Vorbis AlternativesAudio Codecs and other similar apps like Vorbis

Vorbis is described as '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' and is a very popular Audio Codec in the audio & music category. There are seven alternatives to Vorbis for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Haiku apps. The best Vorbis alternative is FLAC, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vorbis are Opus, Matroska, WavPack and Apple Lossless.

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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...

    7 FLAC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
    • Most users think FLAC is a great Vorbis alternative.

    • FLAC is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Vorbis.

    • FLAC is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Vorbis.

    • FLAC is Free and Open SourceVorbis is also Free and Open Source
  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  4. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. Speex icon
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    Speex is a patent-free audio compression format designed for speech and also a free software speech codec that may be used on VoIP applications and podcasts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
  7. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Winamp
    • foobar2000
     
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