What's new in fre:ac 1.1.7
Apr 1, 2024
- New features:
- added a tool for splitting output by various parameters (e.g. duration or number of files)
- added support for dithering when reducing sample resolution
- added a matrix surround decoder DSP component
- added a volume adjustment DSP component
- Improvements:
- added support for WavPack Hybrid Lossless compression with correction files
- added support for decoding MPEG-4 DASH files
- added support for opening WebM audio files with the .weba extension
- added support for downmixing 6.1 channel audio
- added support for MusicBrainz metadata in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and WMA tags
- added support for sort order fields in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and WMA tags
- added support for rating field in Vorbis Comment, APEv2, MP4 and LIST INFO tags
- added rating field to the tag editor
- added optional release year column to the joblist
- changed filename placeholder to resolve to 1 if disc number is not set
- improved compatibility with applications writing non-compliant LIST INFO tags (e.g. Traktor)
- added an option to use source file names as output file names if no metadata is present
- added an option to control extraction of missing metadata from file names
- added an option to restrict file names for reading cover art
- added an option to disable intensity stereo phase inversion to Opus settings
- added AccurateRip notification options for successful verification and missing database entries
- sample rate conversion no longer converts to 32 bit float when the source rate matches the target
- added negative exit codes to indicate errors when running freaccmd
- added support for KDE color schemes (including dark mode)
- improved HiDPI scale factor detection in KDE desktop environments
- respect text scaling factor in addition to font size setting on X11 based systems
- Bug fixes:
- fixed crashes when decoding ALAC files (especially with the Windows Store version)
- fixed failure (hang and abort after several seconds) to decode chapters from ALAC files
- fixed interoperability issues of HE- and HEv2-AAC files created with FDK-AAC with foobar2000
- fixed incorrect gapless information when creating HE- and HEv2-AAC files with FDK-AAC
- fixed incorrect index times in cuesheets for very long multi-track files
- fixed incorrect inclusion of data tracks in the audio track count of CD offset strings
- fixed old data remaining in place after updating WMA file tags
- fixed selected format resetting to first entry when opening WMA config dialog
- fixed excessive bitrate when encoding Vorbis on non-x86 LP64 systems
- fixed decoding of MP4 files with a single chunk taking excessively long
- fixed HDCD detection for tracks starting with more than about one second of silence
- fixed floating point samples being converted to integer when creating WavPack files
- fixed inability to close cover art popup window on Linux
- fixed long paths being converted to 8.3 format on recent versions of Windows
- fixed inability to handle long network paths on some versions of Windows
- fixed disc insert and removal detection working unreliably on Windows
- Updated codecs:
- updated ALAC decoder for security fixes and improved performance
- updated FFmpeg to version 6.0
- updated Monkey's Audio to version 9.20
- updated WavPack to version 5.6.0
- updated Tom's Audiokompressor to version 2.3.3
- updated FLAC to version 1.4.2
- updated Speex to version 1.2.1
- updated MP4v2 to version 2.1.2
- updated mpg123 to version 1.31.2
- updated libsndfile to version 1.2.0
- Updated translations:
- updated Greek translation