x264 VS FLAC

x264

x264 is a free software library for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format.

FLAC

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

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X264 Image Quality Analysis: SLOW is NOT worth it (GN Follow-Up)

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Can we hear the differences between MP3 and FLAC?

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to x264 and FLAC)

FLAC

Video

39 39%

Video

61% 61

Audio Player

18 18%

Audio Player

82% 82

Media Player

34 34%

Media Player

66% 66

Video Converter

100 100%

Video Converter

0% 0

User comments

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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.

x264 mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of x264 yet. Tracking of x264 recommendations started around Mar 2021.

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: about 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