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FLAC is an open source project and we are happy to enlist the help of anyone who wants to contribute. You can do this to a limited extent through the < A HREF = "http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=13478" > mailing list< / A > but if you have major changes to make to the code it's best to < A HREF = "http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=13478" > sign up as a developer< / A > . In either case, make sure to check out the < A HREF = "goals.html" > FLAC goals< / A > first; there are some thing the we < B > don't< / B > want added to FLAC, like copy protection and lossy compression.
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High priority items are:
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More input plugins. Currently there are plugins for XMMS and Winamp; Freeamp is in the works. More is better!
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Improving the compression methods.
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Some other "nice-to-haves":
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Fix the MSVC makefiles to make libFLAC.dll (instead of just the .lib).
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Configurable ID3V1 support and ID3V2 support in the plugins.
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A better logo! Gimp jedi I'm not...
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Things that are in the works (check the flac-dev mailing list):
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Windows ACM codec.
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FLAC module for < A HREF = "http://oss.sgi.com/projects/audiofile/" > Audiofile< / A > .
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FLAC is open to third-party developers who want to add support for FLAC into their programs. All the necessary functionality is contained the libraries libFLAC or libFLAC++ which are licensed under the < A HREF = "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html" > LGPL< / A > . The relevant documentation here is:
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< LI > The < A HREF = "api/index.html" > libFLAC and libFLAC++ API documentation< / A > < / LI >
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< LI > The < A HREF = "format.html" > formal description< / A > of the FLAC format.< / LI >
< LI > The < A HREF = "id.html" > ID registration page< / A > for registering an ID if you need to write custom metadata.< / LI >
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There also are several examples in the FLAC code base of the use of libFLAC and libFLAC++ that may also be helpful. Visit the < A HREF = "download.html" > download page< / A > for instructions on how to get the source.
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