Easy-to-use audio file converter software with professional audio quality
Version history
2024.8.12
General code improvements providing improved stability and performance
Minor UI improvements
Added installer option for creating desktop shortcut
Always use WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE when bits per sample > 16-bit [wav w64] for compatibility with the legacy WAVE/RIFF specification
Disabled support for freedb due privacy issues (current freedb service provider 'gnudb' demands users to give their actual email addresses and the service sends spam data within metadata if not agreed)
2024.6.28
New Titanium theme
Updated Blue theme
Updated DTS encoder
Updated Monkey's Audio Codec 10.73
Enabled 'Insane' Compression Level that was previously disabled
Fixed: Saving metadata to MPEG-4 ISO FF 'DASH' format [ .m4a streaming format ]
Recompiled everything with the latest Microsoft Visual C++ and Intel OneApi C++ compilers for performance benefits
11.5.3
Opus 1.5.2 codec update
FFMPEG 7.0 codecs update
Automatic 'Size All Columns to Fit' option
Bugfix: 'Size Column To Fit' did not apply to the correct column if the default column order was altered
Build 2: Fixed Audio CD Ripper's HDCD column could not be hidden
Build 2: Fixed 'Size Column to Fit' click on empty header area error
Build 2: Improved album detection on Discogs query
11.5.2
Audio CD Ripper improvements for CD-Text, HDCD and Pre-Emphasis
HDCD detection & 24-bit output option
Pre-Emphasis: De-emphasize 24-bit output option
Option to *not overwrite* CD-Text information by Internet Disc Database metadata
Ripping log improvements
Shows whether HDCD detection was enabled
Shows HDCD info for each track
Shows whether CD-Text was read from the CD
Shows whether CD-Text was retained as is in metadata
Log CD-Text information that was read from the CD
Opus 1.5.1 codec update
Enabled Non-Linear Adaptive Coding Enhancer (NoLACE) (improved decoder speech quality at very low bit-rates down to 6 kbit/s)
Enabled AVX2 optimizations (improved encoding & decoding performance on processors that support AVX2 instruction set)
11.5.1
Opus 1.5.1 codec
Improved audio quality & performance
WavPack 5.7.0 codec
Improved performance with the new multithreaded encoder that is used whenever there is performance benefit over parallel converters
Monkey's Audio [APE] 10.55 codec
Audio Engine performance optimizations
Improved sample-exact fast seek feature (for cue/chapter/subtracks extraction)
Added for the DSF, xHE-AAC [m4a], WMA, Musepack and FFmpeg [mp4,m4a,mkv,mka,etc] formats
Improved for the AAC|HE-AAC(v2) [m4a] and ALAC [m4a] formats
Fixed for the HE-AAC v2 (Parametric Stereo) [m4a] format (extracted sub-tracks were incorrectly decoded as mono resulting half-speed playback)
Updated for all other audio file formats
Wave [wav] improved support for decoding non-PCM formats
Wave64 [w64] improved support for decoding non-PCM formats
AIFF [aif aiff aifc] added support for decoding non-PCM formats
Detect WebM files with *invalid* .ogg (Vorbis) or .opus (Opus) extensions and handle the files correctly
Do not copy EBU R 128 / ReplayGain metadata from source file by default (when converting) (can be enabled from the Settings) (recommended to use the 'Scan loudness and include EBU R 128 | ReplayGain metadata' option instead to avoid mistakes)
Option to auto-close conversion window after conversion task has successfully completed
Build 2: Fixed DSD -> DSD splitting
11.5
Support Matroska metadata [ .mka .mkv ] (read/write)
Support WebM metadata [ .webm .weba ] (read/write)
New TrueHD encoder [ .mka .m4a .truehd ]
New E-AC-3 encoder [ .mka .m4a .eac3 ]
New DTS encoder [ .mka .m4a .dts ]
Updated AC-3 encoder [ .mka .m4a .ac3 ]
Updated Exhale Extended HE-AAC encoder 1.2.1
Preferred audio stream can now be chosen from the multi-stream file formats such as Matroska [ .mkv ] and MPEG-4 ISO FF [ .mp4 ]
Improved automatic *best* audio stream selection from MPEG-4 ISO FF [ .mp4 ] (previously AAC had priority)
Audio streams of video files now show more exact audio codec names [ AC-3, E-AC-3, AAC-LC, HE-AAC, xHE-AAC, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD ]
Right-click to auto-fit column(s) in Audio CD Ripper & Audio Converter status window
Add New Profile applies current settings (not defaults)
Fix CD Ripper's CD-Player controls over volume control in scaled UI mode
Improved WAV, AIFF and Wave64 metadata writing (automatically fix incorrectly aligned ID3 or other chunk written by a non-compliant software)
Keyboard shortcut [ F8 ] to start Rip CD / Convert
Added tab stops to output audio format parameters' combo boxes (for accessibility)
Bugfix: 'Copy external Cover Art file from Source Folder' feature in Audio Converter (Options) did not reliably work (the output folder was not always available/created when trying to copy the image file)
11.3.1
Updated JPEG support (updated libjpeg6b to mozjpeg 4.1.1/libjpeg8d)
Up to 20% smaller JPEG files with improved visual quality
Improved JPEG decoding performance (faster UI with JPEG cover art)
Non-standard JPEGs with more than 10 blocks/MCU now loaded without errors
User interface improvements (icons, menus, languages)
11.3
Updated 'Copy/Paste metadata' can now copy metadata from/to multiple files
Amazon Cover Art search works again with all Amazon stores also added new Amazon stores
New Options & DSP window tooltip-preview
UI improvements
Audio engine and codec improvements
Performance enhancements
Code cleanup
Bug fixes
11.2.1
Improved Audio Converter metadata editing features
Copy/Paste metadata from file to file(s)
Get metadata tags from filenames & filepaths
Auto-number files' track number metadata
Single-click clear metadata of selected files
Improved Filenames Preview / Rename window with new tags
Audio CD Ripper bugfix: Invalid "Track 00 error" was shown if an External File (log cue m3u images) Option and ReplayGain AlbumGain Option were both enabled
11.2
Improved output filename templates
Added tags to specify number of leading zeros for numerical values such as <Number #/##/###/####> and <Disc Number #/##/###/####>
Added <Sequence> (list order #) tag
Improved Filename Preview / Rename window
Option to specify the Gain of the DSD to PCM conversions (default +6 dB gain) [ 0 dB DSD = -6 dB FS PCM ]
Improved SACD ISO support
Vorbis Comment [ .flac .opus .ogg ] metadata option to write TRACKNUMBER=n / TRACKTOTAL=N | DISCNUMBER=n / DISCTOTAL=N (standard, default) or TRACKNUMBER=n/N | DISCNUMBER=n/N (old standard, user request). Vorbis Comment [ .flac .opus .ogg ] metadata reader can read all metadata standards.
Fixed a bug in FLAC metadata reader not reading YEAR, ORIGINALYEAR, TOTALTRACKS, TOTALDISCS, TRACKNUMBER n/*N* DISCNUMBER n/*N* metadata
Show CUE, LOG, M3U and Cover Art filenames in the ripping & conversion progress list
Moved Audio CD Ripper Range-profile range-setting to the Options window
Show correct bit depth for files (such as MKA, MKV) containing DTS audio
Audio CD Ripper added option to specify LOG CUE M3U filename templates
Audio CD Ripper Normal-profile option for asking confirmation before overwriting existing folder
External Cover Art / LOG CUE M3U file name templates now can use translated tags
11.1.1
Updated FLAC 1.4.3 Codec
Bugfix: xHE-AAC encoder failed to encode low volume audio files
11.1
Updated Silence Removal DSP with an option for threshold dB or digital silence
Updated integrated File Explorer components
Updated Monkey's Audio [APE] 10.18 Codec
Updated Exhale 1.2.0.1 Extended HE-AAC encoder
Bugfix: 24-bit DTS was decoded in wrong format resulting in an invalid output file
Removed legacy 32-bit shell extension from the 64-bit installation
11.0.2
Updated Metadata Panel
Standard/Extended - Standard as default (Change in 'View'->'Metadata Panel'->'Standard' / 'Extended')
Standard: the standard set of metadata tags
Extended: the full set of metadata tags
Changed 'Comment' field to 4 full rows in Extended mode and 7 full rows in Standard mode
Audio CD Ripper UPC/EAN (barcode) can be manually edited in the main user interface
ID3v2.3: Write Year/Date to TYER frame only (for compatibility). Support reading TYER+TDAT frames and TYER Year/Date frame. (v11 and v11.0.1 wrote TYER+TDAT, older versions TYER only)
11.0.1
Enter key now moves to the next row in 'Quick Edit' mode
Album Art MIME type was set incorrectly
UPC/EAN was not always showing in CD Ripper metadata panel
11
Track/File list editing improvements
Improved layout when metadata panel is set to left or right
Improved metadata support, more metadata fields in the main user interface
Improved support for Release Date metadata tag (Year-field can contain either Release Year or Release Date)
Improved ID3V2 [mp3] and MPEG-4 ISO FF [m4a] metadata
Filename generation <Year> tag takes year from Release Date
Indicate 32-bit *floating point* audio in Bit Depth field
New recognized metadata fields
Mixer
Engineer
Producer
DJ Mixer
Codec updates
Opus 1.4 with audio quality improvements
Monkey's Audio [APE] 10.11 with support for 32-bit floating point samples compression
10.3
User interface updates
Album art viewer
Dark mode fixes
Improved metadata panel on left/right side
Other minor improvements
Updated Amazon Album Art search
Updated WavPack 5.6.0 Codec
Updated Monkey's Audio 9.20 Codec
Updated Exhale 1.2.0 Extended HE AAC Encoder
Fixed JPEG EXIF image rotation on image resizing
Fixed FFMPEG 24-bit formats were decoded to 32-bit
Fixed SACD ISO metadata was not correctly converted to Unicode
General improvements and code optimizations
10.2.1
FLAC 1.4.2 codec update
Slightly improved performance with newly enabled code optimizations (AVX2)
Added 416, 448, 480, 512 kbit/s stereo modes per user requests
Vorbis encoder
Added 480 kbit/s stereo mode per user requests
MP3 decoder
Correct decoding of files with an invalid first frame header (wrong channel count)
Monkey's Audio [APE] 8.92 codec update
Updated the integrated File Explorer component with visual and stability improvements
OneDrive folders now available in the integrated File Explorer
'Music' folder now quickly accessible in the integrated File Explorer
Audio Converter's 'Play' command now can play multiple files and opens files in the default audio player with 'OPEN' verb (previously 'PLAY' verb) (now works with all audio players such as Windows Media Player, Foobar2000, VLC, Winamp, etc)
Bugfix: Width of the last 4 file list columns in audio converter may have been incorrectly automatically resized [ bug existed in 10.2 only ]
Bugfix: Audio CD Ripper status window was missing *album*/loudness/gain/peak [ bug existed in few last versions ]
Bugfix: 2nd (multichannel) TOC was not read from SACD ISO if the file extension [.iso] was not in lowercase [ bug has existed as long as there's been SACD ISO support ]
Bugfix: WMV (Windows Media Video) file without audio tracks resulted to a WMA decoder misbehaviour that crashed the app [ bug has existed very long time ]
Loudness is now shown as LUFS (EBU R 128) by default
Configurable to show ReplayGain Loudness or ReplayGain Gain
Lossy to Lossless file format conversion now defaults to 16-bit final output
Configurable to 16-bit, 24-bit, or 32-bit (float)
FLAC decoder supports all bit-depths from 4 to 32-bit (previously 8, 16, 24, 32)
Performed and passed the FLAC decoder test bench (a set of conformance test files)
Audio CD burning normalization setting as LUFS (EBU R 128)
Updated EBU R 128 loudness scanner with performance improvements
Improved support for multi-file Cue Sheet [.cue] files (e.g. Vinyl; one file per multiple tracks per side A/B)
Improved loading of (invalid) Cue Sheet [.cue] files
Improved Cue Sheet [.cue] error reporting
UI: Changed the default visible columns in file/track lists (now showing file properties such as bit-depth, channels, sample rate by default), visible columns can be customized
UI: Adjusted the auto-length of columns in the file/track lists (to be able to show a little bit more file information/metadata horizontally)
Bugfix: SACD ISO decoder failed to seek over 4GB {Integer overflow} (tracks with start position >4GB were not extracted correctly)
10.1.2
FLAC 1.3.4 update
WavPack 5.5.0 update
Monkey's Audio [ APE ] 8.42 update
Fixed integrated File Explorer file view flickering in Dark Mode
Startup improvements when started from Windows File Explorer context menu
Audio CD Ripper: Silence removal/addition DSPs automatically disabled when creating file/track Cue Sheet [.cue] (would create non-valid Cue Sheet)
10.1.1
Bugfix: Fixed the sluggish selection of files with album art (was a bug [C++ typo] in thumbnail creation code)
Updated Monkey's Audio [ APE ] 8.12 Codec
10.1
Codec updates
Opus decoder update
Improved decoding of corrupted files
Updated Monkey's Audio [ APE ] 7.80 codec
Updated Apple Lossless [ ALAC ] codec
Encoder with performance improvements
Fixed security vulnerabilities in decoder
MP3 encoder now allows 44.1 and 48 kHz sample rate selection with VBR modes 7, 8 and 9 per user request
Dark Mode: removed the white color flickering on control and window transitions
10.0.7
Visual updates
Dark Mode
Darker (now inline with the Windows 10/11 system dark mode)
Use more Windows 10/11 native dark mode features
Windows 10 native dark mode window caption
Windows 10 native dark mode (thinner) window borders
Windows 10 native window shadows
Improved file lists and file explorer tree visuals
Improved full metadata edit window visuals
Improved cover art search and manual metadata search window visuals
Blue Theme
Windows 11 less saturated window borders
Rating star icons updated
Microsoft Store App: Windows File Explorer context menus can be disabled/enabled from the Settings
Bugfix: When adding an invalid Cue Sheet (.cue) file the App may have crashed when displaying the error window (thread synchronization bug)
10.0.6
Fixed the bug where the App did not show in maximized window in Dark Mode when restoring from the previous session (also the window border was not showing in Windows 10)
Fixed the bug where the Windows File Explorer context menu would still freeze in Windows 10 Dark Mode (regression from the previous update)
10.0.5
Fixed the bug where the Windows File Explorer context menu would freeze (when used) if the App was set to Dark Mode
10.0.4
User interface: Some layout improvements
User interface: Some graphics improvements
Dark Mode: Window resize grip area on bottom is now larger (more sensitive)
Dark Mode: Rendering bug (white pixels) on some areas fixed
Dark Mode: Windows 11 use native dark mode (thinner) borders
Dark Mode: Windows 11 native window shadows now shown
Dark Mode: Windows 10 dark mode now more inline with the Windows 10 design (previously more Windows 11 themed)
Dark Mode: Improved some user interface images to look better in dark mode
10.0.3
Option to choose between Blue and Windows color theme in Light Mode
Minor Dark Mode improvements
10.0.2
Bugfix: Audio Converter Album Art info label was missing in 10.0.1
10.0.1
Dark Mode
10
Updated Silence Removal DSP, now removes the leading and trailing silence with -70 dBFS threshold
Decode AAC-LC <= 24 kHz with the correct sample rate while still retaining backward compatibility with implicit SBR signaling (previously AAC-LC <= 24 kHz was decoded with 2 x samplerate for possible implicit SBR/HE-AAC signaling)
Correctly decode HE-AAC Mono files with M4A file format channels (incorrectly) set to Stereo
Fraunhofer IIS AAC [ Pro ] encoder
Added 7.1
Reworked CBR output format configurations
Fraunhofer IIS xHE-AAC [ Pro ] encoder
Support more sample rates with low bitrate encoding modes
Apple AAC encoder
Added 7.1, 6.1, 5.0
New improved configuration
Fraunhofer FDK AAC encoder
Added 7.1, 6.1, 5.0
New calibrated VBR modes for 7.1, 6.1, 5.0
Reworked CBR mode configurations
FLAC encoder/decoder
Added 7.1, 6.1, 5.0
Vorbis encoder/decoder
Added 7.1, 6.1, 5.0
New improved encoder configuration
New encoder settings for CBR/ABR
Opus encoder/decoder
Added 7.1, 6.1, 5.0
New improved encoder configuration
New bitrate settings
MP3 encoder
New simpler encoder configuration
All modes automatically set to highest encoding quality
Apple Lossless ALAC encoder/decoder
Added 7.1, 6.1, 5.0
Exhale Extended HE-AAC encoder
Updated to v1.1.8.1
Reworked configuration
Monkey's Audio [ APE ] encoder/decoder
Updated to v7.15
Added 7.1, 6.1, 5.0
WavPack encoder
Added 7.1, 6.1, 5.0
AC3 encoder
Added 5.0
Reworked configuration
Removed unsupported sample rates from the configuration
Windows Media Audio [ WMA ] encoder
Added 7.1
AIFF file format
Added 7.1, 6.1 and 5.0
WAV file format
Added 7.1, 6.1 and 5.0
Wave64 file format
Added 7.1, 6.1 and 5.0
TTA encoder/decoder
Added 7.1
Musepack encoder
Updated configuration estimated bitrates list
AU file format
Added 7.1
Raw PCM writer
Added 7.1
Note: Previously configurated encoder settings may reset to default settings with this update (due encoder configuration updates). Encoder settings can be easily reconfigured.
9.5.1
Updated the previous version change row/column navigation 'Ctrl + Left/Right/Up/Down' to 'Alt + Left/Right/Up/Down' in track/file lists ('Ctrl + Left/Right/Up/Down' reserved for edit control cursor movement)
Setting to specify which additional metadata is written to the Cue Sheet [.cue]
Discogs service updated (Cover Art is available again)
Don't write Apple iTunes (iTunSMPB) gapless metadata to M4A files by default, can be enabled from the Settings (M4A / MPEG-4 ISO format has native preferred method for gapless playback)
9.2.1
Updated Exhale Extended HE-AAC encoder v1.1.1
Improved audio quality of low bitrate modes (~40, ~48, ~64, and ~72 kbit/s)
Improved compatibility with some decoders
Updated DSD encoder
Improved DSD encoder precision
Fixed AVX2 processor instruction set optimization inaccuracy
9.2
Updated Exhale Extended HE-AAC encoder v1.1
Audio quality improvements
New high quality low-bitrate modes
Very special thanks to Mr. Christian Helmrich for his great work and big thanks for the co-operation !
Reworked VBR modes with improved audio quality (Full range 24 - 384 kbit/s for Stereo, 16 - 192 kbit/s for Mono, and 96 - 960 kbit/s for 5.1) (details)
Fraunhofer FDK AAC encoder HE-AAC and HE-AAC v2 modes in MPEG-4 ISO BMFF (M4A) now use “Explicit hierarchical signaling” (previously using “Explicit backward compatible signaling” for compatibility with the old AAC-LC-only decoders)
HE-AAC & HE-AAC v2 MPEG-4 ISO BMFF (M4A) gapless now conforms with MPEG-4 Part 24 (ISO/IEC 14496-24) specification
Updated Apple AAC encoder support, can be used from the new iTunes Desktop versions (v12.10.9.3+) and from the iTunes Microsoft Store version
No longer writes obsolete 'replaygain_originator_code' tags to MPEG-4 ISO BMFF (M4A) files
Updated the output formats descriptions list for clearer appearance
9.1.6
Integrated Windows File Explorer component updated
External cover art option allows tags for filename generation
Codec Update: Fraunhofer FDK AAC 4.0.1
Audio quality improvements
Codec Update: Monkey's Audio 5.11
Multi-channel support
32-bit samples support
Performance improvements
Profiles UI update
UPC/EAN always visible in the track list after initial scan
Parse multi-disc Cue Sheet / Single File metadata
Minor UI improvements
9.0.5
Added support for converting from Super Audio CD ISO (SACD ISO) [.iso] files
Added 5.0 support for DSD output formats
9.0.4
Bugfix: Fixed user interface bug (cover art icons)
9.0.3
DSD encoder speed improvements (no compromise in audio quality)
DSD decoder audio quality improvements
Refreshed DSP Options window
Bugfix: Fixed buffer overflow in DSD decoder-delay handling
Bugfix: Adding a file with corrupt embedded cover art icon can't crash the App anymore
9.0.2
Fixed the critical bug of the v9.0.1: App did not start on Windows 7/8 because Windows 10 WinRT API was accidentally used in the Desktop version of the App
Updated WavPack DSD encoder
9.0.1
Updated DSD encoder
Improved performance (~20% faster per thread on i7)
Improved audio quality
Added WavPack DSD encoder
Updated WavPack decoder
Native DSD conversion
Use integrated DSD-to-PCM converter (not WavPack DSD-to-PCM)
Updated WavPack encoder with the official compression levels; Fast, Default, High, Very High (previously Default, Best, Fast)
Bugfix: Fixed the bug of v9.0.0 where the window size was not restored to correct size on a DPI-scaled screen
9.0
Codecs
FLAC 1.3.3
New DSD encoders
DSF (DSD Stream File) encoder
DFF (DSDIFF) encoder
Updated DSD decoders (DSD-to-PCM converters)
Improved decimation / low-pass filter
Updated DSF (DSD Stream File) decoder
New DFF (DSDIFF) decoder
New DFT (DSDIFF) decoder
Fast seeking support for DSD decoders
Fast conversion from .dsf/.dff Cue Sheet audio disc images
Metadata
Added support for DSDIFF (.dff) metadata
Improved support for DSD Stream File (.dsf) metadata
Audio Engine
Support direct DSD to DSD conversion (bit-to-bit lossless conversion between DSD audio file formats)
Support DSD to DSD conversion via DXD if changing sample rate or modifying audio data with DSPs
Cover Art
Cover Art thumbnails are now shown in native aspect ratio (previously scaled to square)
Resize Cover Art with custom resolution
Keep aspect ratio when resizing Cover Art
Option to disable embedded Cover Art in output options
Updated Amazon Cover Art search
High resolution Cover Art is available again
Amazon query responds more reliably
User interface
Indicate PCM/DXD/DSD data conversion mode when converting to DSD
Added 'Select all', 'Clear list', and 'Create M3U' buttons to the Audio Converter (available when the File Explorer is hidden)
Handle YEAR (DATE) tag as a string (not a number) in advanced metadata editor
More editing space for the YEAR (DATE) tag, so that date in format '2019-09-07' fits into the visible field
Use Cover Art as file icon in the Audio Converter file list
Audio CD Ripper
Show UPC/EAN in the track list
UPC/EAN, Pre-Gaps, ISRC values in the ripping log
UPC/EAN, Pre-Gap, Pre-emphasis ISRC detection status in the ripping log
Pre-emphasis consistency check (TOC vs Subcode) in the ripping log