Version 1.1.2 was released from fre:ac. Fre:ac is an open source and cross platform audio converter and CD ripper. Support is available for the most common lossy and lossless formats, including mp3, Ogg Vorbis, aac and flac. The program has been around since 2001, albeit under the name BonkEnc. Since version 1.1, the program is also available for Linux, FreeBSD and macOS and contains several new extras, such as a dsp framework for normalization and resampling. In version 1.1.2 the following changes and improvements have also been made:
Improvements
- Scale UI to adjust to system font size by default
- Added support for theme colors and dark mode on Linux/FreeBSD
- Improved handling of maximized window state on Linux/FreeBSD and macOS
- Try to keep the selected encoder the same when upgrading from fre:ac 1.0.x
- Removed non-working option to not lock CD trays while ripping
- Stop ripping before trying to eject a disc
- Write audio data CRC to log files when ripping
- Write MD5 checksums to log files when verifying files
- Write log entries when replacing existing files
Bug fixes
- Fixed length of last chapter of some audio books being detected as 0:00
- Prevent interpreting numerical IDs or dates at the beginning of file names as track numbers
- Fixed a possible source of random crashes when adding files to the joblist
- Fixed possible crash when importing MP4/M4A files
- Fixed possible crash when encoding in SuperFast mode
- Fixed some graphics glitches on macOS
Updated codecs
- Updated Monkey’s Audio to version 5.44
- Updated mpg123 to version 1.26.1
- Updated FAAD2 to version 2.9.2
- Updated CDRip to version 2.4
| Version number | 1.1.2 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | Windows 7, Linux, BSD, macOS, Windows 8, Windows 10 |
| Website | fre:ac |
| Download | https://github.com/enzo1982/freac/releases/tag/v1.1.2 |
| License type | GPL |