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FLAC signature (fLaC)
A native FLAC audio stream begins with the 4-byte ASCII marker 'fLaC' (0x66 0x4C 0x61 0x43), immediately followed by the STREAMINFO metadata block.
magic kind signature status standard verification verified tier B file-signature@1
aka: FLAC magic · fLaC
file signature
magic: 66 4C 61 43 @ offset 0
ascii: fLaC
.flac audio/flac
spec: FLAC format specification (Xiph.Org)
- The marker is exactly the ASCII 'fLaC' (note the capitalization).
- Immediately followed by metadata blocks, the first of which must be STREAMINFO.
- FLAC audio can also be carried inside an Ogg container (then the outer magic is 'OggS').
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