EAC release history

From Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase

This is an unofficial compilation of release history info for Exact Audio Copy (EAC). If you spot missing or incomplete info, please fill it in, but don't just copy-paste the What's New page from the official EAC website (or the WHATSNEW.TXT copy of that text as distributed with EAC).

Release list

1998

  • 0.1 beta — 1998-06-25; eac.zip
  • 0.2 beta — 1998-07-15; eac02b.zip
  • 0.3 beta — 1998-07-23; eac03b.zip
  • 0.4 beta — 1998-08-16; eac04b.zip
  • 0.5 beta — 1998-08-27; eac05b.zip
  • 0.6 beta — 1998-10-02; eac06b.zip
  • 0.7 beta — 1998-11-05; eac07b.zip

1999

  • 0.8 beta — 1999-01-29
  • 0.81 beta — 1999-02-20; eac081b.zip
  • 0.85 beta 1 — 1999-07-30
  • 0.85 beta 2 — 1999-08-01
  • 0.85 beta 3 — 1999-09-02
  • 0.85 beta 4 — 1999-09-03; eac085b.zip
  • 0.9 prebeta 1 — 1999-10-08; was only available to prebeta testers
  • 0.9 prebeta 2 — 1999-11-11; was only available to prebeta testers
  • 0.9 prebeta 3 — 1999-12-23; was only available to prebeta testers

2000

  • 0.9 prebeta 4 — 2000-03-24; was only available to prebeta testers
  • 0.9 prebeta 5 — 2000-05-08; was only available to prebeta testers
  • 0.9 prebeta 6 — 2000-08-29
  • 0.9 prebeta 7 — 2000-10-10

2001

  • 0.9 prebeta 8 — 2001-01-26
  • 0.9 prebeta 9 — 2001-02-16
  • 0.9 prebeta 10 — 2001-06-22
  • 0.9 prebeta 11 — 2001-06-27; eac09pb11.zip

2002

  • 0.9 beta 1 — 2002-01-21
  • 0.9 beta 2 — 2002-01-31
  • 0.9 beta 3 — 2002-03-06
  • 0.9 beta 4 — 2002-05-22

2003

  • 0.95 prebeta 1 — 2003-04-23
  • 0.95 prebeta 2 — 2003-04-30
  • 0.95 prebeta 3 — 2003-05-11; eac095pb3.zip
  • 0.95 prebeta 4 — 2003-11-18

2004

  • 0.95 prebeta 5 — 2004-03-09

2005

  • 0.95 beta 1 — 2005-05-10
  • 0.95 beta 2 — 2005-06-01
  • 0.95 beta 3 — 2005-08-30

2006

  • 0.95 beta 4 — 2006-02-21; eac0.95b4.zip or eac0.95b4-cdrdao.zip

2007

  • 0.99 prebeta 1 — 2007-06-29; eac-0.99pb1.exe
  • 0.99 prebeta 2 — 2007-08-16; eac-0.99pb2.exe
  • 0.99 prebeta 3 — 2007-08-17; eac-0.99pb3.exe

2008

  • 0.99 prebeta 4 — 2008-01-31
  • 1.0 beta — 2008-11-29; EACBeta.zip; was only available by request

2009

  • 0.99 prebeta 5 — 2009-05-08; eac-0.99pb5.exe (2490 KB); installation included eBay desktop icon

2010

  • 0.99 prebeta 5 — 2010-04-05; eac-0.99pb5.exe (4470 KB); new bundle with Ask toolbar instead of eBay icon
  • 1.0 beta 1 — 2010-11-22; eac-1.0beta1.exe

2011

  • 1.0 beta 2 — 2011-05-24; eac-1.0beta2.exe
  • 1.0 beta 3 — 2011-09-22; eac-1.0beta3.exe

2014

  • 1.0 beta 4 - 2014-12-18; eac-1.0beta4.exe

2015

  • 1.0 beta 5 - 2015-04-04; eac-1.0beta5.exe
  • 1.0 beta 6 - 2015-04-09; eac-1.0beta6.exe
  • 1.1 - 2015-07-02; eac-1.1.exe

2016

  • 1.2 - 2016-08-13; eac-1.2.exe
  • 1.3 - 2016-09-03; eac-1.3.exe

2020

  • 1.4 - 2020-02-06; eac-1.4.exe
  • 1.5 - 2020-02-23; eac-1.5.exe
  • 1.6 - 2020-11-11; eac-1.6.exe

2024

  • 1.7 - 2024-07-13; eac-1.7.exe
  • 1.8 - 2024-07-14; eac-1.8.exe