<P>Independent record label <AHREF="http://magnatune.com/">Magnatune</A> is now <AHREF="http://forums.magnatune.com/read/messages?id=559079">offering their catalog in FLAC and Vorbis</A> in addition to MP3.</P>
<P>Rio has announced a new portable, the <AHREF="http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/shop/_templates/item_main_Rio.asp?model=220&cat=53">Rio Karma</A>, which supports FLAC and Ogg Vorbis.</P>
<P><AHREF="http://www.livephish.com/">livephish.com</A> is now offering recordings in FLAC format in addition to MP3.</P>
<P>Neuros and Xiph.org are <AHREF="http://www.neurosaudio.com/press/news_item.aspx?itemID=80">collaborating</A> to bring Vorbis support to Neuros Digital Audio Computers. Now that FLAC is part of Xiph, Neuros is <AHREF="http://www.neurosaudio.com/support/GeneralFunctionsfaq.asp#a8">considering FLAC support</A>. You can follow some of the Vorbis and FLAC discussions <AHREF="http://www.neurosaudio.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=114&SearchTerms=flac">here</A> and <AHREF="http://www.neurosaudio.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17">here</A>.</P>
<P>FLAC has joined the Xiph project; see <AHREF="http://xiph.org/ogg/flac.html">here</A> for the press release.</P>
<P><AHREF="http://xiph.org/">Xiph.org</A> is behind other free codecs such as <AHREF="http://www.vorbis.com/">Vorbis</A>, <AHREF="http://www.theora.org/">Theora</A>, and <AHREF="http://www.speex.org/">Speex</A>. Our merger with Xiph will bring FLAC into the ranks and lead to better integration with the <AHREF="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/">Ogg multimedia framework</A>.</P>
<P>Note that the FLAC format is not changing, native FLAC will continue to exist, and the command-line tools and plugins will continue to work as before. The codec libraries will now be available under Xiph's BSD-like license.</P>
<P><I>last updated 2003-Aug-11</I></P><!-- @@@ remember to update the date after changes -->
<P><I>last updated 2003-Oct-13</I></P><!-- @@@ remember to update the date after changes -->
