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2012-10-27T23:22:11Z

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All programs mentioned anywhere in the wiki can be downloaded here.
See also the [[:Category:Software|Software Category]] article for more software not listed here.

==CD Rippers==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:300px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[CDex]]
| GPL
| [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source ripper for Windows that uses cdparanoia functionality
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[DBpowerAMP with AccurateRip|dBpoweramp]]
| commercial
| [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows that includes Accurate Stream functionality.
|-
! align="left" | DeepRipper
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[EAC]]
| Free
| [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows, C2 error pointers, Accurate Stream, etc.
|-
! align="left" | [[fre:ac ]]
| GPL
| [http://www.freac.org/ here]
| align="left" |
fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various popular formats and encoders. Plus supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database which allows you query song information.
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:350px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Max]]
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Max/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for OS X that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|-
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[XLD]]
| GPL
| [http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/index_e.html here]
| align="left" | X Lossless Decoder(XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. Can convert between many lossless and lossy formats. Plugin oriented design, for easy exchange for new encoders.
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:320px;" | Description
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | abcde
| GPL
|[http://code.google.com/p/abcde/ here]
| align="left" | A command-line based ripper with cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[cdparanoia]]
| BSD, GPL
| [http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/ here]
| align="left" | One of the first secure standalone rippers for the Linux platform
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Grip]]
| GPL
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/grip/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source Gnome interface ripper that uses cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[Rubyripper]]
| GPL
| [http://code.google.com/p/rubyripper/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for the Linux that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|}

==CD/DVD Writers==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:185px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | BurnAtOnce
| N
| Free
| [http://www.videohelp.com/tools/burnatonce here]
| align="left" | CD writing application based upon CDRDAO
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Burrrn]] (CDA only)
| N
| Free
| [http://www.burrrn.net/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | CDBurnerXP
|
| Free
| [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DeepBurner Free
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | DeepBurner Pro
|
| Shareware
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Express Burn
| N
| non-commercial(free)
| [http://nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
| align="left" | A free version of this software is available for non-commercial use only. The free version does not expire but will only burn normal CDs.
|
|-
! align="left" | Express Burn (Plus Edition)
|
| commercial
| [http://www.nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
|
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | InfraRecorder
| N
| GPL
| [http://infrarecorder.org/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | [[Nero]]
| N
| commercial
| [http://www.nero.com/eng/ here]
| align="left" |
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"

|
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:310px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[DVD-Audio Tools]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | FireStarter FX
| N
| Free
| [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=FireStarter_FX here]
| align="left" | Free OS X Cocoa CD writing application
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| N
| Free
| [http://www.xcdroast.org/xcdr098/xcdrosX.html here]
| align="left" | New OS X port of this Linux CD writing application
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Burn
| N
| Free
| [http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html/ here]
| align="left" | Versatile CD/DVD authoring application
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:260px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | CDRDAO
| N
| GPL
| [http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DVD-Audio Tools
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|-
! align="left" | [[GnomeBaker]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnomebaker/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[K3b]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.k3b.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE CD writing application for Linux platform
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://www.xcdroast.org here]
| align="left" | New open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Brasero]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://projects.gnome.org/brasero/ here]
| align="left" | Brasero is a application to burn CD/DVD for the Gnome Desktop.(Gnome Default)
|}

==Multimedia Players==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[foobar2000]]
| Free, BSD
| [http://www.foobar2000.org/ here]
| align="left" | Advanced tagging, plugin capabilities, and kernel streaming support
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MediaMonkey]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many Winamp plugins
|-
! align="left" | MusikCube
| BSD
| [http://www.musikcube.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports dynamic playlists and advanced SQL capabilities
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | VUplayer
| Free
| [http://www.vuplayer.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many popular digital audio codecs and MOD tracker formats
|-
! align="left" | [[Winamp]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.winamp.com/ here]
| align="left" | Popular audio player for Windows
| align="left" |
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/musik.berlios/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|-
! align="left" | [[VLC]]
| Free
| [http://www.videolan.org/vlc// here]
| align="left" | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Cog
| GPL
| [http://cogosx.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source digital audio player for OS X.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Play
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Play/ here]
| align="left" |Play is an application for playing and managing audio files.
|-
! align="left" | [[VLC]]
| Free
| [http://www.videolan.org/vlc// here]
| align="left" | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Amarok]]
| GPL
| [http://amarok.kde.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE audio player similiar to Foobar2000
|-
! align="left" | Audacious
| GPL
| [http://audacious-media-player.org/ here]
| align="left" |Audacious is an open source audio player
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Clementine]]
| GPL
| [http://www.clementine-player.org/ here]
| align="left" | Cross platform media player, a port of [[Amarok]] 1.4 to the Qt 4 and GStreamer framework, can be controlled with a Wii remote
|-
! align="left" | [[DeaDBeeF]]
| GPL
| [http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Lightweight music player for Linux, GUI similar to [[Foobar2000]]
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Rhythmbox]]
| GPL
| [http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/ here]
| align="left" | GNOME music player
|-
! align="left" | [[VLC]]
| Free
| [http://www.videolan.org/vlc// here]
| align="left" | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats as well as DVDs, |Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[XMMS]]
| GPL
| [http://www.xmms.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source audio player similiar to Winamp
|}

=== Console players ===
* mpg123 [http://www.mpg123.org/ Homepage] [http://www.mpg123.org/download.shtml Downloads]

===PocketPC===
''These players may not play all your media files. Check their websites for the format support.''
* GSPlayer: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/
* MortPlayer: http://www.sto-helit.de/
* TCPMP: http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about

==Tagging Utilities==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
|-
! align="left" | Frontah
| Free
| [http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/ here]
| align="left" | Transcode and tag editor for ID3v1.x, ID3v2.x, Lyrics3, Vorbis Comment, APEv1 & APEv2 tags. Supports ANSI, UTF8 and UTF16 text encoding depends on tag type.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
|-
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | MetatOGGer
| Free
| [http://www.luminescence-software.org/ here]
| align="left" | Tags MP3 ([[ID3]]), Ogg files (Vorbis comment, including Ogg FLAC and Speex), Musepack, Windows Media, WavPack et Monkey's Audio
|-
! align="left" | MP3 Book Helper
| Free
| [http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Tags [[ID3v1]], ID3v2.3, and Vorbis comments. Features: FreeDB, unicode, guessing and matching, and supporting PAR, SFV, SV, and NFO generation.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MP3tag]]
| Free
| [http://www.mp3tag.de/ here]
| align="left" | Tags all files supporting [[ID3]], [[APEv2]], and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]], not only MP3s
|-
! align="left" | MP3 Tag Editor
| Shareware
| [http://www.mp3-tag.com/ here]
| align="left" | Software to edit tags in audio files of [[MP3]], [[WMA]], [[OGG]], [[ASF]], and other music format.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
|-
! align="left" | [[Tag.exe]]
| GPL
| [http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/ here]
| align="left" | Command-line universal tagger for Windows
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Tag & Rename
| Shareware
| [http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm here]
|
|-
! align="left" | TagScanner
| Free
| [http://www.xdlab.ru/en/index.htm here]
|
|-
! align="left" | WMP Tag Plus 2.0
| Free
| [http://bmproductions.fixnum.org/wmptagplus/ here]
| align="left" | Software to integrate other tag format than [[ID3]] into Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Tag
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source tagging application for OS X
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Beets]]
| MIT
| [http://beets.radbox.org/ here]
| align="left" | Cross-platform open source tagging application written in Python, CLI only. Uses the Musicbrainz and Mutagen libraries, still in beta. Mostly automatic, minimal user input required. Many features and plugins. (Read the documentation)
|-
! align="left" | EasyTAG
| GPL
| [http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Gnome tagging utility
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" |
|}

==Encoders, Decoders, Etc.==
All basic tools needed to make use of the audio formats supported here.

===[[MP3]]===
* [[LAME]] encoder/decoder: [http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html download pre-compiled binaries here]. Also check the [[Lame Compiles|Latest recommended version]] page.
* [[MP3Gain]], a ReplayGain-like utility: [http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php download here]

===Ogg [[Vorbis]]===
Currently, all recommended Ogg Vorbis utilities are available at the [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html Rarewares Ogg Vorbis page]. The following tools are important:

* '''OggEnc2''': A command-line Ogg Vorbis encoder that can be used with most CD rippers.

* '''OggDec''': Command-line decoder.

* '''[[OggDropXPd]]''': An easy to use, drag'n'drop encoder/decoder with support for automatic tagging, renaming and playlist creation on encoding.

* ''Encoding DLLs'': For encoding within CDex or WinLame.

* '''VorbisGain''': The [[ReplayGain]] utility for Ogg Vorbis.

In addition, the [[Lancer]] suite — a highly SSE-optimized suite of utilities and libraries — are available at [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/ this page] ''(in Japanese)''. See [[Lancer#Platform-specific Builds|this section]] for information about the different builds.

=== Opus ===
* http://www.opus-codec.org/
* http://rarewares.org/opus.php
* discussion at the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=96954/ Forum]

===[[Musepack]] (MPC)===
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=win Download MPC for Windows]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=lin Download MPC for Linux]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=osx Download MPC for Mac OS X]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=src Download MPC source code]

* [http://forum.musepack.net/showthread.php?t=395 Forum announcement of SV8 release]

===[[FLAC]]===
* CoolEdit / Adobe Audition Filter supporting FLAC: [http://www.vuplayer.com/other.php download here]
* Various FLAC-related utilities (incl. ReplayGain utility): [http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html FLAC's SourceForge Download page]

==Transcoders==
''Note: Although these tools may convert from one encoding to another, please remember that [[transcoding]] to any [[lossy]] encoding <u>will</u> result in a degraded quality.''
* BeSweet: http://besweet.notrace.dk/
* [[fre:ac ]]
* dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC): http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
* [[foobar2000]] - foobar2000 Free Encoder Pack http://www.foobar2000.org/encoderpack
* MediaCoder: http://www.mediacoderhq.com/
* [[Winamp]]
* WinLAME: http://winlame.sourceforge.net/

==Processing utilities==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:400px;" | Description
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[lossyWAV]]
| GPL
| [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=56129&view=findpost&p=504087 here]
| align="left" | lossyWAV is a lossy pre-processor for [[Wikipedia:Pulse-code modulation|PCM]] (uncompressed) WAV files. It reduces [[Wikipedia:Audio bit depth|bit depth]] of the input signal, which, when used in conjunction with certain lossless codecs, reduces the bitrate of the encoded file significantly.
|}

==Drivers==
===ASPI===
* Ahead Nero ASPI Driver: [ftp://ftp6.nero.com/wnaspi32.dll download]
* Adaptec Windows ASPI Package: [http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/support/_eol/scsi_sw/aspi-4.70/ official website]
* ForceASPI [http://radified.com/ASPI/forceaspi.htm radified.com]
* ASPI4all [http://www.cdr-zone.com/software/aspi_layers/aspi4all.html CDR-Zone.COM]
* FrogAspi [http://www.frogaspi.org/ official website]
* VOB ASAPI Driver 1.3: [http://www.rarewares.org/files/ASAPI.exe download]

===Sound===
* ALSA Project [http://www.alsa-project.org/ official website]
* kX Project [http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/ official website]

==Links==
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ RareWares]

[[Category:Software]]

Download page

2012-10-27T23:16:05Z

109.148.62.172: /* Mac OS X */ Adjustment to firestater Fx wiki linking.

All programs mentioned anywhere in the wiki can be downloaded here.
See also the [[:Category:Software|Software Category]] article for more software not listed here.

==CD Rippers==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:300px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[CDex]]
| GPL
| [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source ripper for Windows that uses cdparanoia functionality
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[DBpowerAMP with AccurateRip|dBpoweramp]]
| commercial
| [http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows that includes Accurate Stream functionality.
|-
! align="left" | DeepRipper
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[EAC]]
| Free
| [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for Windows, C2 error pointers, Accurate Stream, etc.
|-
! align="left" | [[fre:ac ]]
| GPL
| [http://www.freac.org/ here]
| align="left" |
fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various popular formats and encoders. Plus supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database which allows you query song information.
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:350px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Max]]
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Max/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for OS X that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|-
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[XLD]]
| GPL
| [http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/index_e.html here]
| align="left" | X Lossless Decoder(XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. Can convert between many lossless and lossy formats. Plugin oriented design, for easy exchange for new encoders.
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:320px;" | Description
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | abcde
| GPL
|[http://code.google.com/p/abcde/ here]
| align="left" | A command-line based ripper with cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[cdparanoia]]
| BSD, GPL
| [http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/ here]
| align="left" | One of the first secure standalone rippers for the Linux platform
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Grip]]
| GPL
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/grip/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source Gnome interface ripper that uses cdparanoia functionality
|-
! align="left" | [[Rubyripper]]
| GPL
| [http://code.google.com/p/rubyripper/ here]
| align="left" | A secure ripper for the Linux that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
|}

==CD/DVD Writers==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:185px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | BurnAtOnce
| N
| Free
| [http://www.videohelp.com/tools/burnatonce here]
| align="left" | CD writing application based upon CDRDAO
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Burrrn]] (CDA only)
| N
| Free
| [http://www.burrrn.net/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | CDBurnerXP
|
| Free
| [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DeepBurner Free
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | DeepBurner Pro
|
| Shareware
| [http://www.deepburner.com/ here]
|
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Express Burn
| N
| non-commercial(free)
| [http://nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
| align="left" | A free version of this software is available for non-commercial use only. The free version does not expire but will only burn normal CDs.
|
|-
! align="left" | Express Burn (Plus Edition)
|
| commercial
| [http://www.nch.com.au/burn/index.html here]
|
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | InfraRecorder
| N
| GPL
| [http://infrarecorder.org/ here]
|
|-
! align="left" | [[Nero]]
| N
| commercial
| [http://www.nero.com/eng/ here]
| align="left" |
|-style="background-color: #eeeeee;"

|
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:310px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[DVD-Audio Tools]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | FireStarter FX
| N
| Free
| [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=FireStarter_FX here]
| align="left" | Free OS X Cocoa CD writing application
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| N
| Free
| [http://www.xcdroast.org/xcdr098/xcdrosX.html here]
| align="left" | New OS X port of this Linux CD writing application
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Burn
| N
| Free
| [http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html/ here]
| align="left" | Versatile CD/DVD authoring application
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:130px;" | Name
! style="width:80px;" | Unicode
! style="width:90px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:260px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | CDRDAO
| N
| GPL
| [http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | DVD-Audio Tools
| Y
| GPL
| [http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
|-
! align="left" | [[GnomeBaker]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnomebaker/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[K3b]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://www.k3b.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE CD writing application for Linux platform
|-
! align="left" | [[X-CD-Roast]]
| Y
| GPL
| [http://www.xcdroast.org here]
| align="left" | New open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Brasero]]
| N
| GPL
| [http://projects.gnome.org/brasero/ here]
| align="left" | Brasero is a application to burn CD/DVD for the Gnome Desktop.(Gnome Default)
|}

==Multimedia Players==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! align="center" style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[foobar2000]]
| Free, BSD
| [http://www.foobar2000.org/ here]
| align="left" | Advanced tagging, plugin capabilities, and kernel streaming support
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MediaMonkey]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.mediamonkey.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many Winamp plugins
|-
! align="left" | MusikCube
| BSD
| [http://www.musikcube.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports dynamic playlists and advanced SQL capabilities
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | VUplayer
| Free
| [http://www.vuplayer.com/ here]
| align="left" | Supports many popular digital audio codecs and MOD tracker formats
|-
! align="left" | [[Winamp]]
| Free, Shareware
| [http://www.winamp.com/ here]
| align="left" | Popular audio player for Windows
| align="left" |
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[wxMusik]]
| GPL
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/musik.berlios/ here]
| align="left" |A cross-platform open-source audio player
|-
! align="left" | [[VLC]]
| Free
| [http://www.videolan.org/vlc// here]
| align="left" | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Cog
| GPL
| [http://cogosx.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source digital audio player for OS X.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Play
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Play/ here]
| align="left" |Play is an application for playing and managing audio files.
|-
! align="left" | [[VLC]]
| Free
| [http://www.videolan.org/vlc// here]
| align="left" | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:220px;" | Description
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Amarok]]
| GPL
| [http://amarok.kde.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source KDE audio player similiar to Foobar2000
|-
! align="left" | Audacious
| GPL
| [http://audacious-media-player.org/ here]
| align="left" |Audacious is an open source audio player
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Clementine]]
| GPL
| [http://www.clementine-player.org/ here]
| align="left" | Cross platform media player, a port of [[Amarok]] 1.4 to the Qt 4 and GStreamer framework, can be controlled with a Wii remote
|-
! align="left" | [[DeaDBeeF]]
| GPL
| [http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Lightweight music player for Linux, GUI similar to [[Foobar2000]]
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[Rhythmbox]]
| GPL
| [http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/ here]
| align="left" | GNOME music player
|-
! align="left" | [[VLC]]
| Free
| [http://www.videolan.org/vlc// here]
| align="left" | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats as well as DVDs, |Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[XMMS]]
| GPL
| [http://www.xmms.org/ here]
| align="left" | Popular open-source audio player similiar to Winamp
|}

=== Console players ===
* mpg123 [http://www.mpg123.org/ Homepage] [http://www.mpg123.org/download.shtml/ Downloads]

===PocketPC===
''These players may not play all your media files. Check their websites for the format support.''
* GSPlayer: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/
* MortPlayer: http://www.sto-helit.de/
* TCPMP: http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about

==Tagging Utilities==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
|-
! align="left" | Frontah
| Free
| [http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/ here]
| align="left" | Transcode and tag editor for ID3v1.x, ID3v2.x, Lyrics3, Vorbis Comment, APEv1 & APEv2 tags. Supports ANSI, UTF8 and UTF16 text encoding depends on tag type.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
|-
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | MetatOGGer
| Free
| [http://www.luminescence-software.org/ here]
| align="left" | Tags MP3 ([[ID3]]), Ogg files (Vorbis comment, including Ogg FLAC and Speex), Musepack, Windows Media, WavPack et Monkey's Audio
|-
! align="left" | MP3 Book Helper
| Free
| [http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Tags [[ID3v1]], ID3v2.3, and Vorbis comments. Features: FreeDB, unicode, guessing and matching, and supporting PAR, SFV, SV, and NFO generation.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[MP3tag]]
| Free
| [http://www.mp3tag.de/ here]
| align="left" | Tags all files supporting [[ID3]], [[APEv2]], and [[Vorbis_Comment|Vorbis Comments]], not only MP3s
|-
! align="left" | MP3 Tag Editor
| Shareware
| [http://www.mp3-tag.com/ here]
| align="left" | Software to edit tags in audio files of [[MP3]], [[WMA]], [[OGG]], [[ASF]], and other music format.
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
|-
! align="left" | [[Tag.exe]]
| GPL
| [http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/tag/ here]
| align="left" | Command-line universal tagger for Windows
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | Tag & Rename
| Shareware
| [http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm here]
|
|-
! align="left" | TagScanner
| Free
| [http://www.xdlab.ru/en/index.htm here]
|
|-
! align="left" | WMP Tag Plus 2.0
| Free
| [http://bmproductions.fixnum.org/wmptagplus/ here]
| align="left" | Software to integrate other tag format than [[ID3]] into Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.
|}

===Mac OS X===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #bbffbb; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | Tag
| GPL
| [http://sbooth.org/Tag/ here]
| align="left" | An open-source tagging application for OS X
|}

===Linux===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ffcccc; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
! style="width:150px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:270px;" | Description
|-
! align="left" | [[Beets]]
| MIT
| [http://beets.radbox.org/ here]
| align="left" | Cross-platform open source tagging application written in Python, CLI only. Uses the Musicbrainz and Mutagen libraries, still in beta. Mostly automatic, minimal user input required. Many features and plugins. (Read the documentation)
|-
! align="left" | EasyTAG
| GPL
| [http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ here]
| align="left" | Gnome tagging utility
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" |
|}

==Encoders, Decoders, Etc.==
All basic tools needed to make use of the audio formats supported here.

===[[MP3]]===
* [[LAME]] encoder/decoder: [http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html download pre-compiled binaries here]. Also check the [[Lame Compiles|Latest recommended version]] page.
* [[MP3Gain]], a ReplayGain-like utility: [http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php download here]

===Ogg [[Vorbis]]===
Currently, all recommended Ogg Vorbis utilities are available at the [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html Rarewares Ogg Vorbis page]. The following tools are important:

* '''OggEnc2''': A command-line Ogg Vorbis encoder that can be used with most CD rippers.

* '''OggDec''': Command-line decoder.

* '''[[OggDropXPd]]''': An easy to use, drag'n'drop encoder/decoder with support for automatic tagging, renaming and playlist creation on encoding.

* ''Encoding DLLs'': For encoding within CDex or WinLame.

* '''VorbisGain''': The [[ReplayGain]] utility for Ogg Vorbis.

In addition, the [[Lancer]] suite — a highly SSE-optimized suite of utilities and libraries — are available at [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/ this page] ''(in Japanese)''. See [[Lancer#Platform-specific Builds|this section]] for information about the different builds.

=== Opus ===
* http://www.opus-codec.org/
* http://rarewares.org/opus.php
* discussion at the [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=96954/ Forum]

===[[Musepack]] (MPC)===
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=win Download MPC for Windows]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=lin Download MPC for Linux]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=osx Download MPC for Mac OS X]
* [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=src Download MPC source code]

* [http://forum.musepack.net/showthread.php?t=395 Forum announcement of SV8 release]

===[[FLAC]]===
* CoolEdit / Adobe Audition Filter supporting FLAC: [http://www.vuplayer.com/other.php download here]
* Various FLAC-related utilities (incl. ReplayGain utility): [http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html FLAC's SourceForge Download page]

==Transcoders==
''Note: Although these tools may convert from one encoding to another, please remember that [[transcoding]] to any [[lossy]] encoding <u>will</u> result in a degraded quality.''
* BeSweet: http://besweet.notrace.dk/
* [[fre:ac ]]
* dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC): http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
* [[foobar2000]] - foobar2000 Free Encoder Pack http://www.foobar2000.org/encoderpack
* MediaCoder: http://www.mediacoderhq.com/
* [[Winamp]]
* WinLAME: http://winlame.sourceforge.net/

==Processing utilities==
===Windows===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center; border:2px solid #ccccff; margin-bottom: 20px;"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
! style="width:120px;" | Name
! style="width:100px;" | License
! style="width:100px;" | Website
! style="width:400px;" | Description
|- style="background-color: #eeeeee;"
! align="left" | [[lossyWAV]]
| GPL
| [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=56129&view=findpost&p=504087 here]
| align="left" | lossyWAV is a lossy pre-processor for [[Wikipedia:Pulse-code modulation|PCM]] (uncompressed) WAV files. It reduces [[Wikipedia:Audio bit depth|bit depth]] of the input signal, which, when used in conjunction with certain lossless codecs, reduces the bitrate of the encoded file significantly.
|}

==Drivers==
===ASPI===
* Ahead Nero ASPI Driver: [ftp://ftp6.nero.com/wnaspi32.dll download]
* Adaptec Windows ASPI Package: [http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/support/_eol/scsi_sw/aspi-4.70/ official website]
* ForceASPI [http://radified.com/ASPI/forceaspi.htm radified.com]
* ASPI4all [http://www.cdr-zone.com/software/aspi_layers/aspi4all.html CDR-Zone.COM]
* FrogAspi [http://www.frogaspi.org/ official website]
* VOB ASAPI Driver 1.3: [http://www.rarewares.org/files/ASAPI.exe download]

===Sound===
* ALSA Project [http://www.alsa-project.org/ official website]
* kX Project [http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/ official website]

==Links==
* [http://www.rarewares.org/ RareWares]

[[Category:Software]]

FireStarter FX

2012-10-27T23:12:08Z

109.148.62.172: /* Screenshots */ Removed Screenshot links (dead links).

{{Infobox Software
| name = FireStarter FX
| logo =
| screenshot = [[image:Firestarter-screenshot.jpg|250px]]
| caption = A fully featured Cocoa Mac OS/X burning app
| maintainer = FireStarter Team
| stable_release = 1.0b10
| preview_release = 1.0b11
| operating_system = Mac OS/X
| use = CD/DVD Authoring
| license = Free
| website = [http://www.projectomega.org/subcat.php?lg=en&php=products_firestarter FireStarter FX site]
}}

=Introduction=
'''FireStarter FX''' is a pure Cocoa, Mac OS X only burning application which will allow you to duplicate all kind of CDs (even those that other Mac OS X applications won't), burn VCDs and SVCDs, and have access to unique features such as overburning and CDDB access. It is tested and based upon GPL'ed [[CDRDAO]].
==Features==
* Simulation
* Customizable RAM cache
* High speed burning
* Buffer under-run technology to prevent wasting your media (if your burner implements it)
* Multi-session burning (please read the "known issues and limitations" section)
* [[cdparanoia]] audio-cd ripping, for best error protection copy
* CDDB access to automatically create CD-TEXT data
* CD-TEXT reading and writing with drives that support it (if your burner implements it)
* and many other features...
==External links==
* [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=FireStarter+FX Search] for FireStarter FX.
[[Category:CD/DVD Writers]]

FireStarter FX

2012-10-27T23:10:07Z

109.148.62.172: /* External links */ Changed the Download Link to Search that make much easier for the user to find the Application. (link change).

{{Infobox Software
| name = FireStarter FX
| logo =
| screenshot = [[image:Firestarter-screenshot.jpg|250px]]
| caption = A fully featured Cocoa Mac OS/X burning app
| maintainer = FireStarter Team
| stable_release = 1.0b10
| preview_release = 1.0b11
| operating_system = Mac OS/X
| use = CD/DVD Authoring
| license = Free
| website = [http://www.projectomega.org/subcat.php?lg=en&php=products_firestarter FireStarter FX site]
}}

=Introduction=
'''FireStarter FX''' is a pure Cocoa, Mac OS X only burning application which will allow you to duplicate all kind of CDs (even those that other Mac OS X applications won't), burn VCDs and SVCDs, and have access to unique features such as overburning and CDDB access. It is tested and based upon GPL'ed [[CDRDAO]].
==Features==
* Simulation
* Customizable RAM cache
* High speed burning
* Buffer under-run technology to prevent wasting your media (if your burner implements it)
* Multi-session burning (please read the "known issues and limitations" section)
* [[cdparanoia]] audio-cd ripping, for best error protection copy
* CDDB access to automatically create CD-TEXT data
* CD-TEXT reading and writing with drives that support it (if your burner implements it)
* and many other features...
==Screenshots==
* [http://www.projectomega.org/contents/en/html/product-firestarter/firestarter-shots/firestarter-burn-data.jpg Burn Data Tab] screenshot of burning application window.
* [http://www.projectomega.org/contents/en/html/product-firestarter/firestarter-shots/firestarter-mediainfo.jpg Media Info Tab] screenshot of media info window.
* [http://www.projectomega.org/contents/en/html/product-firestarter/firestarter-shots/firestarter-erase.jpg Erase Media Tab] screenshot of the erase media window.

==External links==
* [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=FireStarter+FX Search] for FireStarter FX.
[[Category:CD/DVD Writers]]