Category Archives: FLAC

Free Lossless Audio Codec

FLAC ~ Free Lossless Audio CODEC

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FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo) just like you would a MP3 file.

FLAC stands out as the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec, and the only one that at once is non-proprietary, is unencumbered by patents, has an open-source reference implementation, has a well documented format and API and has several other independent implementations.

xiph.org/flac
xiph.org/flac/comparison
xiph.org/flac/documentation
xiph.org/flac/download
xiph.org/flac/faq
sourceforge.net/projects/flac
github.com/xiph/flac
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC

Additional resources:

sourceforge.net/projects/flacfrontend
FLAC Development Forum @ Hydrogen Audio

FLAC Test Bench:

wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=FLAC_decoder_testbench

Encoders:

FLACCL ~ cue.tools/wiki/FLACCL

References:

www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9639.html#table13

Max ~ Mac Audio CD Ripper

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A Mac application for ripping high quality audio files from CDs. Integrated with MusicBrainz.

github.com/sbooth/Max

macOS 10.7 or greater.

Main site is 404, source code needs to be compiled. Any takers? Let me know.

AudioShell ~ ID3 Tag Editor & Windows Shell Extension

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AudioShell adds an ID3 tag editor and files rename tools into Windows system music files pop-up menu. AudioShell property shell handler adds detailed music tags information into Windows Explorer columns and Preview pane, thumbnail handler adds thumbnails with album art into Explorer. Full Unicode and 64 bit support.

www.softpointer.com/AudioShell

CDBurnerXP ~ Freeware CD & DVD Burning

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CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multi language interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free.

  • burn all kinds of discs
  • audio-CDs with or without gaps between tracks
  • burn and create ISO files
  • data verification after burning process
  • create bootable discs
  • multi-language interface
  • bin/nrg β†’ ISO converter, simple cover printing and much more!
  • Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista/2008/Win7/Win8/Win10 (x86 / x64)

cdburnerxp.se
cdburnerxp.se/en/download
forum.cdburnerxp.se
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDBurnerXP

XLD ~ Mac CD Player / Ripper

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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. It works on Mac OS X 10.4 and later. XLD is Universal Binary, so it runs natively on both Intel Macs and PPC Macs.

tmkk.undo.jp/xld
sourceforge.net/projects/xld
wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=XLD

PowerShell Audio ~ Automate Conversions / Tagging

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An extensible, multi-format audio conversion and tagging module for Windows PowerShellβ„’

github.com/jherby2k/PowerShellAudio/releases
Primer
List of Cmdlets
Script Examples

Hydrogen Audio Forum
Hydrogen Audio Wiki

dBpoweramp Music Converter ~ mp3 Converter, FLAC, WAV, AAC & Apple Lossless.

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dBpoweramp Music Converter – mp3 converter, FLAC, WAV, AAC and Apple Lossless. Free Download (21 day full trial), start converting today!

 

www.dbpoweramp.com

WMP Tag Plus ~ Extends WMP File Formats

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WMP Tag Plus is a plug-in that integrates seamlessly into Windows Media Player to provide library and tagging support for additional music formats. These formats include FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WavPack, Monkey’s Audio (.ape), Musepack and MPEG-4. Windows Media Player 11 or higher.

bmproductions.fixnum.org
hydrogenaud.io/index.php?topic=80263.0

EAC ~ Additional Command Line Compression Options For FLAC Encoding

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My current EAC FLAC command line

EAC / Compression Options / External Compression / Additional command-line options:

-8 -V -T “ARTIST=%artist%” -T “TITLE=%title%” -T “ALBUM=%albumtitle%” -T “DATE=%year%” -T “TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%” -T “GENRE=%genre%” -T “COMMENT=%comment%” -T “Performer=%albuminterpret%” -T “ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%” -T “COMPOSER=%composer%” -T “CRC=%trackcrc%” -T “FREEDBID=%cddbid%” %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS=”%lyricsfile%”%haslyrics% -T “DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%” -T “TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%” -T “TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%” %hascover%–picture=”%coverfile%”%hascover% %source% -o %dest%

References:

EAC and FLAC ~ Hydrogen Audio Wiki