ALAC now Open Source

Started by frailer, October 29, 2011, 07:09:13 AM

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My son tells me that Apple have just made their previously proprietary Apple (lossless) audio compression Open Source.

   "... the move will make it easier for audiophiles to use the ALAC format. ®"   (VLC, Boxee, and others previously used reverse-engineered code to run Apple files).

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