MP3s>AAC for free on windows?
[369 byte] By [deftdrummer1] at [2007-11-9 13:41:03] 
does anyone know of a free program that encodes cd's to aac files for free? i know there are $30 programs here and there, but what is the best if i absolutely have to pay? I only have a 10gb ipod and it has less than 1 gb of space left and i plan on adding more so this would certainly help maximize space. I dont plan on buying the 30gb ipod for a while at least.
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# 1 Re: MP3s>AAC for free on windows?
I'm successfully using a combination of freeware:- Exact Audio Copy (eac) for ripping
- foobar2000 with libfaac (faac encoder)
- EphPod 2.71 beta [it populates iPod database tags from filenames]
Basically what I do is ripping CDs to WAVs files with EAC (Also I name the files from the beginning as "trackNumber Artist - Album - Song title" and set this pattern in EphPod so it can figure it later). Then I use foobar2000/libfaac and within two clicks I load the WAV files on the playlist and convert them directly to M4A. Finally I just add the songs to the iPod using EphPod. No more stuff required.
Also it seems that foobar2000 can tag mp4 files and EphPod is able to read them. I have to try it out. But I'm fine with the filename trick for now. In fact, as far as I know, the iPod doesn't care about tags: It gets the info from its own database, so no tagging sames a bit of hard disk space.
I will post a guide in more detail when i have the time.
links:
EAC
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
foobar2000 0.7 RC 10
http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/foobar2000/foobar2000_0.7RC10.exe
faac plugin (includes libfaac 1.20.1 beta)
http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/foobar2000/foo_faac.zip
EphPod 2.71 beta
http://www.builderadius.com/ephpod/ephpod271.zip
Greetings,
-- Andres
aromanos at 2007-11-15 17:40:38 >
# 2 Re: MP3s>AAC for free on windows?
You may find this thread ( http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7537) interesting.MOCKBA at 2007-11-15 17:41:39 >
# 3 Re: MP3s>AAC for free on windows?
im using winamp 5 (pre-alpha 1) to rip to aac but i cant sync with ephpod :-( (2.70b) the link u give doesnt work.Endoscient at 2007-11-15 17:42:48 >
# 4 Re: MP3s>AAC for free on windows?
Well, the EphPod 2.71 link still works to me, I just checked. :confused: -- Andr?s
aromanos at 2007-11-15 17:43:43 >
# 5 Re: MP3s>AAC for free on windows?
it works xcept the file is only an the exe file not an installerEndoscient at 2007-11-15 17:44:42 >
# 6 Re: MP3s>AAC for free on windows?
http://www.foobar2000.org/oregono at 2007-11-15 17:45:52 >
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