Difference between revisions of "Handling Lossless Audio"
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* [http://www.milosoftware.com/en/index.php?body=cdwave.php CD Wave] | * [http://www.milosoftware.com/en/index.php?body=cdwave.php CD Wave] | ||
*: Key features: Creating/deleting split points in WAV (supports 24-bit and surround audio), splitting WAV, read/write CUE, encode FLAC/OGG/MP3 | *: Key features: Creating/deleting split points in WAV (supports 24-bit and surround audio), splitting WAV, read/write CUE, encode FLAC/OGG/MP3 | ||
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| + | * [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm dBpoweramp Music Converter] | ||
| + | *: Key features: Convert to MP3, FLAC, Apple lossless easily; also great for downsampling 24bit/96kHz audio to 16bit/44.1kHz audio. | ||
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| + | * [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ Exact Audio Copy] | ||
| + | *: Key feature: Best Windows software for burning error-free CDs | ||
* [http://tlh.easytree.org/ Trader's Little Helper] | * [http://tlh.easytree.org/ Trader's Little Helper] | ||
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* [http://www.etree.org/shnutils/shntool/ shntool] | * [http://www.etree.org/shnutils/shntool/ shntool] | ||
*: Key features: Command line data processing and reporting utility for WAV files, with ability to handle other formats such as APE/FLAC (must install helper programs to do so) | *: Key features: Command line data processing and reporting utility for WAV files, with ability to handle other formats such as APE/FLAC (must install helper programs to do so) | ||
| + | *: For Mac, the easiest installation method is via Homebrew | ||
* [https://xiph.org/flac/ FLAC] | * [https://xiph.org/flac/ FLAC] | ||
*: Key features: Most common lossless audio compression format, with large repository of tools capable of handling the format | *: Key features: Most common lossless audio compression format, with large repository of tools capable of handling the format | ||
| − | *: For Mac, the easiest installation method is via Homebrew | + | *: For Mac, the easiest installation method for the command line tool is via Homebrew |
Revision as of 16:16, 8 July 2014
Essential Software
Mac
- xACt
- Key features: Decoding/encoding FLAC/SHN, checksum, shntool frontend, fixing sector boundary errors (SBE), tagging, lossy compression, batch rename
Windows
- AddaWav
- Key feature: Combining WAV files
- CD Wave
- Key features: Creating/deleting split points in WAV (supports 24-bit and surround audio), splitting WAV, read/write CUE, encode FLAC/OGG/MP3
- dBpoweramp Music Converter
- Key features: Convert to MP3, FLAC, Apple lossless easily; also great for downsampling 24bit/96kHz audio to 16bit/44.1kHz audio.
- Exact Audio Copy
- Key feature: Best Windows software for burning error-free CDs
- Trader's Little Helper
- Key features: Decoding/encoding APE/FLAC/SHN, checksum, fixing SBE, tagging, lossy compression, batch rename, torrent creation
Mac & Windows
- Audacity
- Key feature: General audio editing
- shntool
- Key features: Command line data processing and reporting utility for WAV files, with ability to handle other formats such as APE/FLAC (must install helper programs to do so)
- For Mac, the easiest installation method is via Homebrew
- FLAC
- Key features: Most common lossless audio compression format, with large repository of tools capable of handling the format
- For Mac, the easiest installation method for the command line tool is via Homebrew