fre:ac v1.1 Beta 3 has been released and is now available for download!

This release adds support for dark mode on Windows 10, now displays the currently configured DSP filters in the main window and fixes several issues found in fre:ac v1.1 Beta 2:

• Fixed compatibility issue with Windows 10 UTF-8 codepage setting
• Fixed FLAC decoding on macOS
• Fixed issues opening Opus files with a .ogg extension
• Fixed Monkey's Audio encoder not showing up in 64 bit builds
• Fixed some issues with freaccmd command line interface

Upgrading to the 1.1 beta 3 release is strongly recommended for users of previous alpha or beta releases. All users of the stable release of fre:ac are encouraged to try this beta instead. Please report issues on the GitHub issue tracker or by email to support@freac.org.

The new release is available in the downloads section.

fre:ac v1.1 Beta 2 has been released and is now available for download!

This release adds support for accent colors on Windows 10 and fixes several issues found in fre:ac v1.1 Beta 1:

• Fixed an IO subsystem issue causing corrupted output files in some cases
• Fixed SuperFast LAME repacker causing glitches in output files in some cases
• Fixed gapless decoding of MP3 files created with FFmpeg
• Fixed inability to update ID3v2 and APEv2 tags in tag editor
• Fixed inability to exit application after ejecting a disc while ripping
• Fixed hangup when ejecting a disc while adding its tracks to joblist
• Fixed minimum and maximum bitrate values being mixed up in Vorbis configuration dialog

Upgrading to the 1.1 beta 2 release is strongly recommended for users of previous alpha or beta releases. All users of the stable release of fre:ac are encouraged to try this beta instead. Please report issues on the GitHub issue tracker or by email to support@freac.org.

The new release is available in the downloads section.

fre:ac v1.1 Beta 1 has been released and is now available for download!

This release adds an extension for writing log files and introduces support for dark mode on macOS.

Other important improvements and fixes in this release are:

• Greatly improved performance when output is going to a HDD drive
• Adding files to the joblist can now use multiple threads
• Support for using the AAC encoder of the iTunes store app on Windows
• Greatly improved tagging support (new fields and compatibility fixes)
• Fixed invalid file time for CD rips when using "Keep time stamps" option
• Fixed MP4 AAC files not always being gapless
• Fixed several keyboard input issues
• Fixed several stability issues and hangs

Upgrading to the 1.1 beta 1 release is strongly recommended for users of previous alpha releases. All users of the stable release of fre:ac are encouraged to try this beta instead. Please report issues on the GitHub issue tracker or by email to support@freac.org.

The new release is available in the downloads section.

Feature development for fre:ac 1.1 has been completed and preparations for a beta release in mid December are being carried out right now.

The new release will be a major feature update over the current 1.0.x release series. Highlights among fre:ac 1.1 features include support for macOS and Linux, parallel processing, multi-channel audio and a tag editor. In total, the 1.1 release series will introduce more than 80 new features.

We are still looking for volunteers to update the translations for sevaral languages for the 1.1 release series. If you speak any of the following languages and would like to contribute a translation update, please refer to this GitHub issue or contact translations@freac.org:

Afrikaans, Arabic, Basque, Cantonese, Catalan, simplified Chinese, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, Galician, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish (Latin American), Ukrainian, Valencian, Vietnamese

You can also contribute completely new translations of fre:ac. Please contact translations@freac.org in this case.