AAC Encoding - Fre:ac

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#1

After trying the online tool referenced, I found two major (show-stopper) issues :

  1. limited use (you need to register/pay for unlimited conversions/batch conversion)
  2. unusable AAC files (bad bitrate).

After looking a little, I found an OPENSOURCE and FREE solution working at least on Windows and Linux (I don’t have a Mac computer) : Fre:ac (previously BonkEnc).

In the filter options, you need to activate two filters : the channel (set to mono)- and the samplerate (set to 24000).
In the encoder, you need to put FDK-AAC and configure it for 64kbps and AAC (AAC is on the second tab).

Il allows batch-encoding (but better go to optios->encoder and set file name to something without a directory name for example - ).

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#2

Hi @vapula,

Thank you for reaching out.

I forwarded your post to our development team, and they’ll get back to you with an answer as soon as possible.

Sincerely,
Monika from CirucitMess

#3

Hello there!

When writing the usage guide, we were looking for something users could easily use without installing any third-party software, so the online tool we referenced was a natural choice. It seems, however, since then the tool has changed, and we’ll update the guide with a better alternative ASAP.

Thank you for letting us know about the changes and suggesting an alternative. We’ll look into Fre:ac and some other alternatives and put them into the Jay-D usage guide in the near future :slightly_smiling_face:

Filip