Dan, FLAC = Free Lossless Audio Codec. They sound really good, take up a lot more room than an mp3/wma, and a good deal less room than a wav. Lots of common media-playing software don't support their tags, unfortunately.
@Caelric - they are not an exact copy. A true bit-for-bit exact copy is only contained in a wav or AIFF file. However, FLAC does not use compression algorithms which remove frequencies like mp3/wma does. As far as the ear can tell, it
is a lossless copy of a CD, but bit-for-bit is not an exact copy, as FLAC does remove bits. Logically it can't be an exact copy at half the filesize of a .wav. For all intents and purposes though, and far as the human ear can tell, you are right, it's WAY more an exact copy than a mp3/wma is!
Wow, talk about getting off subject from the thread topic... sorry!
