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DESCRIPTION
X Lossless Decoder (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding.

XLD supports the following formats:

  • (Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.ogg)
  • Monkey's Audio (.ape)
  • Wavpack (.wv)
  • TTA (.tta)
  • Apple Lossless (.m4a) [10.4 and later]
  • AIFF, WAV, etc
Other formats supported by Libsndfile are also decodable. XLD uses not decoder frontend but library to decode, so no intermediate files are generated. All of the supported formats can be directly split with the cue sheet. XLD also supports so-called 'embedded' or 'internal' cue sheet.

Currently you can choose output format from WAVE,AIFF and Raw PCM. In addition, you can choose Ogg Vorbis (aoTuV), MPEG-4 AAC (QuickTime/CoreAudio), MP3 (LAME), Apple Lossless and FLAC in the GUI version.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 20091129:
  • Added an experimental support for Shorten (decoding only)
  • Added option to load a specific file automatically as a cover art
  • Added option to scale embedded images smaller than the target size
  • Added option to control embedding album art
  • Added an option to set file type to 'OggS' in FLAC encoder (checked by default)
  • Fixed a prblem that the duration of AAC file is not properly shown in iTunes in case the file is resampled by encoder
  • Fixed a problem when handling cuesheet (or disc) which has only one track with pregap
  • Fixed a filename issue in the cue sheet for separated files
  • Fixed a problem when reading defined but empty metadata in ALAC files
  • Fixed a problem that the state of "Cover Art" item in the "Query Items" submenu was not saved properly
  • Batch conversion now ignores invisible files (like .DS_Store) when scanning directory
  • AccurateRip checker now shows the result with alternate offset candidates
  • NSToolbar based preference pane
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

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Developer:tmkk
Downloads:115,445
  - Version d/l:6,567
Multimedia & Design:Audio
License:Free
Date:29 Nov 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
*****

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Aug 30 2009
*****

HARRY G.  YES. Simply the best and most mac-like audio-converter I have tried so far. Excellent work!  
(Version 20090828)

praisebury
+11
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Sep 4 2009
*****

DR. GIRLFRIEND  Best of the Best.

When people who are new to Macs ask me about essential Mac apps, XLD is always at the top of my list. Stable, easy to use, and free. You can't get better than that. If you're not satisfied with just playing .mp3s, you need this app. It's awesome.

Tested and working fine in Snow Leopard.  
(Version 20090829)

praisebury
+8
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Nov 8 2009
*****

DAVE BROCK  Very clean, elegant, fast and reliable. A beautiful and extremely useful little app. Many thanks to the developers!  
(Version 20091107)

praisebury
+6
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Aug 19 2009
*****

DUKERAUL  Trying to find a reliable flac to mp3 converter was a pain and when reading the reviews on yet another crap converter someone mentioned XLD. The lack of a GUI is weird but it worked like a charm. Be sure to go into the preferences and choose MP3 as the output.

I really like the importing directly into iTunes. Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you!  
(Version 20090320)

praisebury
+5
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Aug 28 2009

AARGL  Simply the best! Ever! ;-)  
(Version 20090828)

praisebury
+3
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Aug 26 2009

MARKOH  Version 20090827a:

Supported the new HE-AAC encoder in Snow Leopard

To use, check "Encode with HE-AAC" checkbox in the option dialog of MPEG-4 AAC encoder. In HE-AAC encoder, true VBR is not available and available bitrate is limited (24-80kbps).

Version 20090827:

Fixed a small problem in CD info.cidb parser

Updated internal drive offset database  
(Version 20090824)

praisebury
+3
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May 21 2009
*****

ZZZ  Worked great in converting .flac to .mp3 with direct placement into iTunes.  
(Version 20090320)

praisebury
+3
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Oct 18 2009
*****

MACZENTRUM  Very good app!  
(Version 20090924)

praisebury
+2
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Apr 11 2009

VOLLARE  Overall a great app, but same problem here,

can't convert Apple lossless to Lame, only works for the first file I drop, the following ones give an error.

What's wrong?  
(Version 20090320)

praisebury
+2
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Apr 21 2009

DOCC  I was in more or less the same situation as several others have described here: trouble decoding FLAC files and having XLD hanging on the second file. (At that point my whole system would hang.)

This surprised me since XLD has performed flawlessly from the first time I tried it.

Removing WindowShade and the APE file it installs fixed all the problems I was having. Those Haxies just don't seem worth the bother.  
(Version 20090320)

praisebury
0

Mar 28 2009

DROPS  You are right GULLI, I have the same problem on my PPC with Tiger (10.4.11).

Apple Lossless can't be re-converted to lame mp3 with XLD,

wether I try a batch conversion or drop single files onto XLD, it doesn't work.

I think XLD produces (maybe minor) corruption in its Apple Lossless files and therefore can't convert them later to lame.

Is there any fast and simple workaround known to get it work in XLD?  
(Version 20090320)

praisebury
+2
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