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From Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase

All programs mentioned anywhere in the wiki can be downloaded here.

Note: Linux downloads have been migrated here. The older Download Linux page will not be maintained anymore.


CD Rippers

Windows

Name License Website Description
CDex GPL here An open-source ripper for Windows that uses cdparanoia functionality
DBpowerAMP with AccurateRip Free here A secure ripper for Windows that includes Accurate Stream functionality
Deep Ripper GPL here
EAC Free here A secure ripper for Windows, C2 error pointers, Accurate Stream, etc.

Mac OS/X

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

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
BurnAtOnce N Free here CD writing application based upon CDRDAO
Burrrn (CDA only) N Free here
CDBurnerXP Pro Free here
DeepBurner Free N GPL here
DeepBurner Pro Shareware here
Express Burn N Free here
Express Burn Plus Shareware here
Nero N Shareware here Popular windows commercial CD Writing application
SilentNight Micro-CD Burner N Free 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

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
Gnome Baker 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

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
MusikCube BSD here Supports dynamic playlists and advanced SQL capabilities
VUplayer Free here Supports many popular digital audio codecs and MOD tracker formats
Winamp Free, Shareware here Popular audio player for Windows
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.
wxMusik GPL here A cross-platform open-source audio player

Linux

Name License Website Description
Amarok GPL here Popular open-source KDE audio player similiar to Foobar2000
wxMusik GPL here A cross-platform open-source audio player
XMMS GPL here Popular open-source audio player similiar to Winamp

PocketPC

These players may not play all your media files. Check their websites for the format support.

Tagging Utilities

Windows

Name License Website Description
Abander TagControl Shareware here
AudioShell Free here Integrates with Windows Explorer
Frontah Free here 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.
Magic MP3 Tagger Shareware here Optimized for automatic music identification
MediaMonkey Free, Shareware here Also a Media Player & Library
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
Mp3/Tag Studio Shareware here Supports ID3v1 & v2 only. Powerful matching and fancy filters
Tag.exe GPL here Command-line universal tagger for Windows
Tag & Rename Shareware here
TagScanner Free/Donate here
The GodFather Card/Donate here
MetatOGGer Free here Tags MP3 (ID3) and Ogg files (Vorbis comment, including Ogg FLAC and Speex)

Mac OS/X

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

Linux

Name License Website Description
EasyTAG GPL here Gnome tagging utility

Encoders, Decoders, Etc.

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

MP3


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.

Musepack (MPC)


FLAC


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.

Drivers

ASPI

Sound

Links