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FLAC VS AC3Filter

Compare FLAC VS AC3Filter and see what are their differences

FLAC logo FLAC

A free, open source codec for lossless audio compression and decompression

AC3Filter logo AC3Filter

AC3Filter is a high quality free audio decoder and processor filter.
  • FLAC Landing page
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    2022-11-02
  • AC3Filter Landing page
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    2023-08-01

FLAC videos

Can we hear the differences between MP3 and FLAC?

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  • Review - FLAC vs Spotify vs YouTube : HEARING Test Review!
  • Review - High Fidelity (Hi-Fi) Music on your Smartphone | FLAC | Vox | Google Play Music

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to FLAC and AC3Filter)
Audio Player
66 66%
34% 34
Media Player
51 51%
49% 49
Audio & Music
100 100%
0% 0
Product Presentation
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, FLAC seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 6 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.

FLAC mentions (6)

  • Best iPod for music in 2023 with large capacity.
    The Xiph.org foundation maintains FLAC and they have a list of tools that might be helpful. Source: 11 months ago
  • lossless music on the 7th gen
    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
  • [Audio] The MQA Controversy: How an inferior format tried to take over the high-end audio market and caused major backlash
    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
  • What audio format do you put on your iPods?
    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
  • ELI5: How does audio compression (mp3, etc) make sound files so much smaller?
    There are lossless audio compression standards such as FLAC. Source: over 2 years ago
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AC3Filter mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of AC3Filter yet. Tracking of AC3Filter recommendations started around Mar 2021.

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