Based on our record, Airfoil should be more popular than FLAC. It has been mentiond 26 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Within the house, I use Airfoil to stream between my computers and my systems. https://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/. Source: 10 months ago
You can use Airfoil to directly stream your song through your iPhone without having to bounce the song first. Source: about 1 year ago
You can also use an app like Airfoil from Rogue Amoeba for more control and output to Bluetooth and AirPlay devices as well as physically connected ones. Source: about 1 year ago
Have an explore of this software. Might be what you are looking for. Airfoil. Source: about 1 year ago
Fast forward to this morning when I saw mention of an older audio app called Airfoil in a different context, and I remembered I used this app to cast to other devices ages ago. I see that they support HomePods specifically now and decided to download and give it a try (bonus: my license from 2016 is still valid) It's been rock solid for over 2 hours now. This does not fix lag, but I can now use my HomePods as... Source: about 1 year ago
The Xiph.org foundation maintains FLAC and they have a list of tools that might be helpful. Source: 12 months ago
Lastly, ALAC hasn't been updated by apple since 2016. FLAC is actively maintained by xiph.org and saw its last update this past October. Source: over 1 year ago
Excessive licensing costs weren’t the only concern surrounding MQA though. MQA is touted as being DRM free, with audio streams able to be stored in the very popular, open source FLAC format. Only the lower resolution 16-bit audio is truly DRM free however. MQA’s authentication watermarking must be present in the file, and properly validated at playback, otherwise MQA decoders will refuse to unfold the audio to... Source: over 1 year ago
FLAC continues to be actively maintained and updated. Which, actually thanks for asking your question because in checking sources I noticed FLAC was just updated not two weeks ago. I thik the last time I updated my encoder libraries was after MP3 lost patent protection and dropped licensing a few years ago, so this is fortuitous timing! Anyways, FLAC continues to be meaningfully updated (homepage @ xiph and the... Source: over 1 year ago
There are lossless audio compression standards such as FLAC. Source: over 2 years ago
SoundWire - SoundWire does audio mirroring (audio cast). You can use any music player on your PC or laptop like Spotify, YouTube, or iTunes and stream low-latency live sound over WiFi directly to your Android device.
WavPack - WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a...
AudioRelay - Listen to your PC audio, use your phone as a mic or stream audio from your phone
Opus Interactive Audio Codec - Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec.
Stream What You Hear - Stream What You Hear.
Vorbis - Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality...