freac for Mac1.1.5.5561

Name: freac
Rating: 2.3 (10 reviews)

28 June 2021

Audio converter and CD ripper.

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What is freac for Mac

freac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various popular formats and encoders. It converts between MP3, M4A/AAC, Opus, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, AIFF, WAV and other formats. You can easily rip your audio CDs to MP3 or M4A 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, M4A/AAC, Opus, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, AIFF, WAV and other formats
Integrated CD ripper with CDDB/freedb title database support
Parallel processing 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 more than 40 languages
Completely free and open source without a catch

What's new in freac

Version 1.1.5.5561:

The download provided here is for OS X 10.5 up to 10.15. A download for macOS 11.0 Big Sur is available in the 'Other Requirements' section (press Show More).

New features

Added support for AccurateRip verification

Improvements

Added an option to toggle logging of complete paths in log files
Added options for specifying cover art files to freaccmd
Added support for reading Shift_JIS encoded CD-Text
Added support for writing album and track comments to cue sheets
Added support for ID3v2 tags in RF64 files
Added support for updating Vorbis Comment tags
Added support for updating ID3v2 tags in RIFF and AIFF files
Added support for updating LIST INFO tags in RIFF, RF64 and Wave64 files
Added support for ensemble field in Vorbis Comment and APEv2 tags
Added support for movement field in ID3v2, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and MP4 tags
Added support for additional URL fields in APEv2 tags
Added a tag editor option to keep album artist even if identical to track artist
Added media type field to tag editor

Bug fixes

Fixed hotspot for genre edit field utility menu not covering the whole width of the field
Fixed chapter marks being offset by a few seconds when using DSP processing
Fixed playback not working when using certain combinations of DSP processors
Fixed issue decoding FLAC files with unknown length
Fixed glitches decoding transients in some Vorbis files
Fixed possible crashes when decoding Opus files
Fixed rare crashes in LAME encoder component
Fixed strings read from ID3v2 tags being limited to 1024 characters
Fixed crash when reading malformed CD-Text genre IDs
Fixed failure ripping with negative read offset
Fixed disc eject not working
Fixed crash when closing fre:ac via dock command
Fixed popup menu and dropdown list closing behavior

Updated codecs

Updated FFmpeg to version 4.4
Updated Monkey's Audio to version 6.29
Updated mpg123 to version 1.28.0
Updated libogg to version 1.3.5
Updated libsndfile to version 1.0.31
Updated libsamplerate to version 0.2.1

Updated translations

Updated Norwegian translation
Updated Russian manual

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Scoogr

Jun 29 2021

1.1.5.5561

Version: 1.1.5.5561

I found this app while setting up a Linux box, looking for something to use instead of XLD. I've done a few projects with it now and have been very pleased with the results, it has a lot to offer. And three cheers to the developer who has made many improvements recently.

Dp-G4-450guy

Nov 17 2020

1.1.3.5320

1.0

Version: 1.1.3.5320

the download goes to "113.b" - beta?

OSX-FTW!

Oct 28 2020

1.1.3.5319

5.0

Version: 1.1.3.5319

5 Stars to offset the unfair 1 star reviews. This is very good, and I'm using it over XLD because freac has better speeds. It does have CD Paranoia, it's got a throttle. I like this current effort, keep it up. Don't let others dissuade you.

476429

Aug 22 2020

1.1.2.5222

4.0

Version: 1.1.2.5222

Works perfectly for my needs. I simultaneously rip/encode to ALAC and LAME (-V 0). Excellent customizability and excellent responsiveness from the developer. The Help menu has options for reporting bugs and requesting features. You can also simply ask questions on fre:ac's GitHub Issues page. The developer typically responds within twenty-four hours.

Kenm22

Apr 19 2020

1.1.1.5182

Version: 1.1.1.5182

It's amazing to me that some people get confrontational in their reviews when the software is free. It's one thing if you paid for it and feel you didn't get what you paid for, but it's another when you attack a developer who is giving you something at no charge. If the free software doesn't work, write a non-confrontational review and move on to something else. You are out absolutely nothing.

Jan 23 2020

1.1.0.5060

Version: 1.1.0.5060

STILL no fix for the MP3 tags problems. Developer - do you even care? This is a deal-breaker for me, and others. We don't want to see "Hotel Californi " or "Stairway To Heave " ....... get it?

Scion777

Jan 13 2020

1.1.0.5059

Version: 1.1.0.5059

Additionally, this is not using the Mac OS-based formatting - the last character of the fields is dropped when viewed with Quicktime's Inspector is viewing the tags. Needs work. And more importantly, needs backwards-compatibility with older ID3 standards.

Doesn't write to the Quicktime 7 Pro "Group" field. Doesn't capture blank-space lines in Comments field / can't view separated lines in the Comments field.

Tlance

Aug 3 2015

1.1.0.3552

Version: 1.1.0.3552

Why folks go to so much trouble when it's obvious they can't come close to the standard that XLD is, well, it is beyond my comprehension. No log, for Mac OS X doesn't even use CD Paranoia, butt-ugly, no simultaneous multiple encode ability, etc. I can not find one thing exceptional.

Jul 26 2013

1.1.0.2245

Version: 1.1.0.2245

Trying to launch this it says it requires X11? I don't see that listed in the requirements. It should be added. I'm not reviewing this because I'm not really interested due to the X11 requirement. There are other apps that do the same thing and are stand alone.