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The data compression software for encoding into ALAC files, Apple Lossless Encoder, was introduced into the Mac OS X Core Audio framework on April 28, 2004, together with the QuickTime 6.5.1 update, thus making it available in iTunes since version 4.5 and above, and its replacement, the Music application. [8]
FLAC is natively supported on IOS 11, including all "iDevices", but only via the Files (Apple) app or iCloud Drive. iTunes does not support FLAC, with Apple only offering native support for their own similar ALAC lossless audio format. Third-party applications are available in the App Store which enable FLAC playback.
Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) [1] libFLAC; FFmpeg; Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) Apple QuickTime; libalac; FFmpeg; Apple Music [2] Monkey's Audio (APE) Monkey ...
TTA – Lossless compression; WavPack – Hybrid lossy/lossless; Bonk – Hybrid lossy/lossless; supported by fre:ac (formerly BonkEnc) Apple Lossless – Lossless compression (MP4) Fraunhofer FDK AAC – Lossy compression (AAC) FFmpeg codecs in the libavcodec library, e.g. AC-3, AAC, ADPCM, PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, WMA, Vorbis, MP2, etc.
Apple Lossless Audio Codec; ... FLAC; List of hardware and software that supports FLAC; L. Lossless predictive audio compression; Lossless Transform Audio Compression; M.
In a lossless compressed format, however, the music would occupy a smaller file than an uncompressed format and the silence would take up almost no space at all. Lossless compression formats include FLAC, WavPack, Monkey's Audio, ALAC (Apple Lossless). They provide a compression ratio of about 2:1 (i.e. their files take up half the space of PCM).
Apple Music's entire library will be available in lossless soon, but it won't work with AirPods Max. Here's why that's the case. Here's why AirPods Max don't support Apple Music Lossless
The 'Music' category is merely a guideline on commercialized uses of a particular format, not a technical assessment of its capabilities. For example, MP3 and AAC dominate the personal audio market in terms of market share, though many other formats are comparably well suited to fill this role from a purely technical standpoint.