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Free Encoder Pack change log

2025-08-29

  • Added detection for Microsoft Store version of foobar2000 and properly handles installing the pack for that version.

2025-05-07

  • qaac v2.85.
  • refalac v1.85 (fixes encoding 7.1 channel audio).

2025-04-04

  • Improved the Apple Music dll copying.
  • Installer no longer copies incorrect UWP versions of VC Runtime dlls.

2025-04-02

  • Improvements to the portable mode install location finding from browse dialog's memory.
  • Added support for copying qaac's required dlls from Apple Music.
  • qaac v2.84.
  • refalac v1.84.

2025-02-24

  • Fixed a very old bug that foobar2000 install location wasn't detected on 32-bit OS.
  • Fixed checkboxes being invisible on certain custom OS themes.
  • Now bundles and installs 64-bit encoders on a 64-bit OS. Except fhgaacenc remains 32-bit only as the required Winamp dlls are only available in 32-bits.

2025-02-11

  • FLAC v1.5.0.
  • WavPack v5.8.0.
  • qaac v2.83.
  • refalac v1.83.

2024-04-23

  • No longer requires admin privileges for regular users.
  • Gets the default install location for portable foobar2000 from the browse dialog.
  • Opus v1.5.2.
  • qaac v2.82.
  • refalac v1.82.

2024-03-08

  • Opus v1.5.1.

2024-03-03

  • WavPack v5.7.0
  • qaac v2.81.
  • refalac v1.81.

2023-07-05

  • qaac v2.80.
  • refalac v1.80.

2023-07-04

  • FLAC v1.4.3.

2023-04-30

  • Restores the ability to use Microsoft Store version of iTunes with qaac.
  • Added detection for 64-bit foobar2000.
  • Opus v1.4.
  • qaac v2.79.
  • refalac v1.79.

2022-11-30

  • WavPack v5.6.0
  • qaac v2.77
  • refalac v1.77.

2022-10-25

  • FLAC v1.4.2.

2022-09-23

  • FLAC v1.4.1.

2022-09-10

  • Fixed fhgaacenc requirement text as "Winamp 5.62 or newer" wasn't correct. Winamp v5.8 no longer had a license for the Fraunhofer AAC encoder.

2022-09-09

  • FLAC v1.4.0.
  • WavPack v5.5.0.
  • qaac v2.76.
  • refalac v1.76.

2022-02-22

  • Added support for using Microsoft Store installed iTunes with qaac.
  • FLAC v1.3.4.
  • qaac v2.73.
  • refalac v1.73.

2021-01-22

  • WavPack v5.40.
  • qaac v2.71.
  • refalac v1.71.
  • WavPack is custom compile and supports Windows XP.

2020-07-11

  • qaac v2.69.
  • refalac v1.69.
  • oggenc uses libvorbis v1.3.7.

2020-04-17

  • WavPack v5.3.0.

2019-12-23

  • WavPack v5.2.0.

2019-08-04

  • FLAC v1.3.3.

2019-04-25

  • Opus uses opus-tools 0.2-3-gf5f571b and libopus v1.3.1.

2018-05-22

  • qaac v2.67 and refalac v1.67.

2017-06-27

  • Opus v1.2.1.

2017-06-22

  • Opus v1.2.

2017-05-31

  • Opus uses libopus v1.1.5.

2017-02-13

  • FLAC v1.3.2 with patch for 4 GB+ integer overflow bug.

2017-01-24

  • Opus now uses opus-tools v0.1.10.

2017-01-22

  • WavPack v5.1.0.
  • Opus v1.1.4.

2017-01-02

  • FLAC v1.3.2 without forced SSE2 requirement.
  • refalac v1.62.
  • qaac v2.62.

2016-12-09

  • WavPack v5.0.
  • refalac v1.61.
  • and qaac v2.61.

2015-09-09

  • refalac v1.59.
  • qaac v2.59.
  • Wavpack v4.80
  • Opus uses libopus v1.1.3.

2015-03-22

  • Added refalac.
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