Qaac Alternatives

qaac reviews and mentions

• What does foobar user to transcode from Alac to Flac?
  2 projects | /r/foobar2000 | 20 Mar 2023

  I've been looking around and am still figuring out the perfect solution but alac to flac is possible through a pipe. https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/refalac-usage to convert to wav with specified folder is like this:

• iPod classic and flac??
  1 project | /r/ipod | 10 Mar 2023

  Second, you will want to install the foobar encoder pack and set up qaac (here's the qaac wiki). In short, apple's AAC/ALAC encoder in iTunes is the best around (better than Nero, Fraunhoefer, ffmpeg, etc) and ensures full compatibility with iPods. But fuck iTunes, you know, for being difficult. So qaac takes the encoder binaries from your installation of iTunes and sets it up as a standalone program which you can use however and wherever you want. So you set up qaac and then tell foobar to use qaac to do all your AAC/ALAC encodings and you get the benefits of apple's encoder without the nonsense of iTunes being uncooperative.

• Is there a way to make an ipod classic support music beyond 48khz and 24 bits?
  1 project | /r/ipod | 3 Feb 2023

  I use qaac as a CLI wrapper for the iTunes encoder. I don't use foobar, but I'm sure there's the option to set up using an external encoder. Every music manager I've ever used (except iTunes of course) has some way of setting up an external encoder via a command line.

• It's been 84 years
  2 projects | /r/headphones | 30 Jan 2023

  I'm running an ABX test right now between that and a transcode made using qAAC, which is a windows port of Apple's AAC codec. Here is the spectogram of that, as proof.

• AAC 320k is the best "lossy" compromise to FLAC
  1 project | /r/audiophile | 24 Jan 2023

  AAC is still my go-to lossy codec for mobile purposes, although 256kbps is enough for me. it's also worth poiinting out that not all encoders are created equal - Apple's own encoder far superior to FAAC, for example, so Windows or Linux users outside the Apple ecosystem should use qaac instead, as it is a port.

• Help with AAC conversion
  2 projects | /r/foobar2000 | 7 Dec 2022

  On Github click "Releases" on right, or go here - https://github.com/nu774/qaac/releases

• For our ipods, what software you guys use?
  2 projects | /r/ipod | 11 Nov 2022

  Qaac is the best AAC/ALAC solution as it uses apple's own libraries that are included with iTunes. iPods sometimes don't like files that were made with other encoders, so using apple's own libraries ensures the files will play. Setting it up might look intimidating if you aren't familiar with command line input though. Once set up, you can configure Media Monkey, EAC, etc to use qaac as an external encoder.

• audio: how to precisely set desired bitrate/filesize?
  1 project | /r/ffmpeg | 5 Nov 2022

  By the way, I found a thread from 9 months ago with the same problem, and someone suggested using qaac, which requires Apple software to be installed.

• Solved issues with FLAC to AAC conversion on current iTunes build
  3 projects | /r/foobar2000 | 31 Oct 2022

  QAAC: https://github.com/nu774/qaac/releases/tag/v2.76

• iTunes Alternatives? Foobar2000 does not seem to work anymore
  1 project | /r/ipod | 7 Oct 2022

  In any case, you'll need to provide the ALAC encoder since it isn't included with either MM or MB, and I'm pretty sure it's the same with the others on that list. Setting up qaac as an external encoder isn't hard, though you do need to follow instructions.

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