Filed under: Audio, Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Xrecode: Simple utility for converting audio formats
by Brad Linder Apr 21st 2009 at 9:00AM
The free Windows utility supports MP3, WMA, OGG, APE, FLAC, WavPACK, AAC, ALAC, and WAV audio. You can convert files one by one or perform batch conversion jobs. And if you want to encode the same file using multiple formats, you can do that too. For example, if you have some WAV audio files that you want to convert to MP3, OGG, and FLAC, all you have to do is drag and drop them onto Xrecode, select "multiple" and check the boxes next to those formats.
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Bilgin Ozkan said 9:29AM on 4-21-2009
you should most definitely include dbpoweramp - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm. They don't call it the swiss army knife of audio conversion for no reason!
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cybik said 11:32AM on 4-21-2009
dbPowerAmp is awesome but in my opinion has stalled for many years. Useful for on-the-fly conversion from explorer, but other than that, meh...
Sam J said 2:06PM on 4-21-2009
dBpoweramp Free doesn't convert to MP3. I paid for the full blown version and its really awesome (you have to use the "DSP" plugins for full control).
However for the best freeware version it's definitely BonkEnc FTW!
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Sam J said 2:07PM on 4-21-2009
Oh, I almost forgot ... the new BonkEnc dev build has a 64-bit version too.
Eli Gundry said 7:38PM on 4-21-2009
As much as I love Bonkenc, I hate how it looks. If it just had a native system skin and more frequent updates, it'd be amazing.
And the 64 bit version is screwy for me.
alex3305 said 4:10PM on 4-21-2009
Last weekend I tried to convert an APE (Monkey's Audio) file to seperate MP3 files using a cuesheet, which wasn't working with dbPowerAmp or with BonkEnc. Then I tried foobar2000 with the Convert option and the APE_input plugin. It worked better and faster than dbPowerAmp and BonkEnc combined.
So that is also a real competitor and is heavily recommended by me :D
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