Lossless formats
Lossless compression formats are like a zip compressor, but specifically tuned for audio: you get the exact same audio quality of the input file in the output file. The difference with zip is that these specific codecs tend to compress much better than general purpose compressors.
FLAC v1.3.3.git-ce6dd6b win32 bundle
2020-06-12Reverted to git-ce6dd6b, flac.exe, metaflac.exe as latest git has issues. ICL 19 compile - by John33
FLAC v1.3.3.git-ce6dd6b win64 bundle
2020-06-12Reverted to git-ce6dd6b, flac.exe, metaflac.exe as latest git has issues. ICL 19 compile - by John33
libFLAC v1.3.3.git-ce6dd6b-x64 for win32
2020-06-12Reverted to git-ce6dd6b as latest git has issues. libFLAC dll for CDex, etc, ICL 19 compile - by John33
libFLAC v1.3.3.git-ce6dd6b-x64 for win64
2021-07-28Reverted to git-ce6dd6b as latest git has issues. libFLAC dll for CDex, etc, ICL 19 compile - by John33
WavPack V.4.32
2006-11-03WavPack is a high quality and featureful lossless and lossy codec. Static compiles for several *nix platforms by rjamorim. All packs include WavPack, WvUnpack and WvGain.
(get Windows binaries at the official site - www.wavpack.com)
- Linux x86 version 4.32 (409kB)
- Linux Itanium version 4.32 (554kB)
- Linux Alpha version 4.32 (477kB)
- Linux POWER version 4.32 (365kB)
- MacOS PowerPC version 4.32 (323kB) - by krmathis
- Solaris SPARC version 4.32 (481kB)
- Solaris x86 version 4.32 (461kB)
- HPUX HP-PA version 4.32 (558kB)
- HPUX Itanium version 4.32 (374kB)
- FreeBSD x86 version 4.32 (186kB)
- NetBSD x86 version 4.32 (372kB)
- OpenBSD x86 version 4.32 (345kB)
- Tru64 Unix version 4.32 (515kB)
WavPack directshow filter
2005-04-19WavPack decoder for DirectShow players - by the CoreCodec team. v.1.0.3
TAK Lossless codec v1.0
2007-01-30TAK is a novel lossless compressor developed by Thomas Becker that achieves near-Monkey's Audio "High" compression with near-FLAC decompression speed. Worth checking out. Only command line encoder and decoder available ATM. Includes a GUI frontend.
Apple Lossless decoders v0.1.3
2006-10-26Compiles of the reverse-engineered Apple Lossless (ALAC) decoder v0.1.3.
- Generic Win32 compile (28kB) - by John33
- P4 Win32 compile (29kB) - by John33
- MacOS PowerPC compile (13kB) - by Solaris
TTA plugin for foobar2000 0.9
2006-05-04An unofficial TTA plugin for foobar2000 created by Ayana (aka TgayananII) and with readme translated to english by Liisachan
DSP-Worx APE directshow filter
2005-11-12Monkey's Audio decoder for DirectShow players - by the DSP-Worx team. v.1.0
RadLight APE directshow filter
2004-06-05Monkey's Audio decoder for DirectShow players - by the RadLight team. v.1.0.0.4 (it doesn't work on Win9x due to Unicode compatibility issues. You can use DSP-worx's filter in Win9x - just look at the entry above)
RadLight OFR directshow filter
2004-04-30OptimFrog decoder for DirectShow players - by the RadLight team. v.1.0.0.1 - now with Dual Stream decoding.
FLAC v.1.2.1 bundle for Mac OS-X
2008-06-30Universal 32 bit and 64 bit binaries of FLAC and Metaflac by S_O
