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  1. FLAC icon
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    FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed...

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    Best alternatives are Vorbis iconVorbisandOpus iconOpus8 alternatives
  2. Vorbis icon
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    Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8kHz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel.

    Best alternatives are FLAC iconFLACandOpus iconOpus8 alternatives
  3. Opus icon
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    Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. Opus is unmatched for interactive speech and music transmission over the Internet, but also intended for storage and streaming applications.

    Best alternatives are FLAC iconFLACandVorbis iconVorbis7 alternatives
  4. Matroska icon
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    The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file.

    Best alternatives are FLAC iconFLACandVorbis iconVorbis12 alternatives
  5. The CCCP was created to replace the video playback packs provided in favor of a single reliable pack capable of decoding practically anything.

    Best alternatives are K-Lite Codec Pack iconK-Lite Codec Pack12 alternatives
  6. WavPack icon
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    WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer...

    Best alternatives are FLAC iconFLACandVorbis iconVorbis7 alternatives
  7. Shark007 Codecs icon
     13 likes

    A collection of audio and video codecs that contains full suite of all the best codecs available for Windows.

    Best alternatives are K-Lite Codec Pack iconK-Lite Codec Pack8 alternatives
  8. Apple Lossless icon
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    Apple Lossless (also known as ALAC) is an audio codec developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music.

    Best alternatives are FLAC iconFLACandVorbis iconVorbis7 alternatives
  9. Monkey’s Audio makes perfect, bit-for-bit copies of your music, exactly the same as the original. You can decompress your lossless .APE files back to the original files. Think of it as a beefed-up Winzip™ to perfectly recreate the original music CD.

    Best alternatives are FLAC iconFLACandWavPack iconWavPack4 alternatives
  10. Nero AAC reference quality MPEG-4 and 3GPP audio codec

    • Compression ratios ranging from Ultra High (58 CDs fit on one!) to High-End Audio (2.5:1), for absolutely perfect audiophile encodings
    • Crystal-clear, award-winning sound quality at every compression ratio and bit.
    Best alternatives are FLAC iconFLACandVorbis iconVorbis7 alternatives
  11. TAK icon
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    »TAK – [T]om’s lossless [a]udio [k]ompressor / [T]oms verlustfreier [A]udio[k]ompressor – is, as the name already suggests, a lossless audio compressor, similar to FLAC, WavPack and Monkey’s Audio.

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    Best alternatives are FLAC iconFLACandVorbis iconVorbis10 alternatives
  12. Satsuki Decoder Pack is an audio/video auto-installable filters and decoder for windows 2k/XP/2k3/2k8/vista/seven/8 (French, English).

    Best alternatives are Matroska iconMatroska2 alternatives
  13. Influx will allow you to import all kinds of audio video files directly and natively into Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, After Effects, and Audition.

    Best alternatives are FFmpeg iconFFmpegandAdobe Premiere Pro iconAdobe Premiere Pro12 alternatives