fre:acは、フリーのオーディオのコンバータ、CDリッパーと様々なフォーマットへのエンコーダーです。MP3、MP4/M4A、WMA、Ogg Vorbis、FLAC、AAC、Bonk形式の音楽ファイルを相互に変換することが出来ます。

このソフトは、CDDB/freedbオンラインCDデータベースとCDTextをサポートし、自動的に曲の情報をID3v2またはVorbisコメントタグに書き込みます。

fre:acは、ドネーションソフトでもあるので、使ってみて、気に入ったという人は開発者に寄付をすることも出来ます。

fre:ac version 1.0.20a is now available fixing two compatibility issues in yesterday's 1.0.20 release.

The new release fixes an unintended dependency on Intel's svml_disp.dll runtime library as well as bogus error messages when running on AMD processors. The former was introduces through an incautiousness when compiling the updated LAME and Ogg codec libraries. The latter was caused by a known bug in the latest Intel compiler release and had to be worked around explicitly in fre:ac 1.0.20a.

Upgrading to fre:ac v1.0.20a is strongly recommended to users of v1.0.20 and recommended to all users of previous versions. You can get the new release in the downloads section.

fre:ac version 1.0.20 has been released on 10th May 2011.

This release features updated LAME and Ogg codecs, translation updates and some minor bug fixes.

Upgrading to fre:ac v1.0.20 is recommended to all users of previous versions. You can get it in the downloads section.

Update: Due to a problem with the updated codec libraries, fre:ac v1.0.20 does not work properly on most computers. Please skip it and use 1.0.20a instead.

fre:ac snapshot 20110524 adds support for multiple configurations, i.e. you can define additional configurations sets in the config dialog and switch the active configuration from the main window. That way you can have different configuration sets for archival, mobile listening and other use cases.

Other notable additions include an improved preview in the CDDB match selection dialog, support for Ogg FLAC files and support for the .oga extension on Ogg Vorbis files. A lot of effort has also been put towards improving general user interface handling and stability.

The Mac OX X version is now built as an application package that you can start by click using Finder. The snapshot also adds support for the OpenBSD and NetBSD operating systems; the OpenBSD port is still very unstable though.

The Windows and Linux versions should already be quite stable and usable, so you can use them if you need one of the new features. But please remember that this is still an alpha snapshot and not generally suitable for daily work!

You can get the new snapshot in the downloads section.