fre:ac [CD ripper & audio encoder; formerly BonkEnc]

[enzo]

I just released BonkEnc v1.0.13.

This release adds multicore optimized encoders that should be much faster especially on quad core processors. Also comes with translation updates and some bug fixes.

Download it from bonkenc.org.

Best regards,
Robert

[webfork]

Great stuff, thanks!

[enzo]

I released BonkEnc v1.0.14.

This release fixes a bug that caused the program to hang or crash on some Windows 7 systems. It also comes with significant speed optimizations and several other improvements.

Download it from bonkenc.org.

Best regards,
Robert

[enzo]

I've changed the name of my BonkEnc project to fre:ac - free audio converter.

A new release (v1.0.17) is available from www.freac.org.

[bassiliin]

Would be nice if in program could be used relative paths (in "..\..\" style)

Btw, seems like bug is in. It creates files "Song.mp3.wav" and encodes to "Song.mp3 " and it won't delete .wav. No matter is Keep ripped Wave files selected or not.

edit: ok, deleting files depends on way to use folder for files. If I used ".\" which created files in root of drive, files were kept. But if I used browsing method for folder then it worked ok.

[webfork]

I've changed the name of my BonkEnc project to fre:ac - free audio converter.

Thanks for letting us know, but why the name change?

[enzo]

BonkEnc originally was a frontend to the Bonk encoder, hence the name. But over time it has become much more than that and the Bonk format on the other hand is quite obsolete now. So I started thinking about a name change.

This will allow me to remove the Bonk encoder from the main distribution in the future (i.e. it will be an optional component in fre:ac v1.1). A BonkEnc without the Bonk encoder would have been a little silly...

[webfork]

This will allow me to remove the Bonk encoder from the main distribution in the future (i.e. it will be an optional component in fre:ac v1.1). A BonkEnc without the Bonk encoder would have been a little silly...

Oddly I had stopped associating the program with the BONK format already, so I guess that's why it wasn't obvious to me. Now the name change makes so much sense.

Additonally, thanks for your work on this program, its definitely my favorite of its kind. I'll update the PFWC entry on it soon.

[enzo]

I released a hotfix for the MP3 decoder in fre:ac v1.0.17. It fixes an issue with the original decoder skipping the first few seconds of MP3 files.

The patch is available via easyUpdate as well as at www.freac.org.

[webfork]

The patch is available via easyUpdate as well as at www.freac.org.

Couldn't find the 17a version on SF's site, but yes, the autoupdate does work fine.

Also, can fre:ac open quicktime-encoded m4a files? I'm having trouble opening one, and someone reported problems in the entry comments.

[enzo]

The hotfix is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bonkenc ... ac/1.0.17/

fre:ac should be able to open QuickTime encoded files as long as they are M4A-AAC files. There's also the Apple Lossless format (ALAC) and its extension is M4A as well. M4A-ALAC files can be opened with recent fre:ac v1.1 snapshots. A new one is sheduled for release today.

[webfork]

The hotfix is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bonkenc ... ac/1.0.17/

fre:ac should be able to open QuickTime encoded files as long as they are M4A-AAC files. There's also the Apple Lossless format (ALAC) and its extension is M4A as well. M4A-ALAC files can be opened with recent fre:ac v1.1 snapshots. A new one is sheduled for release today.

Cool, thanks. Updating entry.

[enzo]

fre:ac v1.0.18 is now available at http://www.freac.org.

It features gapless MP3 decoding support, improved support for CD-Text on sampler CDs and an updated Ogg Vorbis encoder (aoTuV beta 6.02). Also includes the usual translation updates and bug fixes.

[SYSTEM]

Thank you. Entry updated.

[enzo]

I just released fre:ac v1.0.19. It comes with an updated Ogg Vorbis aoTuV encoder and fixes several bugs.

http://www.freac.org/