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  • Version 1.5.0
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  • 14 files
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  • Updated Nov 1, 2026

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FLAC 1.5.0-git-59fa340 - compiled by Barough

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FLAC 1.5.0 - compiled by Barough

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FLAC 1.5.0 - GCC 14.2.0, compiled by John33

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FLAC 1.5.0 - GCC 14.2.0, compiled by John33 x64

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FLAC 1.4.3-2023.07.27 - GCC 13.2 - AVX2 x64 optimised, compiled by John33

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FLAC 1.2.1b - with installer & frontend

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libFLAC 1.5.0

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libFLAC 1.5.0 x64

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FLAC 1.2.1 - for Mac OS

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FLAC 1.4.3-2025-08-20 - for Linux - compiled by Replica9000

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FLAC 1.2.1 - for Linux

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What is FLAC?

FLAC is the free, open and royalty-free lossless audio codec, and this is its official Windows reference build, containing the flac.exe command-line encoder, the metaflac tag editor and the libFLAC libraries other tools link against.

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