fre:ac (formerly BonkEnc) 1.1

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 highlights:

Availability for macOS and Linux, in addition to Windows
Availability of 64 bit versions for Windows and other operating systems
Support for dark mode on Windows and macOS
A reworked conversion engine with support for multi-threading and parallel processing
An integrated tag editor with support for cover images
An extension for simultaneous output to multiple formats
Support for new codecs including Opus, Apple Lossless, Monkey's Audio, WavPack and others
Support for DSP filters and lossless file verification
Support for multi-channel audio
Support for managing multiple configurations
Support for writing log files