Just out of curiosity, why is it that this is considered the highest quality of audio format, yet it's compressed? How does that work when it seems a compressed mp3 file would have the opposite effect?
On 2/23/10, Stewart A Overbey, Jr. <saover...@att.net> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > My pleasure, I just looked it up using the "research it" feature of JAWS. > Just typing in "FLAC," then choosing Wikepedia, and voila! > > Blessings, > Stewart A Overbey Jr. > Bless the Lord o my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name. > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Mike & Barbara" <mb69ma...@charter.net> > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:07 AM > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] An unknown file extension > >> Hi Stewart; >> >> Thanks for the added info. I did convert the file to a ".mp3" format and >> this sound file wasn't worth the effort, but learning about the file >> extension certainly was! Take care. >> Mike >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Stewart A Overbey, Jr. >> To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:59 AM >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] An unknown file extension >> >> >> I believe it is a flash video file extention. >> >> FLAC >> Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) is a file format for lossless audio data >> compression, primarily authored by Josh Coalson. >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Mike & Barbara" <mb69ma...@charter.net> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:30 AM >> To: "Jaws-Users List" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> >> Subject: [JAWS-Users] An unknown file extension >> >>> Hi All; >>> >>> I recently received an attachment with a ".flac" file extension. I tried >>> to >>> find it in the list of file extensions on the website with no luck. >>> Would >>> someone please tell me what type of file this is or what program is most >>> commonly used to open such a file? I am running XPSP3 Home, OE, & Jaws >>> 10 >>> latest. All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much. Take care. >>> Mike >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
