fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper integrating various formats and encoders. It supports MP3, MP4/M4A, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC and Bonk files.
fre:ac makes it easy to convert your audio CDs to MP3 or Ogg Vorbis files for use with your hardware player or favorite audio software. The program supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database and CDText and automatically writes song information to ID3v2 or Vorbis comment tags.
fre:ac comes with a multilingual user interface and is currently available in 36 languages. New translations can be added easily using the ´smooth Translator´ utility that is included in the distribution.
What's New in version 1.0.19:
This release fixes a crash when decoding MP3 files as well as some other bugs. Besides that it also includes an update Ogg Vorbis encoder and translation updates.
FreewareFiles tested fre:ac (formerly BonkEnc) 1.0.19 on 2011-05-10 using leading
antivirus scanners and found it 100% Clean. It does not contain any form
of malware, spyware, viruses, trojans, etc. We will re-test each updated
version and remove the award as well as the program if found infected.
User Reviews
Reviewer: -Mark-S
Review Date: 2011-02-15
Average Rating (62 Votes ) 4.16
Pros: Works as advertised (XP system).
Cons: - Need to download additional decoders, e.g. in_ape.dll.
- Small GUI font on 1280x1024-120dpi screen.
Other Thoughts: Looks like a successor to CDex, which appears to have been abandoned.