Apple's HomePod, Files in iOS, and QuickTime Player in macOS all support FLAC playback, but Apple's media management tool iTunes still does not making it more difficult for Apple users to use the ...

The other upside to FLAC is that it's a non-proprietary, open format with royalty-free licensing -- there are no patents or legal roadblocks to worry about. It also boasts support for metadata ...

Google's Chrome browser will be able to play FLAC files by the end of January—as will Firefox.

One installation is complete, all you have to do is restart iTunes, drag FLAC files to the Fluke icon, and they'll be added to your library for your listening pleasure.

If you have local FLAC files or come across one on the web, the added support allows Chrome to open it up in a completely bare-bones music player that takes over the entire tab.

You may also come across formats called WavPack and Monkey’s Audio. And a popular open-source lossy compression format is Ogg Vorbis. Play audio files Since iTunes can’t natively play FLAC ...

FLAC is a completely lossless compressed audio format that works in a similar way to Zipped files, meaning that you get the full quality of the original recording.

The tool converts FLAC media files to MP3, WMA, M4A, AAC, OGG and WAV audio formats. FLAC to MP3 Mac shrinks the file size to enable the playing of files on almost any device. Users can also extract ...

Also, let's not turn this into a discussion about the "audible" differences in quality between the two files. I just want to know if FLAC files are indeed "lossy" or in any way different than .wav ...

One of the biggest proponents of the troubled MQA audio format now prefers the open-source FLAC codec instead.