fre:ac version 1.1.7 has been released on 5th March 2023.
This release adds a tool for splitting the output into multiple files based on various parameters like duration, number of files or metadata. The update also adds support for dithering, a matrix surround decoder and a volume adjustment filter.
Additionally, fre:ac 1.1.7 comes with various minor improvements, updated third party codecs and fixes for several issues found in fre:ac v1.1.6 and earlier versions:
- 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
Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.7 is strongly recommended for users of earlier releases.
The new release is available in the downloads section. Please report issues on the GitHub issue tracker or by email to support@freac.org.
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