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Portable fre:ac

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Certified 100% FREE Donationware     /  GPLv2   

Try a powerful, free audio converter, encoder, and CD ripper, with extensive support for all well-known file formats including MP3, MP4, FLAC, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, or AAC. #CD Ripper  #Audio Encoder  #Audio Converter  #Ripper  #Encoder  #Audio  

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fre:ac is a tool designed to help users who need to encode/decode audio files in bulk, to organize and convert them, and access CDDB databases for retrieving important data about CD tracks.

fre:ac is a good program and a valuable resource. It offers a lot of features, it's completly free, and it is open-source. One minor inconvenience and something that could be improved is its interface. Indeed the tool's appearance is a little outdated. However, when it comes to its technical capabilities, fre:ac is super useful and works fast.

The portable version is easy to access and offers a lot of flexibility. Without needing installation or additional components, the tool offers quick access to audio conversion (even for multiple, different-format files). The program supports a lot of well-known audio file formats, plus adding playlists, cue sheets, or chapters. On top of that, it also allows for handling large, uncompressed files (lossless inputs and outputs).

The program has an in-built CD ripping feature that offers the possibility to copy the audio content from your disc to your local machine. One can granularly customize the details of the whole process, adjust files' quality, change the outputs' parameters, play and preview the tracks, match the lossless input encoding with the output decoding, or automate the ripping process.

One can preview the file content, check the track's information and tags, or completely rewrite the files' metadata. Thanks to the CDDB (Compact Disc Database) implementation, the tool can access online databases for checking and retrieve information about audio files (such as a track's name, album, artist, etc) for further tagging each song.

To summarize, Portable fre:ac is probably a tool you might want to try. If you are a practical person and need a free, well-functioning program for handling your CDs, converting audio files, or organizing music based on CDDB data, this app is a great choice.

What's new in Portable fre:ac 1.1.7:

  • New features:
  • Added a tool for splitting output by various parameters (e.g. duration or number of files)
  • Added support for dithering when reducing sample resolution
  • Added a matrix surround decoder DSP component
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Portable fre:ac 1.1.7

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  portable version
This is the portable version of the application. An installable version is also available: fre:ac
  runs on:
Windows 10 32/64 bit
Windows 8 32/64 bit
Windows 7 32/64 bit
  file size:
20.4 MB
  filename:
freac-1.1.7-windows-i686.zip
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Portable fre:ac - Adding multiple files for bulk conversion can be done with drag-and-dropPortable fre:ac - The CDDB option allows to compute the unique disc ID for retrieving information about songsPortable fre:ac - Users can define or (re)write their files' metadataPortable fre:ac - screenshot #4Portable fre:ac - screenshot #5Portable fre:ac - screenshot #6Portable fre:ac - screenshot #7Portable fre:ac - screenshot #8
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