Type name: audio

Subtype name: flac

Required parameters: N/A

Optional parameters: N/A

Encoding considerations: as per RFC 9639

Security considerations: see the security considerations in Section
12 of RFC 9639

Interoperability considerations: see the descriptions of past format
changes in Appendix B of RFC 9639

Published specification: RFC 9639

Applications that use this media type: ffmpeg, apache, firefox

Fragment identifier considerations: none

Additional information:

  Deprecated alias names for this type: audio/x-flac

  Magic number(s): fLaC

  File extension(s): flac

  Macintosh file type code(s): none

  Uniform Type Identifier: org.xiph.flac conforms to public.audio

  Windows Clipboard Format Name: audio/flac

Person & email address to contact for further information:
IETF CELLAR WG cellar&ietf.org

Intended usage: COMMON

Restrictions on usage: N/A

Author: IETF CELLAR WG

Change controller: Internet Engineering Task Force
(mailto:iesg&ietf.org)