Difference between revisions of "FAAC"

From Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
FAAC is a free and open-source LC AAC encoder. Its quality has improved drastically over the last few months and
 +
is now a viable alternative to the commercial encoders (although, at least at 128kbps, not as good as the free
 +
iTunes encoder).
 +
 
== What is FAAC? ==
 
== What is FAAC? ==
 
'''FAAC''' stands for Freeware Advanced Audio Coder. FAAC is a software to compress audio in the [[AAC]] format.
 
'''FAAC''' stands for Freeware Advanced Audio Coder. FAAC is a software to compress audio in the [[AAC]] format.
 
  
 
== External References ==
 
== External References ==
Line 8: Line 11:
 
[http://www.audiocoding.com/modules/mydownloads/ Source Code Download]
 
[http://www.audiocoding.com/modules/mydownloads/ Source Code Download]
  
 
+
[http://www.audiocoding.com/ AudioCoding]
 
{{stub}}
 
{{stub}}

Revision as of 13:30, 25 March 2005

FAAC is a free and open-source LC AAC encoder. Its quality has improved drastically over the last few months and is now a viable alternative to the commercial encoders (although, at least at 128kbps, not as good as the free iTunes encoder).

What is FAAC?

FAAC stands for Freeware Advanced Audio Coder. FAAC is a software to compress audio in the AAC format.

External References

FAAC Wiki at Audiocoding

Source Code Download

AudioCoding