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I just released fre:ac 1.0.26. It's a maintenance release that fixes several issues found in earlier versions.

Changes in this release:

• - updated Serbian (Latin and Cyrillic) translations
  - improved detection of concatenated MP3 files
  - sped up opening and saving Ogg Vorbis files with cover art
  - read non-standard TOTALTRACKS and TOTALDISCS Vorbis Comment fields
  - fill number of tracks metadata field when ripping audio CDs
  - do not crash when Vorbis encoder fails to initialize
  - fixed crash when trying to open invalid Ogg Vorbis files
  - fixed crash when trying to create Ogg Vorbis files with very large cover art
  - fixed crash when scrolling joblist while a tooltip is visible
  - fixed Xing/LAME MP3 information tag parsing
  - fixed edit box text disappearing in some cases in scaled mode

Get the update at freac.org.

BR,
enzo

Hi folks,

I just released fre:ac 1.0.27:

• added Cantonese (Hong Kong) and Corsican language support
• minor improvements for CDDB submit dialog
• improved detection of cover art mime types
• display error message only once when adding multiple files while converting
• fixed erroneous message about non existing folder if it is drive's root
• fixed issues handling CDDB entries with line breaks
• fixed inability to send new CDDB entries when there was a disc-id collision
• fixed CDDB query dialog appearing off screen when main window is minimized

fre:ac 1.0.27 on freac.org

Thanks,
Robert

Hi,

I released fre:ac 1.0.28 today. Just a small update, mainly for the new FLAC version and a fix related to cover art handling:

• upgraded FLAC to version 1.3.2
• updated Chinese (traditional) translation
• configuration is now saved in freac.xml
• fixed crash on some invalid cover art

fre:ac 1.0.28 on freac.org

Thanks,
Robert

enzo wrote:I released fre:ac 1.0.28 today

Good stuff, thanks for letting us know.

EDIT: I noticed the current distro shrinks down to 3.72 megs when in .7z format versus the 5.74 megs for the ZIP distro. It's far from crucial and I imagine only sourceforge would care (thanks slightly less bandwidth) but I thought that might be interesting.

I still prefer the freak snapshots (currently using freac-20161129-windows-x64) not only because of the x64 version but mainly because the goodies they offer- Monkey's Audio, OptimFROG, Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor, WavPack, etc. When will these codecs be included in the stable branch?

By the way I liked the old name (BonkEnc) better.

smaragdus wrote:By the way I liked the old name (BonkEnc) better.

Probably not something he can go back on

I just released fre:ac 1.0.29. This version replaces the aging MAD MP3 decoder with the mpg123 library, updates FAAC/FAAD2 to the latest versions and fixes some minor issues:

• now using the mpg123 library for MP3 decoding
• changed default FLAC blocksize to 4096 samples to match official FLAC tools
• removed support for obsolete Main and LTP AAC profiles
• fixed progress not being updated for long running conversions
• fixed handling of stray tabs in title info
• upgraded CDRip to version 1.26 to fix handling of drives with letter A:
• upgraded FAAC to version 1.29.7
• upgraded FAAD2 to version 2.8.1

fre:ac 1.0.29 on freac.org

Thanks,
Robert

Hi all, I released fre:ac 1.0.30 today.

The new release updates the FAAC encoder to fix an issue with high bitrates, slightly improves the CDDB submit dialog and improves compatibility with virtual drive software.

fre:ac 1.0.30 on freac.org

Thanks,
Robert

Hi all, I just released fre:ac 1.0.31.

This release fixes issues detecting USB CD drives after a recent Windows update, improves audio format compatibility and updates the included codecs to the latest versions, including LAME 3.100.

fre:ac 1.0.31 on freac.org

Thanks,
Robert

And now, fre:ac 1.0.31a is out.

It updates the FAAC encoder to fix a bug with Joint Stereo encoding.

fre:ac 1.0.31a on freac.org

Hi all,

I just released fre:ac 1.0.32. The new release improves usability and fixes several minor issues:

• show joblist duration in hours if longer than 1 hour
• improved behaviour of bitrate selection controls
• changed default output pattern to <artist> - <album> - <track> - <title>
• added Serbian and Chinese (traditional) translations for the installer
• fixed issues with encoding to single file when suggested file name becomes too long
• fixed handling of empty track metadata field
• fixed handling of invalid Xing/LAME tags
• fixed FAAC quality setting
• fixed missing album art mimetype in MP4 metadata
• fixed TwinVQ and WMA encoders being mixed up in config dialog
• upgraded mpg123 to version 1.25.10
• upgrade to MP4v2 v2.0.0

fre:ac 1.0.32 on freac.org

Thanks,
Robert

Hey,enzo.
I have a question about this last version.
This version does not work correctly for me. The program is permanently closed
On the previous version, this was not, what's the problem?
Thanks
Crypto

Hi Crypto,
Does it close while converting something? Or just so without doing anything specific? Do you get the "freac.exe is not working anymore" dialog or does it just disappear?
Best,
Robert

Hi all,

I just released fre:ac 1.0.33. The new release improves compatibility and fixes several issues:

• the fre:ac installer is now digitally signed
• prepared for freedb.org shutdown on 31st March 2020
• rip only tracks from the newly inserted disc when auto-ripping
• do not start ripping automatically if no freedb entry is found
• improved compatibility with ADTS AAC files
• use high resolution icons from fre:ac 1.1 branch
• fixed compatibility issues with Windows 10 UTF-8 codepage setting
• fixed hangs when trying to open some Windows Wave files
• fixed setup not running with elevated rights on non-administrator accounts
• fixed freaccmd issues with files without metadata
• updated codecs to latest versions

fre:ac 1.0.33 on freac.org

Thanks,
Robert