Difference between revisions of "Handling Lossless Audio"
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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 | + | *: For Mac, the easiest installation method is via [http://brew.sh/ 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 for the command line tool is via Homebrew | + | *: For Mac, the easiest installation method for the command line tool is via [http://brew.sh/ Homebrew] |
Revision as of 16:22, 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