Freac



The Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center (FREAC), established in 1969, is the original center within the Institute of Science and Public Affairs (ISPA). We promote collaborations among the university's faculty, staff, and students and eagerly participate in efforts connecting academic, public, and private organizations. The latest fre:ac version should switch to that server automatically, so please check if you are running fre:ac 1.1.3a already. Nevertheless, the freedb.freac.org server is working here for me. It's possible that fre:ac is blocked in your firewall or that the server is temporarily unreachable from. Fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper for various formats and encoders. It features MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, and Bonk format support, integrates freedb/CDDB, CDText and ID3v2 tagging and is available in several languages. Fre:ac is an open source audio converter for Windows, Linux and Mac. We have reviewed alternatives in the past such as using AIMP3, fmedia, shanaEncoder, or Hamster Audio converter. The program's GUI may look a bit intimidating, but on the contrary it is quite easy to pick up and use. FReaC Cache is able to provide better end-to-end performance and power, at much lower cost, when compared to off-chip accelerators. FReaC Cache partitions are flexible, allowing the user to choose how much of LLC to use for computation, with the rest remaining as a cache. In this work, we focus on introducing the ideas and principles.

  1. How To Use Fre:ac

Here you will find the latest fre:ac releases and fre:ac related downloads. For a list of all downloads including older versions, please see the fre:ac releases section on GitHub.



fre:ac 1.1.4
Saturday, 10 April 2021 13:15

Download fre:ac 1.1.4:

  • Windows

fre:ac is available from the Microsoft store:

Alternatively, it is available as a self extracting installer or .zip package: Mac os x for linux users.

  • Self extracting installer (64 bit): freac-1.1.4-windows-x64.exe
  • Self extracting installer (32 bit): freac-1.1.4-windows.exe
  • Binary .zip package (64 bit): freac-1.1.4-windows-x64.zip
  • Binary .zip package (32 bit): freac-1.1.4-windows.zip
  • macOS
  • Intel and PowerPC Macs, macOS 10.5 or later: freac-1.1.4-macos10.dmg
  • Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, macOS 11.0 or later: freac-1.1.4-macos11.dmg
  • Linux

fre:ac is available as a Snap or Flatpak package:

Alternatively, it is available in AppImage format:

  • x86 (64 bit): freac-1.1.4-linux-x86_64.AppImage
  • x86 (32 bit): freac-1.1.4-linux-i686.AppImage
  • ARM (64 bit): freac-1.1.4-linux-aarch64.AppImage
  • ARM (32 bit): freac-1.1.4-linux-armhf.AppImage

To start an AppImage, make it executable and run it:

chmod a+x freac-v1.1.4-linux-x86_64.AppImage
./freac-v1.1.4-linux-x86_64.AppImage

  • FreeBSD
  • Binary .tar.gz package (64 bit): freac-1.1.4-freebsd-x64.tar.gz
  • Binary .tar.gz package (32 bit): freac-1.1.4-freebsd.tar.gz

    (to run fre:ac, you might have to install libcurl if not present already)

  • Haiku

You can find and install fre:ac in HaikuDepot by searching for fre:ac. Alternatively, you can install it from the command line by typing:

  • 64 bit Haiku installation: pkgman install freac
  • 32 bit Haiku installation: pkgman install freac_x86
  • Source code
  • Source code repository: Browse at GitHub
  • Source code .tar.gz package: freac-1.1.4.tar.gz

    (to compile fre:ac from source code you need the Component Development Kit and smooth version 0.9.7) Kvm for mac.

Component Development Kit
Sunday, 14 February 2021 23:23

The fre:ac Component Development Kit (CDK) enables software developers to create custom BoCA components for fre:ac development releases. The latest release of the CDK is 1.1.4:

  • Windows
  • Binary .zip package (64 bit): freac-cdk-1.1.4-windows-x64.zip
  • Binary .zip package (32 bit): freac-cdk-1.1.4-windows.zip
  • Other OS
  • Source code repository: Browse at GitHub
  • Source code .tar.gz package: boca-1.0.4.tar.gz

    (to use the Component Development Kit you need smooth version 0.9.7)

Continuous Builds
Saturday, 10 April 2021 13:14

fre:ac continuous builds are available as Windows .zip packages and Linux AppImages:

  • Windows
  • Binary .zip package (64 bit): freac-continuous-windows-x64.zip
  • Binary .zip package (32 bit): freac-continuous-windows.zip
  • macOS
  • Intel Macs, macOS 10.9 or later: freac-continuous-macos10.dmg
  • Linux
  • x86 (64 bit): freac-continuous-linux-x86_64.AppImage
  • x86 (32 bit): freac-continuous-linux-i686.AppImage
  • ARM (64 bit): freac-continuous-linux-aarch64.AppImage
  • ARM (32 bit): freac-continuous-linux-armhf.AppImage

    • To start an AppImage, make it executable and run it:

    chmod a+x freac-continuous-linux-x86_64.AppImage
    ./freac-continuous-linux-x86_64.AppImage

  • Source code
  • Source code repository: Browse at GitHub
  • Source code .tar.gz package: freac-continuous.tar.gz

    (to compile fre:ac from source code you need the Component Development Kit and smooth version 0.9.7)

Codec Sources and Patches
Sunday, 14 February 2021 23:28

fre:ac uses the following open source codecs and patches:

  • CDIO Library v2.1.0: libcdio-2.1.0.tar.bz2
  • CDIO Paranoia v2.0.1: libcdio-paranoia-release-10.2-2.0.1.tar.gz
  • FFmpeg v4.3.1: ffmpeg-4.3.1.tar.xz
  • Free Advanced Audio Coder v1.30: faac-1.30.tar.gz
  • Free Advanced Audio Decoder v2.10.0: faad2-2_10_0.tar.gz
  • FLAC v1.3.3: flac-1.3.3.tar.xz
  • LAME v3.100: lame-3.100.tar.gz
    • LAME v3.100 fast CRC processing patch: lame-3.100-fastcrc.diff
    • TMKK's AltiVec optimization patch: lame-3.100-altivec-20171014.diff
    • TMKK's SSE optimization patch: lame-3.100-sse-20171014.diff
  • libsamplerate v0.1.9: libsamplerate-0.1.9.tar.gz
  • libsndfile v1.0.28: libsndfile-1.0.28.tar.gz
  • Monkey's Audio 6.11: MAC_SDK_611.zip
    • Patch to build with the GNU Compiler on Windows: mac-sdk-6.11-gcc.patch
  • MP4v2 v2.0.0: mp4v2-2.0.0.tar.bz2
    • Various fixes for all platforms: mp4v2-2.0.0-fixes.patch
    • Fixes specific to the Windows platform: mp4v2-2.0.0-win32.patch
  • mpg123 v1.26.4: mpg123-1.26.4.tar.bz2
  • Musepack r475: musepack_src_r475.tar.gz
  • Ogg v1.3.4: libogg-1.3.4.tar.xz
  • Opus v1.3.1: opus-1.3.1.tar.gz
  • RNNoise 20190904: rnnoise-master-20190904.zip
  • Rubber Band v1.8.2: rubberband-1.8.2.tar.bz2
    • Portability fixes for Rubber Band: rubberband-1.8.2-fixed.diff
  • Speex v1.2.0: speex-1.2.0.tar.gz
  • Vorbis v1.3.7: libvorbis-1.3.7.tar.xz
    • Patch to add aoTuV beta 6.03 optimizations: libvorbis-1.3.7-aotuv-b6.03.patch
    • Patch to add Lancer SSE optimizations: libvorbis-1.3.7-aotuv-b6.03-lancer.patch
  • WavPack v5.4.0: wavpack-5.4.0.tar.bz2

fre:ac
Developer(s)Robert Kausch
Initial releaseMay 12, 2001; 19 years ago (as BonkEnc)
Stable release
Repositorygithub.com/enzo1982/freac
Written inC, C++
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD
TypeCD ripper
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitewww.freac.org
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fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD extractor for Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD, distributed under the GNU General Public License.[2]

Fre:ac alternativeFre:ac software

Besides extracting audio from compact discs (with various features including hidden track detection), fre:ac can also convert audio files from one format to another or to the same format but a lower bitrate. fre:ac is compatible with many audio formats such as Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MP3, MP4/M4A, AAC, WAV, WMA and more.[3][4]fre:ac uses the CDex library to convert from CDs and uses freedb to retrieve artist/song information from the internet which is written to the files as various types of ID3 tags; this library supports cdparanoia which aims to improve audio quality.[5] The user interface is multilingual with 43 languages and is able to be a portable install on a USB drive.

History[edit]

Freac

The first public version of fre:ac was published in 2001 under the name BonkEnc. The program was originally developed to convert audio to the proprietary lossy/lossless Bonk format, as well as MP3. Over time MP3 became dominant, although fre:ac still supports Bonk. After several 0.x versions, with added support for other formats and extracting audio from compact discs, version 1.0 Beta 1 was released on July 5, 2003 which officially marked the beginning of the beta phase.

Finally, on February 21, 2007 the first stable version of the program, version 1.0, was released.

The project changed its name to fre:ac with the release of version 1.0.17 on November 14, 2010. The latest update, version 1.1.4, was released on Sunday, February 14, 2021.

Awards[edit]

Play music app for mac. fre:ac won the SourceForgeCommunity Choice Project of the Month award in October 2015.[6] In May 2018 it was selected as the SourceForge Staff Pick Project of the Month.[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Free
  1. ^'Releases · enzo1982/freac'. github.com. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  2. ^fre:ac SourceForge description page
  3. ^fre:ac AddictiveTips November 2010 review
  4. ^fre:ac CNET August 2012 review
  5. ^fre:ac PCAdvisor October 2011 review
  6. ^fre:ac SourceForge October 2015 Project of the Month interview
  7. ^fre:ac SourceForge May 2018 Project of the Month interview

External links[edit]

How To Use Fre:ac

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