Convert FLAC to OGG

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Converting FLAC to OGG is free: drop your FLAC above, hit convert, and download the OGG. Files delete themselves within an hour.

Converting FLAC to OGG trades perfection for portability: your FLAC keeps every sample it was born with, while OGG is built for games and open projects that want seamless loops and zero licensing strings. At a sensible bitrate the difference is genuinely hard to hear, but it's a one-way door: hold on to the FLAC original if it's precious, because no OGG can hand those samples back.

FYI

One-way door: OGG is lossy, so this conversion throws data away to get small. Keep the FLAC original if you might ever need full quality again.

Why flip FLAC to OGG

FLAC is the audiophile's handshake: CD-perfect sound at roughly half the shelf space. It was born in 2001, Josh Coalson; now kept by the open Xiph.Org Foundation, and its real weak spot is fitting in pockets: lossless is still large: and charming Apple's own apps.

OGG is the free spirit of audio: open, patent-free, and quietly brilliant at looping game sound. A container usually carrying Vorbis or Opus audio, both open and royalty-free. That makes it the right destination when what you need is games and open projects that want seamless loops and zero licensing strings.

How to convert FLAC to OGG

  1. 1

    Drop your FLAC file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.

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    Check the output format: OGG is already selected for you.

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    Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new OGG.

FLAC vs OGG, side by side

FLAC OGG
Born 2001, Josh Coalson; now kept by the open Xiph.Org Foundation 2002, the Xiph.Org Foundation
Type audio · lossless audio · lossy
Best for archiving music with zero quality loss and a genuine size saving games and open projects that want seamless loops and zero licensing strings
Weak spot fitting in pockets: lossless is still large: and charming Apple's own apps everyday device support: car stereos and Apple hardware mostly shrug
Typical size around 5 MB per minute: half of WAV, five times an MP3 on par with MP3, often a touch smaller at matching quality
Plays on Hi-fi gear, Android, VLC, most desktop players; iTunes and Apple Music look away. Browsers, Android, game engines; not the Apple ecosystem.

Questions people ask

Will converting FLAC to OGG lose quality?

A little, by design: OGG is a lossy format. At 192 kbps or above most people can't tell the difference, but the discarded data can't be recovered later.

Will the OGG file be bigger or smaller than my FLAC?

Dramatically smaller. FLAC runs around 5 MB per minute: half of WAV, five times an MP3; OGG comes in at on par with MP3, often a touch smaller at matching quality.

Where will the OGG file play?

Browsers, Android, game engines; not the Apple ecosystem. That's the usual reason people leave FLAC behind: OGG simply opens in more of the places that matter.

How long does FLAC to OGG conversion take?

Seconds for most files: audio is light work. A long recording might take a minute; your file auto-deletes from our servers within an hour either way.

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