I with developing FLAC support, please get in touch :)

Conrad.