The BonkEnc project has changed its name to fre:ac - free audio converter.

The official project homepage has moved to www.freac.org. Please make sure to update your links and bookmarks.

A new release reflecting the name change will be out tomorrow.

Version 1.0.16 of BonkEnc is available for download now.

This release includes translation updates and fixes several bugs and glitches found in previous versions.

Upgrading to the new release is strongly recommended to all users of previous versions. You can get it in the downloads section.

BonkEnc version 1.0.15 is available for download now.

This release adds support for Windows Media Audio (WMA) encoding and decoding. It also includes an updated LAME encoder, updated translations, various smaller improvements and several bug fixes.

Upgrading to the new release is strongly recommended to all users of previous versions. You can get it in the downloads section.

BonkEnc version 1.0.14 has been released today. It bundles several improvements as well as some major bug fixes.

The new release fixes a problem that lead to the program hanging or crashing on some Windows 7 systems. It also features significant speed optimizations for single and multi core systems, a new MP3 decoder and some minor other improvements.

BonkEnc v1.0.14 also adds support for languages written from right to left and already includes preliminary Arabic and Hebrew language files. If you speak a language such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu or Hebrew, you are welcome to contribute your translations.

Upgrading to the new release is strongly recommended to all users of previous versions. You can get it in the downloads section.

BonkEnc v1.0.13 is available for download now. It includes translation updates, speed optimizations and some bug fixes.

The new version improves support for multi-core CPUs by using multi-core optimized encoders and decoders. The optimizations can speed up conversions up to 3x on quad core processors.

BonkEnc v1.0.13 also adds support for Vietnamese and Galician language plus a Czech user manual.

Upgrading to the new release is strongly recommended to all users of previous versions. You can get it in the downloads section.

BonkEnc v1.0.12 has been released today. It includes translation updates, an updated Ogg Vorbis aoTuV encoder and many compatibility fixes.

The installer has been fixed and should no longer cause false positive alarms from anti-virus software.

This release also fixes a problem with the easyUpdate online updater on Windows Vista. Vista users should not use easyUpdate to upgrade to the new release. Please upgrade manually by downloading and installing BonkEnc v1.0.12 instead.

Upgrading to BonkEnc v1.0.12 is recommended for all users of previous versions. The new release is available in the downloads section.