Portable fre:ac

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 Indeed the tool's appearance is a little outdated.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.