[linux-audio-user] Apple Lossless codec

[Conrad Parker]

On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 05:27:40PM -0700, Malcolm Baldridge wrote:
> 
> > FLAC and Ogg/FLAC are different formats 
> 
> I know. 
> 
> > libsndfile [post 1.0.11] will automagically get Ogg/FLAC support 
> 
> The current libflac supports Ogg containering of the FLAC streams, and it
> works very well.  I've been opening these FLAC files with old Cool Edit Pro
> .ogg plugins, so I know it's generating compatible files.
> 
> > 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 :)
> 
> A long long time ago (back when Oh Sucks 10.1 shipped I think?), in a galaxy
> far far away (Australia), I've helped Erik to fix up his AIFF/AIFC handling
> to allow it to correctly process the audio files Oh Sucks presents to the
> filesystem when you insert an audio CD.  I would imagine alot of the heavy
> lifting of the Ogg containered FLAC support is done for you in the latest
> FLAC library, though I'm way out on a limb here.
> 
> I might be able to lend a hand.

cool, well, Erik's putting libsndfile up on a public Arch mirror any day
now, so familiarize yourself with Arch if you haven't already (I'm still
getting used to it) and be on the libsndfile mailing list :)

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-arch/

Conrad.