fre:ac

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
• Added a volume adjustment DSP component

Improvements:

• Added support for WavPack Hybrid Lossless compression with correction files
• Added support for decoding MPEG-4 DASH files
• Added support for opening WebM audio files with the .weba extension
• Added support for downmixing 6.1 channel audio
• Added support for MusicBrainz metadata in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment and APEv2 tags
• Added support for sort order fields in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment and APEv2 tags
• Added support for rating field in Vorbis Comment, APEv2, MP4 and LIST INFO tags
• Added rating field to the tag editor
• Added optional release year column to the joblist
• Changed <disc> filename placeholder to resolve to 1 if disc number is not set
• Improved compatibility with applications writing non-compliant LIST INFO tags (e.g. Traktor)
• Added an option to use source file names as output file names if no metadata is present
• Added an option to control extraction of missing metadata from file names
• Added an option to restrict file names for reading cover art
• Added an option to disable intensity stereo phase inversion to Opus settings
• Added AccurateRip notification options for successful verification and missing database entries
• Sample rate conversion no longer converts to 32 bit float when the source rate matches the target
• Added negative exit codes to indicate errors when running freaccmd
• Added support for KDE color schemes (including dark mode)
• Improved HiDPI scale factor detection in KDE desktop environments
• Respect text scaling factor in addition to font size setting on X11 based systems

Bug fixes:

• Fixed failure (hang and abort after several seconds) to decode chapters from ALAC files
• Fixed interoperability issues of HE- and HEv2-AAC files created with FDK-AAC with foobar2000
• Fixed incorrect gapless information when creating HE- and HEv2-AAC files with FDK-AAC
• Fixed incorrect index times in cuesheets for very long multi-track files
• Fixed incorrect inclusion of data tracks in the audio track count of CD offset strings
• Fixed excessive bitrate when encoding Vorbis on non-x86 LP64 systems
• Fixed decoding of MP4 files with a single chunk taking excessively long
• Fixed HDCD detection for tracks starting with more than about one second of silence
• Fixed floating point samples being converted to integer when creating WavPack files
• Fixed inability to close cover art popup window on Linux

Updated codecs:

• Updated ALAC decoder for security fixes and improved performance
• Updated FFmpeg to version 6.0
• Updated Monkey's Audio to version 9.20
• Updated WavPack to version 5.6.0
• Updated FLAC to version 1.4.2
• Updated Speex to version 1.2.1
• Updated MP4v2 to version 2.1.2
• Updated mpg123 to version 1.31.2
• Updated libsndfile to version 1.2.0

Updated translations:

• Updated Greek translation

New features:

• Added support for editing lyrics in the tag editor
• Added support for creating cue sheets and playlists with freaccmd

Improvements:

• Improved performance of adding video and proprietary audio files (DTS, DSD etc.) to the joblist
• Playlists can now be added to the joblist by drag & drop
• Added <tempo> and <initialkey> placeholders for use in filename patterns
• Added optional composer, conductor, tempo, musical key and ISRC columns to the joblist
• Added initial key field to tag editor
• Added support for lyrics in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and WMA tags
• Added support for parsing OverDrive MediaMarkers in ID3v2 tags
• Added support for the pre-emphasis flag in cue sheets

Bug fixes:

• Fixed possible crash upon querying the CDDB database
• Fixed possible crash in FAAD2 decoder when trying to open unsupported files
• Fixed faulty decoding of certain AAC files caused by a bug in the FDK-AAC decoder
• Fixed possible faulty output when decoding from non-zero positions using external decoders
• Fixed issue ripping CD tracks when output filename pattern is <filename>
• Fixed AccurateRip reporting verification errors for hidden track one audio
• Fixed setting to replace spaces not being respected when writing cover art and log files
• Fixed setting to suppress Unicode characters not being respected when writing cover art and log files
• Fixed tag editor fields for media type, catalog number and barcode being limited to 12 characters

New and updated codecs:

• Added native Apple Lossless decoder
• Updated FFmpeg to version 5.0
• Updated Monkey's Audio to version 7.23
• Updated mpg123 to version 1.29.3
• Updated libsamplerate to version 0.2.2

New translations:

• Added Swedish and Portuguese (Brazilian) manuals

New features:

• Added support for AccurateRip verification

Improvements:

• Added frequency bandwidth setting to FDK-AAC encoder configuration dialog
• 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 occasional crashes when selecting codec subformat using the "Start encoding with" menu
• 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 incompatibility of FDK-AAC encoded HE and HEv2 AAC files with iTunes
• 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 UI glitches and crashes on exit when running in a Wayland session
• Fixed popup menu and dropdown list closing behavior on non-Windows platforms
• Fixed issues with custom DPI settings on Xfce desktops
• Fixed drag & drop working unreliably on X11 based systems

Updated codecs:

• Updated FFmpeg to version 4.4
• Updated Monkey's Audio to version 6.29
• Updated mpg123 to version 1.28.0
• Updated libfdk-aac to version 2.0.2
• 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

Improvements:

• Improved support for reading CD-Text
• Added an HDCD decoder DSP filter
• Added catalog number and barcode fields to tag editor
• Added quality (VBR) setting to FDK-AAC configuration dialog
• Improved MP3, AAC and Opus encoding performance by up to 30%
• Improved multi-monitor support on X11 based systems
• Discs of multi-disc albums are now shown separately in tag editor album mode
• Update only changed fields when making edits in tag editor album mode
• Added support for Replay Gain values in MP4 and WMA metadata
• Do not override settings with default values when using freaccmd's --config option

Bug fixes:

• Fixed invalid length written to very long Opus and Speex files (longer than 12 ½ hours at 48 kHz)
• Fixed decoding of some very short Opus, Vorbis and Speex files
• Fixed written MP4 chapters being invisible to some applications when using Nero AAC
• Fixed hang/crash when opening WavPack, Musepack, TAK and OptimFROG files with chapters
• Fixed issues submitting CDDB information for new CDs (without existing entries)
• Fixed output sample rate being limited to 192 kHz
• Fixed freaccmd randomly failing to process files in rare cases
• Fixed bad user interface colors on some Linux distributions

Updated codecs:

• Switched from FAAC to FDK-AAC for AAC encoding
• Updated Monkey's Audio to version 6.11
• Updated WavPack to version 5.4.0
• Updated mpg123 to version 1.26.4
• Updated FAAD2 to version 2.10.0

Updated translations:

• Updated Romanian translation
• Updated Portuguese (Brazilian) translation