fre:ac 1.1.6

fre:ac - free audio converter

fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various popular formats and encoders. It currently converts between MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, WAV and Bonk formats.

With fre:ac you easily rip your audio CDs to MP3 or WMA files for use with your hardware player or convert files that do not play with other audio software. You can even convert whole music libraries retaining the folder and filename structure. The integrated CD ripper supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database. It will automatically query song information and write it to ID3v2 or other title information tags.

Features:

Converter for MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, WAV and Bonk formats
Integrated CD ripper with CDDB/freedb title database support
Portable application, install on a USB stick and take it with you
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
Multilingual user interface available in 40 languages
Completely free and open source without a catch

fre:ac 1.1.6 changelog:

Added native support for Windows on the ARM64 architecture

New features

added support for editing lyrics in the tag editor
added support for creating cue sheets and playlists with freaccmd

Improvements

improved performance of adding video and proprietary audio files (DTS, DSD etc.) to the joblist
playlists can now be added to the joblist by drag & drop
added and placeholders for use in filename patterns
added optional composer, conductor, tempo, musical key and ISRC columns to the joblist
added initial key field to tag editor
added support for lyrics in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and WMA tags
added support for parsing OverDrive MediaMarkers in ID3v2 tags
added support for the pre-emphasis flag in cue sheets

Bug fixes

fixed possible crash upon querying the CDDB database
fixed possible crash in FAAD2 decoder when trying to open unsupported files
fixed faulty decoding of certain AAC files caused by a bug in the FDK-AAC decoder
fixed possible faulty output when decoding from non-zero positions using external decoders
fixed issue ripping CD tracks when output filename pattern is
fixed AccurateRip reporting verification errors for hidden track one audio
fixed setting to replace spaces not being respected when writing cover art and log files
fixed setting to suppress Unicode characters not being respected when writing cover art and log files
fixed tag editor fields for media type, catalog number and barcode being limited to 12 characters
fixed freeze when decoding certain WMA files on Windows
fixed drag & drop not working after online update on Windows