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]
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*: 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]
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*: 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)
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*: 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
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*: 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.
  • 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