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diff --git a/audio/flake/README b/audio/flake/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..966df8d1d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/audio/flake/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +flake (open-souce FLAC audio encoder) + +Flake is an open-souce FLAC audio encoder. +It was developed as an independent implementation of the FLAC specification, +and is meant to be an alternative to the FLAC reference encoder. +While Flake does not yet have many of the advanced features of the reference encoder, it does have the benefit of faster encoding. + +Features: + +* Commandline encoder frontend +* libflake library which can be used by other programs +* Fast encoding +* Compression modes which closely mirror the reference encoder, plus additional modes for higher compression +* A variety of LPC order search methods, each of which has its own speed vs. compression tradeoff +* Variable block size encoding: an experimental feature which is allowed as part of the specification, + but is not currently implemented in the reference encoder. |