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

CD Rippers

Windows

Name	License	Website	Description
CDex	GPL	here	An open-source ripper for Windows that uses cdparanoia functionality
dBpoweramp	commercial	here	A secure ripper for Windows that includes Accurate Stream functionality.
EAC	Free	here	A secure ripper for Windows, C2 error pointers, Accurate Stream, etc.
fre:ac	GPL	here	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

Name	License	Website	Description
Max	GPL	here	A secure ripper for OS X that uses additional cdparanoia functionality
XLD	GPL	here	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

Name	License	Website	Description
abcde	GPL	here	A command-line based ripper with cdparanoia functionality
cdparanoia	BSD, GPL	here	One of the first secure standalone rippers for the Linux platform
Grip	GPL	here	An open-source Gnome interface ripper that uses cdparanoia functionality
Rubyripper	GPL	here	A secure ripper for the Linux that uses additional cdparanoia functionality

CD/DVD Writers

Windows

Name	Unicode	License	Website	Description
Burrrn (CDA only)	N	Free	here
CDBurnerXP		Free	here
DeepBurner	N	GPL	here
InfraRecorder	N	GPL	here

Mac OS X

Name	Unicode	License	Website	Description
DVD-Audio Tools	Y	GPL	here	Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
FireStarter FX	N	Free	here	Free OS X Cocoa CD writing application
X-CD-Roast	N	Free	here	New OS X port of this Linux CD writing application
Burn	N	Free	here	Versatile CD/DVD authoring application

Linux

Name	Unicode	License	Website	Description
CDRDAO	N	GPL	here	Cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode
DVD-Audio Tools	Y	GPL	here	Open-source DVD-Audio authoring application
GnomeBaker	N	GPL	here	Popular open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
K3b	N	GPL	here	Popular open-source KDE CD writing application for Linux platform
X-CD-Roast	Y	GPL	here	New open-source Gnome interface CD/DVD writing application
Brasero	N	GPL	here	Brasero is a application to burn CD/DVD for the Gnome Desktop.(Gnome Default)

Multimedia Players

Windows

Name	License	Website	Description
foobar2000	Free, BSD	here	Advanced tagging, plugin capabilities, and kernel streaming support
MediaMonkey	Free, Shareware	here	Supports many Winamp plugins
VUplayer	Free	here	Supports many popular digital audio codecs and MOD tracker formats
Winamp	Free, Shareware	here	Popular audio player for Windows
VLC	LGPL	here	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.

Players / Source code

Name	License	Website	Description
MusikCube	BSD	here	Supports dynamic playlists and advanced SQL capabilities
wxMusik	GPL	here	A cross-platform open-source audio player

Mac OS X

Name	License	Website	Description
Cog	GPL	here	An open-source digital audio player for OS X.
Play	GPL	here	Play is an application for playing and managing audio files.
VLC	LGPL	here	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

Name	License	Website	Description
Amarok	GPL	here	Popular open-source KDE audio player similiar to Foobar2000
Audacious	OSD	here	Audacious is an open source audio player
Clementine	GPL	here	Cross platform media player, a port of Amarok 1.4 to the Qt 4 and GStreamer framework, can be controlled with a Wii remote
DeaDBeeF	GPL	here	Lightweight music player for Linux, GUI similar to Foobar2000
Rhythmbox	GPL	here	GNOME music player
VLC	LGPL	here	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.
XMMS	GPL	here	Popular open-source audio player similiar to Winamp

Console players

Name	License	Website	Description
mpg123	LGPL	here	mpg123 is a real time MPEG audio player/decoder
mplayer for windows	GPL v2	here	MPlayer is a free and open source media player.

Tagging Utilities

Windows

Name	License	Website	Description
MetatOGGer	Free	here	Tags MP3 (ID3), Ogg files (Vorbis comment, including Ogg FLAC and Speex), Musepack, Windows Media, WavPack et Monkey's Audio
MP3 Book Helper	Free	here	Tags ID3v1, ID3v2.3, and Vorbis comments. Features: FreeDB, unicode, guessing and matching, and supporting PAR, SFV, SV, and NFO generation.
MP3tag	Free	here	Tags all files supporting ID3, APEv2, and Vorbis Comments, not only MP3s
Tag.exe	GPL	here	Command-line universal tagger for Windows
Tag & Rename	Shareware	here
TagScanner	Free	here
WMP Tag Plus 2.0	Free	here	Software to integrate other tag format than ID3 into Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.

Mac OS X

Name	License	Website	Description
Tag	GPL	here	An open-source tagging application for OS X

Linux

Name	License	Website	Description
Beets	MIT	here	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)
EasyTAG	GPL	here	Gnome tagging utility
Puddletag	GPLv3	here	Puddletag is a Linux audio tag editor similar to Mp3tag

Encoders, Decoders, Etc.

All basic tools needed to make use of the audio formats supported here.

Name	License	Website	Description
MP3	GPL	here	LAME is a lossy audio compression, Download win32 binaries here, source code, MP3Gain, a ReplayGain-like utility: download here
Opus	GPL	here	Opus is a totally open, royalty-free codec. It is primarily designed for interactive speech and music transmission over the Internet, but is also applicable to storage and streaming applications. discussion in the opus Forum Download win32 binaries
Musepack	GPL	here	Musepack is a lossy audio compression, Download MPC for Windows Linux Mac OS X source code
FLAC	GPL	here	FLAC is a lossless audio compression, CoolEdit / Adobe Audition Filter supporting FLAC: here Various FLAC-related utilities are available on FLAC download page. flac-dev 1.3.0 - source code, win32 binaries here here Flac 1.3.0 discussion
qaac	GPL	here	qaac is a command line AAC/ALAC encoder frontend based on Apple encoder, Download qaac for windows here discussion in the Forum
WavPack	GPL	here	WavPack is a hybrid lossless wavefile compressor. discussion in the WavPack Forum, Download WavPack for windows here Linux here Source code here

Ogg Vorbis

Currently, all recommended Ogg Vorbis utilities are available at the 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 this page (in Japanese). See this section for information about the different builds.

Transcoders

Note: Although these tools may convert from one encoding to another, please remember that transcoding to any lossy encoding will result in a degraded quality.

Name	License	Website	Description
dBpowerAMP	Shareware	here	dBpoweramp Music Converter
foobar2000	Freeware	here	foobar2000 Free Encoder Pack
fre:ac	GPL	here
TAudioConverter	GPL	here	discussion in the Forum
MediaCoder	GPL	here
Winamp	Shareware	here
WinLAME	GPL	here

Processing utilities

Windows

Name	License	Website	Description
lossyWAV	GPL	here	lossyWAV is a lossy pre-processor for PCM (uncompressed) WAV files. It reduces bit depth of the input signal, which, when used in conjunction with certain lossless codecs, reduces the bitrate of the encoded file significantly.

Note: Windows users may require the pthreadGC2.dll for lossywav to Run: x86 v2.9.1.0

Drivers

ASPI

Name	License	Website	Description
Ahead Nero ASPI Driver		here	wnaspi32.dll
Adaptec Windows ASPI Package		here	adaptec aspi
ForceASPI		here	forceaspi
ASPI4all		here	via cdr-zone.com
FrogAspi		here	frogaspi
VOB ASAPI Driver		here	ASAPI.exe 1.3

Sound

• ALSA Project official website
• kX Project official website

Links

Name	License	Website	Description
RareWares		here	All the latest media utilities.