fre:ac is an open source audio converter and CD ripper that supports a wide range of popular formats and encoders.
The utility currently converts between MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, WAV and Bonk formats. It comes with several different presents for the LAME encoder.
fre:ac uses the CDex library to convert from CDs and uses freedb to retrieve artist/song information from the internet which is written to the files as various types of ID3 tags
Key Features
- Easy to learn and use.
- Converter for MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, WAV and Bonk formats.
- Integrated CD ripper with CDDB/freedb title database support.
- Multi-core optimized encoders to speed up conversions on modern PCs.
- Full Unicode support for tags and file names.
- Easy to learn and use, still offers expert options when you need them.
- Joblists.
- Can use Winamp 2 input plugins.
- Multilingual user interface available in 41 languages.
Website: www.freac.org
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Robert Kausch
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
fre:ac is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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