Tools

twolame - an optimised MPEG Audio Layer 2 (MP2) encoder

• Website: http://www.twolame.org/
• Sources: https://github.com/njh/twolame
• Downloads: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-others.php#twolame
• Usage: http://www.twolame.org/doc/twolame.1.html
• twoLame 0.3.13 : http://www.rarewares.org/files/mp3/twolame0.3.13.zip

refalac is a win32 command line ALAC encoder/decoder based on open source reference implementation by Apple

• Website: https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/home
• Command-line: https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/refalac-usage
• Sources: https://github.com/nu774/qaac
• Downloads: https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet
• qaac_2.64: https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet/qaac_2.64.zip?attredirects=0&d=1

rewavi - tool of extract PCM audio stream from avi file.

• Website: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/rewavi
• Sources: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/rewavi
• Windows(64bit) 0.05: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/rewavi/releases/download/0.05/rewavi-0.05-x64.zip
• Windows(32bit) 0.05: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/rewavi/releases/download/0.05/rewavi-0.05-Win32.zip

AvsDec - Decode avisynth audio stream to raw audio file.

• Website: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/AvsDec
• Sources: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/AvsDec
• Windows(64bit) 2.5: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/AvsDec/releases/download/2.5/AvsDec-2.5-Win32-UNICODE.zip
• Windows(32bit) 2.5: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/AvsDec/releases/download/2.5/AvsDec-2.5-x64-UNICODE.zip

WavSplit - Split multi-channel WAV file into single channel WAV files.

• Website: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/AvsDec
• Sources: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/AvsDec
• Windows(64bit) 2.5: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/AvsDec/releases/download/2.5/WavSplit-2.5-Win32-UNICODE.zip
• Windows(32bit) 2.5: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/AvsDec/releases/download/2.5/WavSplit-2.5-x64-UNICODE.zip

SSRC - High Quality Audio Sampling Rate Converter

• Website: http://shibatch.sourceforge.net/
• Sources: https://github.com/shibatch/SSRC
• Windows(64bit) 1.33: http://shibatch.sourceforge.net/download/ssrc-1.33.tar.gz
• Windows(32bit) 1.30: http://shibatch.sourceforge.net/download/ssrc-1.30.tgz

LAME - High quality MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3)

• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=LAME
• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=MP3
• Website: http://lame.sourceforge.net/
• Sources: https://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/
• Downloads: http://rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php
• LAME 3.99.5: http://www.rarewares.org/files/mp3/lame3.99.5.zip
• LAME 3.99.5 64bit: http://www.rarewares.org/files/mp3/lame3.99.5-64.zip

Musepack is an audio compression format with a strong emphasis on high quality.

• Website: https://musepack.net/index.php?pg=home
• Downloads: https://musepack.net/index.php?pg=win
• Musepack SV8 tools: https://files.musepack.net/windows/musepack_windows_2009-04-02.zip

FAAC is an MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 AAC encoder.

• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=FAAC
• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=AAC_FAQ
• Website: http://www.audiocoding.com/faac.html
• Downloads: http://rarewares.org/aac-encoders.php
• FAACv1.28 Binary for Win32: http://www.rarewares.org/files/aac/faac-1.28-mod.zip

FAAD2 is an open source MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 AAC decoder

• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=FAAD
• Website: http://www.audiocoding.com/faad2.html
• Downloads: http://rarewares.org/aac-decoders.php
• FAAD2v20100614 CVS snapshot for Win32: http://www.rarewares.org/files/aac/faad2-20100614.zip

Opus Interactive Audio Codec

• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Opus
• Website: https://opus-codec.org/
• Sources: https://github.com/xiph/opus
• Recommended settings: https://wiki.xiph.org/Opus_Recommended_Settings
• Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/muldersoft/files/Opus%20Tools/
• opus-tools.2016-11-04: https://sourceforge.net/projects/muldersoft/files/Opus%20Tools/opus-tools.2016-11-04.zip/download
• Forum: https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,113009.0.html
• Forum: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1784913#post1784913

Ogg Vorbis is a general-purpose compressed audio format

• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Oggenc
• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=AoTuV
• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Lancer
• Website: https://xiph.org/vorbis/
• Downloads: http://rarewares.org/ogg-oggenc.php
• Oggenc2.88 using libVorbis v1.3.5: http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.88-1.3.5-generic.zip
• Oggenc2.88 using libVorbis v1.3.5: http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.88-1.3.5-P4.zip
• Oggenc2.88 using libVorbis v1.3.5: http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.88-1.3.5-x64.zip
• Oggenc2.88 using aoTuVb6.03 2015: http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.88-aoTuVb6.03_2015-generic.zip
• Oggenc2.88 using aoTuVb6.03 2015: http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.88-aoTuVb6.03_2015-P4.zip
• Oggenc2.88 using aoTuVb6.03 2015: http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.88-aoTuVb6.03_2015-x64.zip
• Oggenc2.88 using aoTuVb6.03 2015 (Lancer Builds): http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.88-aoTuVb6.03_2015-LancerSSE.zip
• Oggenc2.88 using aoTuVb6.03 2015 (Lancer Builds): http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.88-aoTuVb6.03_2015-LancerSSE2.zip
• Oggenc2.88 using aoTuVb6.03 2015 (Lancer Builds): http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.88-aoTuVb6.03_2015-LancerSSE3.zip
• Oggenc2.88 using aoTuVb6.03 2015 (Lancer Builds): http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggenc2.88-aoTuVb6.03_2015-LancerSSE3_x64.zip
• Downloads: http://rarewares.org/ogg-oggdec.php
• oggdec v1.10.1: http://www.rarewares.org/files/ogg/oggdecV1.10.1.zip

Aften is an audio encoder based on ATSC A/52 specification.

• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=AC3
• Website: http://aften.sourceforge.net/
• Sources: https://sourceforge.net/projects/aften/
• Downloads: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/wavtoac3encoder/releases
• aften-git-20091226-icl11_1_054-win32: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/wavtoac3encoder/releases/download/5.5/aften-git-20091226-icl11_1_054-win32-bin.zip
• aften-git-20091226-icl11_1_054-win64: https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/wavtoac3encoder/releases/download/5.5/aften-git-20091226-icl11_1_054-win64-bin.zip

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec

• Website: https://xiph.org/flac/index.html
• Downloads: https://xiph.org/flac/download.html
• Sources: https://github.com/xiph/flac
• flac-1.3.2: http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/flac/flac-1.3.2-win.zip

WavPack is audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression

• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=WavPack
• Website: http://www.wavpack.com/index.html
• Downloads: http://www.wavpack.com/downloads.html
• WavPack Win32: http://www.wavpack.com/wavpack-5.0.0-x86.zip
• WavPack Win64 (for 64-bit Windows): http://www.wavpack.com/wavpack-5.0.0-x64.zip

Monkey’s Audio is a fast and easy way to compress digital music

• Website: http://www.monkeysaudio.com/index.html
• Downloads: http://www.monkeysaudio.com/download.html
• Monkey's Audio 4.18: http://monkeysaudio.com/files/MAC_418.exe

OptimFROG is a lossless audio compression program

• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=OptimFROG
• Website: http://losslessaudio.org/
• Downloads: http://losslessaudio.org/Downloads.php
• Windows 32-bit 5.100: http://losslessaudio.org/Downloads/A1C0/5100/Win/OptimFROG_Win_x86_5100.zip
• Windows 64-bit 5.100: http://losslessaudio.org/Downloads/A1C0/5100/Win/OptimFROG_Win_x64_5100.zip

The True Audio (TTA) codec is a free, simple, realtime lossless audio compressor

• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=TTA
• Website: http://tausoft.org/wiki/True_Audio_Codec_Overview
• Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/files/tta/ttaenc-win/
• tta-2.3-32bit: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/files/tta/ttaenc-win/tta-2.3-32bit.zip/download
• tta-2.3-32bit-sse4: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/files/tta/ttaenc-win/tta-2.3-32bit-sse4.zip/download
• tta-2.3-64bit: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/files/tta/ttaenc-win/tta-2.3-64bit.zip/download
• tta-2.3-64bit-sse4: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/files/tta/ttaenc-win/tta-2.3-64bit-sse4.zip/download

TAK ((T)om's lossless (A)udio (K)ompressor)

• Website: http://www.thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html
• Downloads: http://www.thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html
• TAK_2.3.0: http://www.thbeck.de/Download/TAK_2.3.0.zip
• Forum: https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,101386.0.html

La is a Lossless Audio compression program

• Website: http://www.lossless-audio.com/
• Downloads: http://www.lossless-audio.com/download.htm
• 0.4b: http://www.lossless-audio.com/La04b.exe

Nero AAC is a high-quality LC and HE AAC codec

• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Nero_AAC
• Downloads: http://www.videohelp.com/software/Nero-AAC-Codec
• NeroAACCodec-1.5.4: http://www.videohelp.com/download/NeroAACCodec-1.5.4.zip

qaac is a command line AAC/ALAC encoder frontend based on Apple encoder

• Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Apple_AAC
• Website: https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/home
• Command-line: https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/Command-Line-Options
• Sources: https://github.com/nu774/qaac
• Downloads: https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet
• qaac_2.62: https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet/qaac_2.62.zip?attredirects=0&d=1

FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video

• Website: https://ffmpeg.org/
• Command-line: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html
• Sources: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#get-sources
• Downloads: https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
• ffmpeg-3.2.2-win32: https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win32/static/ffmpeg-3.2.2-win32-static.zip
• ffmpeg-3.2.2-win64: https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win64/static/ffmpeg-3.2.2-win64-static.zip

dcaenc is an open-source implementation of the DTS Coherent Acoustics codec

• Website: https://github.com/filler56789/ffdcaenc-2
• Website: http://aepatrakov.narod.ru/index/0-2
• Sources: https://gitlab.com/patrakov/dcaenc
• Sources: https://github.com/filler56789/ffdcaenc-2
• Forum: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1752981#post1752981
• Forum: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=170952
• Forum: https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,103235.0.html
• Downloads: https://github.com/filler56789/ffdcaenc-2/releases
• ffdcaenc v.2.1.3: https://github.com/filler56789/ffdcaenc-2/files/299448/ffdcaenc.zip

eac3to - audio conversion tool

• Wiki: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Eac3to
• Forum: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125966
• Downloads: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125966
• eac3to v3.34: http://madshi.net/eac3to.zip