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fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper which integrates various popular formats and encoders. It currently supports MP3, MP4/M4A, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC and Bonk files. It makes it easy to convert your audio CDs to MP3 or Ogg Vorbis files which you can use in your hardware player or with your favorite audio software. The program supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database and CDText and automatically writes song information to ID3v2 or Vorbis comment tags.
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OS:Windows Mac Linux
Version:1.0.28 / Snapshot 20170729
Released:Jul 29,2017
File size:7.2MB
OS:Windows Mac Linux
Version:1.0.28 / Snapshot 20170729
Released:Jul 29,2017
File size:7.2MB
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Version 1.1 CVS (July 2017)
- renamed project to fre:ac - free audio converter
- ported to Linux, macOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD
- added Estonian, Croatian, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Arabic, Basque, Afrikaans,
Cantonese (Hong Kong), Serbian (Cyrillic), Catalan, Valencian and Galician language support
- added German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Czech, Greek and Basque user guides
- added several translations for the installer
- converted input and output filters to BoCA components
- implemented new configuration dialog
- added support for multiple configurations
- added multi encoder hub component
- conversions are now done in parallel if possible
- redesigned progress display area
- new dialog to confirm overwriting of existing files before conversion
- allowed format selection from the encode menu for encoders supporting multiple formats
- completely reworked LAME configuration dialog
- added support for editing configurations during conversions
- added support for verifying lossless input and output files
- added a simple tag editor
- added video downloader extension
- added Monkey's Audio encoder/decoder
- added Speex speech encoder/decoder
- added Windows Media Audio encoder/decoder
- added Opus audio encoder/decoder
- added Core Audio AAC/ALAC encoder
- added support for command line encoders/decoders
- added support for the mpg123 MP3 decoder
- added support for the MAD MP3 decoder
- added TwinVQ VQF decoder support
- added support for AAC synchronizing (needed to read ripped AAC streams)
- added support for the VisualOn AAC encoder
- added support for the Fraunhofer FDK AAC encoder/decoder
- added support for reading simple audio files using libsndfile
- added support for cover art in MP4 files
- added support for ID3v2, MP4, WMA and Vorbis Comment chapters
- added support for MCDI frame in ID3v2 tags
- added support for ID3v1 tags in AAC files
- added support for gapless MP3 decoding
- added support for RF64 and Wave64 files
- added RIFF tagging support (using LIST INFO and Cart chunks)
- added support for Ogg FLAC files
- completely reworked arguments of freacmd
- added support for selecting configuration in freaccmd
- added support for wildcards in arguments to freaccmd
- added support for encoding to single file with freaccmd
- added support for large fonts
- changed default output directory to "My Music" folder
- added an option to append sequential numbers to otherwise identical filenames
- added additional genres as defined by Winamp 5.6
- added <composer>, <conductor> and <disc> patterns
- added <directory> pattern to allow preserving existing directory structures
- added <filetype> pattern
- added <installdrive> pattern for use in output directory name
- allow CDDB queries even when no CD drive is present
- added preview to CDDB match selection dialog
- added an option to automatically select the first CDDB match
- added support for CDDB queries using HTTP GET
- added context menu for text edit fields
- label/publisher and ISRC information is now preserved during conversion
- added support for reading ISRC codes from CDs
- added support for ripping hidden tracks (HTOA)
- added support for disc drives with drive letters A: and B:
- added ripping speed configuration option
- added CD read offset configuration option
- added configuration option to keep converted tracks in joblist
- added configuration option to add encoded files to joblist
- added support for loading cue sheets
- added support for reading and writing Vorbis files with .oga extension
- added support for XSPF, Windows Media and PLS playlists
- added a slider for seeking during playback
- added a warning when converting from lossy to lossless formats
- added the ability to sort the joblist by clicking headers
- added basic multi-channel audio support
- added support for setting process priority on Windows
- added a button to open the output folder
- added support for creating one playlist or cue sheet per album in a single conversion
- save playlists and cue sheets along with output file in single file mode
- the time left indicator now shows hours if necessary
- the five last used output folders are now saved for later use
- the five last used file name patterns are now saved for later use
- greatly improved case conversion functions
- conversion progress is now shown in the taskbar on Windows 7 and later
- skipping tracks is no longer possible when converting to a single file
- fixed CJK editor appearing offset in Windows Vista/7/8 default designs
- fixed ID3v2 cover data not being displayed in iTunes
- fixed writing of bad ID3v2 tags when iconv.dll is not available
- fixed ID3lib to read and write correct ID3v2.4 tags
- fixed writing of ID3v1 tags when encoding VBR or ABR MP3s
- fixed automatic reading of CD contents on disc insert
- fixed creation of cue sheets for multiple tracks in a single file
- fixed total progress bar not working correctly with many tracks in joblist
- fixed crash when encoding to single MP4 file
- fixed unwanted downsampling when encoding to low bitrate MP3
- fixed Vorbis (and FLAC) comment tag reading
- fixed not writing Xing header when using LAME presets
- fixed crash when trying to open unsupported Sun Audio (.au) files
- fixed and improved decoding of raw audio formats WAVE, AIFF and AU
- fixed failure to delete read-only files with "Delete files after encoding" option
- fixed last track of CD-Extra discs being two seconds too long
- fixed encoding empty tracks when no CD is inserted
- fixed various CDDB issues
- fixed HTTP proxy authentication
- fixed freaccmd crashes
- fixed support for various artists CDs
- fixed handling of stray tabs in title info
- improved CDDB data sanity check
- improved title info editing user friendliness
- improved metadata extraction from paths
- improved support for network files and directories
- raised maximum file name length
- do not eject discs when user stopped conversion
- NT SCSI mode is now used by default to access CD drives
- fixed ASPI error message being displayed on systems without optical drives
- installer improvements
- lots of fixes to the command line encoder
- fixed uninstaller not working when run directly
- added native x64 platform support
- upgraded FLAC to version 1.3.2
- upgraded FAAC to version 1.28
- upgraded FAAD2 to version 2.7
- upgraded LAME to version 3.99.5
- upgraded Vorbis to version 1.3.5 + aoTuV beta 6.03 (2014)
- upgraded Ogg library to version 1.3.2
- upgraded CDRip to version 2.2 (with cdparanoia III version 10.2)
- upgrade to MP4v2 v2.0.0
- lots of other fixes
- renamed project to fre:ac - free audio converter
- ported to Linux, macOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD
- added Estonian, Croatian, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Arabic, Basque, Afrikaans,
Cantonese (Hong Kong), Serbian (Cyrillic), Catalan, Valencian and Galician language support
- added German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Czech, Greek and Basque user guides
- added several translations for the installer
- converted input and output filters to BoCA components
- implemented new configuration dialog
- added support for multiple configurations
- added multi encoder hub component
- conversions are now done in parallel if possible
- redesigned progress display area
- new dialog to confirm overwriting of existing files before conversion
- allowed format selection from the encode menu for encoders supporting multiple formats
- completely reworked LAME configuration dialog
- added support for editing configurations during conversions
- added support for verifying lossless input and output files
- added a simple tag editor
- added video downloader extension
- added Monkey's Audio encoder/decoder
- added Speex speech encoder/decoder
- added Windows Media Audio encoder/decoder
- added Opus audio encoder/decoder
- added Core Audio AAC/ALAC encoder
- added support for command line encoders/decoders
- added support for the mpg123 MP3 decoder
- added support for the MAD MP3 decoder
- added TwinVQ VQF decoder support
- added support for AAC synchronizing (needed to read ripped AAC streams)
- added support for the VisualOn AAC encoder
- added support for the Fraunhofer FDK AAC encoder/decoder
- added support for reading simple audio files using libsndfile
- added support for cover art in MP4 files
- added support for ID3v2, MP4, WMA and Vorbis Comment chapters
- added support for MCDI frame in ID3v2 tags
- added support for ID3v1 tags in AAC files
- added support for gapless MP3 decoding
- added support for RF64 and Wave64 files
- added RIFF tagging support (using LIST INFO and Cart chunks)
- added support for Ogg FLAC files
- completely reworked arguments of freacmd
- added support for selecting configuration in freaccmd
- added support for wildcards in arguments to freaccmd
- added support for encoding to single file with freaccmd
- added support for large fonts
- changed default output directory to "My Music" folder
- added an option to append sequential numbers to otherwise identical filenames
- added additional genres as defined by Winamp 5.6
- added <composer>, <conductor> and <disc> patterns
- added <directory> pattern to allow preserving existing directory structures
- added <filetype> pattern
- added <installdrive> pattern for use in output directory name
- allow CDDB queries even when no CD drive is present
- added preview to CDDB match selection dialog
- added an option to automatically select the first CDDB match
- added support for CDDB queries using HTTP GET
- added context menu for text edit fields
- label/publisher and ISRC information is now preserved during conversion
- added support for reading ISRC codes from CDs
- added support for ripping hidden tracks (HTOA)
- added support for disc drives with drive letters A: and B:
- added ripping speed configuration option
- added CD read offset configuration option
- added configuration option to keep converted tracks in joblist
- added configuration option to add encoded files to joblist
- added support for loading cue sheets
- added support for reading and writing Vorbis files with .oga extension
- added support for XSPF, Windows Media and PLS playlists
- added a slider for seeking during playback
- added a warning when converting from lossy to lossless formats
- added the ability to sort the joblist by clicking headers
- added basic multi-channel audio support
- added support for setting process priority on Windows
- added a button to open the output folder
- added support for creating one playlist or cue sheet per album in a single conversion
- save playlists and cue sheets along with output file in single file mode
- the time left indicator now shows hours if necessary
- the five last used output folders are now saved for later use
- the five last used file name patterns are now saved for later use
- greatly improved case conversion functions
- conversion progress is now shown in the taskbar on Windows 7 and later
- skipping tracks is no longer possible when converting to a single file
- fixed CJK editor appearing offset in Windows Vista/7/8 default designs
- fixed ID3v2 cover data not being displayed in iTunes
- fixed writing of bad ID3v2 tags when iconv.dll is not available
- fixed ID3lib to read and write correct ID3v2.4 tags
- fixed writing of ID3v1 tags when encoding VBR or ABR MP3s
- fixed automatic reading of CD contents on disc insert
- fixed creation of cue sheets for multiple tracks in a single file
- fixed total progress bar not working correctly with many tracks in joblist
- fixed crash when encoding to single MP4 file
- fixed unwanted downsampling when encoding to low bitrate MP3
- fixed Vorbis (and FLAC) comment tag reading
- fixed not writing Xing header when using LAME presets
- fixed crash when trying to open unsupported Sun Audio (.au) files
- fixed and improved decoding of raw audio formats WAVE, AIFF and AU
- fixed failure to delete read-only files with "Delete files after encoding" option
- fixed last track of CD-Extra discs being two seconds too long
- fixed encoding empty tracks when no CD is inserted
- fixed various CDDB issues
- fixed HTTP proxy authentication
- fixed freaccmd crashes
- fixed support for various artists CDs
- fixed handling of stray tabs in title info
- improved CDDB data sanity check
- improved title info editing user friendliness
- improved metadata extraction from paths
- improved support for network files and directories
- raised maximum file name length
- do not eject discs when user stopped conversion
- NT SCSI mode is now used by default to access CD drives
- fixed ASPI error message being displayed on systems without optical drives
- installer improvements
- lots of fixes to the command line encoder
- fixed uninstaller not working when run directly
- added native x64 platform support
- upgraded FLAC to version 1.3.2
- upgraded FAAC to version 1.28
- upgraded FAAD2 to version 2.7
- upgraded LAME to version 3.99.5
- upgraded Vorbis to version 1.3.5 + aoTuV beta 6.03 (2014)
- upgraded Ogg library to version 1.3.2
- upgraded CDRip to version 2.2 (with cdparanoia III version 10.2)
- upgrade to MP4v2 v2.0.0
- lots of other fixes
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| 7 reviews, Showing 1 to 5 reviews |
Very good software, but like others my using it had declined for said reason of only 2 channel support. Also it would not open mkv sources.
Aug 3, 2017 Version: 1.0.2.8
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
I'd give this a 10/10 but it really is annoying that it won't accept an input source with more than 2 channels. Because of this it is not much use to me anymore.
Jul 16, 2017 Version: 1.0.2.8
OS: Windows 8 Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 6/10
Nice software, but due to the fact that it cannot encode from audio sources more than 2 channels I prefer not to use it and find it very redundant for most of my conversion projects.
Jul 7, 2017 Version: snapshot
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 7/10
I'm using a public beta. This is so close to being the perfect tool for me, I can deal with these two minor issues which I will share below, but if the developer wants to provide fixes, I'd obviously love it even more.
1) when you give it a large number of files to process, it takes a while to figure out what they are (this is before starting the conversion job) but you don't know when it's ready, you just see the "files in joblist" number climbing and eventually it stops. I'd love to see some indication that it is ready to start converting. Maybe a button that lights up or something. It seemed to allow you to start the job even before it was ready, so I didn't know if it would do all my files or not, thus I waited until it stopped counting files.
2) if you have things arranged as Artist \ Title \ CD# for a multi CD set, it will not duplicate this file structure in the destination down to the CD# level. So you end up having to manually create CD1, CD2, etc. folders and then manually moving the files where they should go. I'd like to see an option to duplicate the source folder structure.
Jan 17, 2016 Version: CVS20151122
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
I don't like the new name, I prefer "Bonk"! :(
Nov 21, 2010 Version: 1.017a
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
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