Masstagger v1.8 has been released on the official site.
Change highlights:
- customizable “auto track number” action
- new “embed cuesheet” action
March 29, 2009
Masstagger v1.8 released
March 23, 2009
ALAC input, ASIO output updated
The ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) decoding (v 1.0.3) and the ASIO (Audio Stream Input/Output) (v1.2.7) output components have been updated.
ALAC Decoding Support notes:
- Fixed a rare crash.
ASIO support notes:
- Now correctly outputs digital silence when playback is muted
Download links for both components can be found at the official site.
March 17, 2009
March 14, 2009
How to encode to ALAC using foobar2000
This one should be pretty easy. I thought it would be almost obvious. But someone asked on IRC and even assumed it was not possible. So, here is how you can encode to ALAC using foobar2000.
- Grab a copy of FFmpeg. I am currently hosting FFmpeg v0.5 here on the site because it’s kind of hard to find.
- Extract ffmpeg.exe somewhere. I recommend C:\Windows\System32.
- Go to Tools -> Converter -> Output formats -> Add new.
- Choose Encoder: Custom
- Click the “…” button, and browse to where you extracted ffmpeg.exe.
- Extension: m4a
- Parameters: -i – -acodec alac %d
- Format is: lossless (or hybrid)
- Highest BPS supported: 16-bit
- Encoder name: ALAC
And now you can encode using ALAC just as you would with any other encoding format! Note that FFmpeg’s ALAC support still has a few bugs, notably the length of the file will be altered. (This means that it is not truly lossless, even though the audio content will not be altered.)