fre:ac
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- Wine
- Haiku
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Audio Conversion
- Multiple tracks at once
- Media Transcoding
- CDDB access
- Batch processing
- ALAC support
- Ad-free
- AAC
- Lossless Audio
- No registration required
- Works Offline
- Video Converter
- OGG
- Portable
- Opus codec support
Tags
- mp3-converter
- flac-converter
- wav-to-mp3
- cd-to-mp3
- flac-to-mp3
- musepack
- wavpack
- wma-to-mp3
- mp4
fre:ac News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
POX added fre:ac as alternative to Aura Audio Converter- Alaik updated fre:ac
- Maria-Oliver liked fre:ac
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What is fre:ac?
fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various formats and codecs. It will convert between MP3, MP4/M4A, 
FLAC, 
Vorbis, Opus, AAC, WAV, WMA and other formats.
With fre:ac you easily rip your audio CDs to FLAC or MP3 files for use with your mobile player or convert files that do not play with other audio software. You can even convert whole music libraries retaining the folder and filename structure.
The integrated CD ripper supports the 
freedb online CD database. It will automatically query song information and write it to ID3v2 or other title information tags.
Portable version: https://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/freac_portable
fre:ac information
Developed by
Robert Kausch Licensing
Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.4Alternatives
115 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
AlternativeTo Categories
Audio & Music, CD/DVD Tools, Video & MoviesGitHub repository
- 1,717 Stars
- 86 Forks
- 190 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
While I use Foobar or the commandline for encoding/converting, I always suggest BonkEnc to the uninitiated due to its ease-of-use & the underlying KISS (keep it simple, stupid) attitude.
For GNU+Linux, only available as Snap or Flatpak images
My go to for all my audio convertions. Straightforward, reliable and works good.
It doesn't do VBR AAC.
The best Open Source audio converter and extractor software !
Coverts to all good sound formats/codex like FLAC and other. And the best part is that it is FOSS.
I'm a total noob at organising my music collection, but I found fre:ac pretty straightforward at ripping my collection into FLAC files. With a bit of tinkering I was able to update the output into a folder structure for my Plex Media Server.
It may not look pretty and not updated in over a year, but it just works. So glad the CDDB database query still works.