Audio Transcoder 1.8.7

Audio Transcoder 1.8.7 offers a powerful one-stop audio converter and CD ripper for Windows OS that allows users to rip audio disks and convert audio files between many popular formats. Featuring support for more than 20 audio formats, the program can export audio to almost any format, be it rare or common. As an added bonus, there is an embedded CD ripper to rip CD music tracks and save them to more common digital music formats. Unique to Audio Transcoder are its abilities to convert and rip audio in 3 mouse clicks, phenomenal accuracy of conversion and super-fast processing speed. The program has only a little impact on system performance.

Audio Transcoder allows users to rip audio disks and convert audio files between many popular formats. Audio Transcoder offers a clean, friendly interface, support for almost all popular audio formats, output quality presets to adjust the audio quality and support for ID2v1, ID3v2, Ogg, FLAC, APE tags, letting the user to preserve the most useful tag fields in the output. Batch mode for mass conversion of audio files is supported too. Once you have converted the files, you can upload them into your iPod, iPhone, MP3 player, or PSP and enjoy music on the move!

Audio Transcoder is unique thanks to the rich library of supported formats. At present, it can work with over 20 file formats, such as MP3, AAC, AC3, WMA, APE, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, M4A, MAC, MP+, MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, MPP, OFR, SPX, TTA, WAV, WV and Ogg-Vorbis. The authors regularly add support for new formats, making the audio converter a universal tool to convert audio and rip CD music. Downloading music from the Internet , or ripping CD music tracks is part of the daily life for most anyone. Over the years, users collect hundreds if not thousands of audio files that come in different file formats and in the course of time the media collection starts to resemble a soup. This can be inconvenient if you want to upload files to a mobile handset or an MP3 player as these devices support only a limited list of audio formats (MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC). This is where Audio Transcoder with its conversion to 10+ formats can extend a helping hand.

Audio Transcoder is also ideal for converting audio for portable devices like cell phones, or iPods. You can rip your favorite music tracks from a CD disk, convert them to MP3 and upload into the cell phone or PDA. This will keep you entertained when you have time to spare, standing in a line, or taking a bus trip. Converted audio can also make great ring tones for your mobile phone, or can be used in media presentations and projects.

Major Functions:

1. Convert audio for portable devices – Convert your favorite music tracks into a compatible format and load them to iPod, MP3 Player or cell phone. Enjoy music wherever you are – on the overseas flight, on the beach, or on the bus trip!
2. Archive media files in one format – Convert your audio files to one commonly used format – MP3, rather than keep them in a dozen of different formats that require different media players for playback. Archive music for a lifetime of enjoyment.
3. Personalize your cell phone – Convert your favorite song to a compatible format and use it as a ring tone to personalize your cell phone. Make yourself stand out of the crowd and never again reach for the phone when you hear a standard ring tone.
4. Create podcasts for your own website – Convert your collection of records that come in different audio formats into MP3, which is a common format for creating podcasts. Broadcast yourself on the Web. Create your own library of podcasts.
5. Re-use internet audio in presentations – Convert the audio files you download from the Internet into one popular format that can be reproduced on any computer without additional software. Refresh your presentations and media projects with music!

Major Features:

1. Rip an audio CD disk in 3 steps: With Audio Transcoder, ripping an audio CD disk is as easy as ABC. Insert the disk to the CD-ROM drive, select the tracks you want to grab and customize the desired output settings. That's pretty much you need to do. Finally, click Rip CD.
2. Convert to other formats in 3 steps: The program allows you to convert a file to another format in three easy steps - select, configure and convert. Just load a file to Audio Transcoder, select the output settings, such as output folder, format, sound quality and click Convert.
   
3. Edit the meta data: The program allows you to edit the meta data of audio files. To begin, you need to select the file in the Drop Zone and in the Metadata panel, enter the artist, song title, album, select the year of album release, genre and add comments (if you have any).
   
4. Built-in audio player: To make it easy for you to select the audio, Audio Transcoder has a built-in audio player. You may want to use the player to play an audio file that has some meaningless title like "Track01". Just select the file and click the CD/Audio player tab.
   
5. Support for all popular audio formats: The program allows you to convert just about any audio format to most any other format. Supported formats include .aac, .ac3, .aiff, .ape, .flac, .mac, .mp+, .mp1, .mp2, .mp3, .mpc, .mpp, .ofr, .ofs, .ogg, .spx, .tta, .wav, .wma, .wv. New formats are added regularly.
   
6. Batch mode: Audio Transcoder is ideal for massive conversion of files. Simply load the files to the program, select the output settings and click Convert. Audio Transcoder will convert them all in one quick, smooth go.
   
7. Unattended mode: Specially for batch conversion, the program allows you to select the events to be executed when the conversion finishes. You can set Audio Transcoder to shut down the computer, hibernate, enter the standby mode, log off the user, or restart Windows.
   
8. OS compatibility: Audio Transcoder runs on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista.

Enhancements: Minor bug fixes.

Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista or newer
• 5 Mb hard disk space for software, more for generated music files.

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