Program that allows you to convert audio files between various formats quickly and easily.
fre:ac is a freeware converter app and developed by the fre:ac project for Windows. It's helpful, professional, modern, well-designed, reliable and advanced.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below. We've also created some screenshots of fre:ac to illustrate the user interface and show the overall usage and features of this converting program.
Free audio converter and CD ripper for MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC
fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper integrating various formats and encoders. It supports MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC and Bonk files.
fre:ac makes it easy to convert your audio CDs to MP3 or WMA files for use with your hardware player or favorite audio software. The program supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database and CDText and automatically writes song information to ID3v2 or Vorbis comment tags.
Features of fre:ac
- Audio conversion: Convert between MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, WAV and Bonk formats.
- Audio player: Built-in audio player to preview files before conversion.
- Batch processing: Batch processing of multiple audio files.
- CD ripping: Rip audio CDs to MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC or WAV.
- Cue sheet support: Support for cue sheets (.cue files).
- File splitting: Split large audio files into smaller parts.
- High quality: High quality audio output with sample rate, channel and bitrate selection.
- Multi-core optimized: Process audio files on multiple cores for faster conversion.
- Normalization: Normalize audio files to a standard volume level.
- Parallel conversion: Convert multiple files in parallel for faster results.
- Tag editing: Edit all common ID3v2.4, Xing and Vorbis Tags.
- Unicode support: Unicode support for tags and file names.
Compatibility and License
fre:ac is provided under a freeware license on Windows from media converter software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 1.1.7 is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can fre:ac run on?
fre:ac can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the operating system shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista having been tested. Windows XP is supported. It's only available as a 64-bit download.
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