xACT Alternatives

xACT is described as 'Stands for X Audio Compression Toolkit. It is a GUI based front end for the Unix applications Shorten (3.6.1), shntool (3.0.10), monkey's audio compressor (3.99), flac (1.2.1), wavpack (4.60.1), TTA (3.4.1) and cdda2wav 3.0 (with paranoia support). It also uses sox ( 14' and is an app. There are eight alternatives to xACT for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best xACT alternative is fre:ac, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like xACT are X Lossless Decoder, LameXP, Switch and CDDA paranoia.

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xACT stands for X Audio Compression Toolkit. It is a GUI based front end for the Unix applications Shorten (3.6.1), shntool...

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xACT alternatives page was last updated Oct 7, 2019
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  1. fre:ac icon

    fre:ac

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    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.

    114 fre:ac alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    Main window converting FLAC files to MP3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Audio Conversion
    2.  Media Transcoding
    3.  Multiple tracks at once
    4.  CDDB access
    5.  Batch processing
    6.  Lossless Audio
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  AAC
    9.  ALAC support
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Portable

    fre:ac VS xACT

     

    • fre:ac is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to xACT.

    • fre:ac is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to xACT.

    • fre:ac is Free and Open SourcexACT is Free and Proprietary
    • fre:ac is LightweightxACT is not according to our users
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    X Lossless Decoder

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    X Lossless Decoder (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.3 and later. Supports: (Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.

    31 X Lossless Decoder alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    X Lossless Decoder screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  OGG
    5.  Audio Extraction
    6.  Split CUE to tracks

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    LameXP

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    LameXP is an Audio Encoder Front-End, a graphical user-interface for a number of audio encoders. It was developed to support a huge number of input formats. File formats are detected reliably using MediaInfo.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    LameXP screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The latest release (Build #2382) is from 2023-12-29.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Portable
    6.  Optimization
    7.  Conversion Rate Optimization
    8.  Batch conversion

    LameXP VS xACT

     
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    Switch

    Switch Audio and Mp3 Converter can convert mp3, wav, wma or 40 other audio file formats to the format of your choice in just 3 easy, simple steps. Just add the files you want to convert, select the format you want, and then click...

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    Switch

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    Switch Audio and Mp3 Converter can convert mp3, wav, wma or 40 other audio file formats to the format of your choice in just 3 easy, simple steps. Just add the files you want to convert, select the format you want, and then click 'Convert'.

    66 Switch alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Kindle Fire
    Switch Audio and Mp3 Converter - Main Screen

    Switch Features

    1.  Batch conversion
    2.  Add the bit rate option

    Switch VS xACT

     

    • Switch is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to xACT.

    • Switch is Freemium and ProprietaryxACT is Free and Proprietary
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    CDDA paranoia

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    Audio CD digital audio extraction application cdparanoia. Cdparanoia extracts audio from compact discs directly as data, with no analog step between, and writes the data to a file or pipe in WAV, AIFC, AIFC or raw 16 bit linear PCM.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux

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    Elegant Converter

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    Elegant Converter is a native macOS app that helps quickly convert multiple audio and videos files to many formats.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • VN flagVietnam

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Elegant Converter screenshot 1

    Elegant Converter VS xACT

     
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    Multi frontend

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    Multi frontend is a Windows GUI (grafical user interface) for the following console audio encoders/decoders: BladeEnc, FAAC and FAAD, Fraunhofer Fastenc and MP3Enc, Gogo-no-coda, LAME, MAD, Mpadec, MusePack, NEncode, Ogg Vorbis, Psytel aacenc and fastenc, QuickTime MPEG-4...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Multi frontend screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Still downloadable

    Multi frontend VS xACT

     
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    BootTunes

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    Imports live recordings downloaded from sites like etree (etree.org), Dimeadozen (dimeadozen.org), and The Trader's Den (tradersden.org) into iTunes, converting the source FLAC or SHN files into ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec), automatically tagging the files, and...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    The "Confirm Metadata" dialog

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