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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 20100123:
  • Supported detecting pregap length longer than 10 seconds
  • Added support for "SONGWRITER" command as the composer info in cue sheets
  • Added the option to skip detecting pregap
  • Format string for the album artist (%A) is now replaced with "Compilations" when the compilation flag is set
  • Pre-gap length is shown in the ripping log
  • Checkboxes in the track list window accept modifier key
  • Fixed a CDDB and AR query issue in CD-extra discs
  • Fixed a crash when disable embedding cover images
  • Fixed an invalid duration time issue in Apple HE-AAC encoder
  • Fixed a hangup when reading ogg vorbis files
  • Updated WavPack library to version 4.60.1
  • Updated libsndfile to version 1.0.21
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

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Developer:tmkk
Downloads:123,625
  - Version d/l:4,857
Multimedia & Design:Audio
License:Free
Date:23 Jan 2010
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
*****

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Jan 19 2010

MCUSR  @Dev

Please add an option to automatically create subfolder with album/artist name when converting/ripping. That way you could convert several albums without cleaning out the convert folder first for next album, otherwise it would be a mess.

Very nice app.  
(Version 20091129)

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Jan 23 2010

SWORDFISH  Many devs do not check MacUpdate, VersionTracker etc. If you really want that feature, email him directly.  
(Version 20100123)

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+3
Jan 23 2010

MACLOVIN  It's already an option. Just use "/" in the box for naming whatever you rip and it automatically does it.  
(Version 20100123)

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+3

Nov 30 2009
*****

NONTROPPO  This app just keeps getting better and better. It has amazing functionality, and is the *only* application for OS X that has verified reading from CDs to the same quality as EAC on Windows (which OS X users have had to run too for years for perfect rips, not good being second fiddle!) Although I still like Max, XLD is much better at ensuring perfect backups of my precious CDs, there is no other software that can do this to the same level for Mac owners without bootcamp/VM to the dark side.

The transcoding and metadata handling is also very functional, and while the UI is a bit quirky, very usable. Please do consider giving donations to this unique app for OS X users.  
(Version 20091129)

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Nov 8 2009
*****

YOSHINATSU  ULTIMATE.  
(Version 20091108)

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+2
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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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Oct 18 2009
*****

MACZENTRUM  Very good app!  
(Version 20090924)

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+2
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Oct 3 2009

SWORDFISH  Since I upgraded to Snow Leopard, the AAC encoder is giving me files twice as big with True VBR Q90 mode. Anyone have an idea why?  
(Version 20090924)

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Nov 7 2009

R33C3  In what this program? Or another

Try dropping the bitrate a little.   
(Version 20091107)

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0
Nov 29 2009

SWORDFISH  I wrote the dev and he told me the true VBR encoder had changed in QuickTime 7.6.3  
(Version 20091129)

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0

Oct 2 2009

GARYI  Getting some funky crash situations with latest build, seems to take safari with it for some reason

Otherwise super app.  
(Version 20090924)

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Sep 25 2009

ILIKETRASH  What is so great about this? There are no options to set bit depth or sampling rate on most of the formats where that makes sense. Also, there is no option to set floating point where that makes sense, and there is no raw floating point format at all.  
(Version 20090924)

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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)

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+8
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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)

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+11
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