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X Lossless Decoder - 20090320

Decode, convert, play various lossless audio files.

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Version 20090320:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	20090320
Release Date:	2009-03-20
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 20090320):	2,616
Downloads (all versions):	22,894

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Product Description:

X Lossless Decoder(XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.3 and later.

XLD supports the following formats:

(Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.ogg)
Monkey's Audio (.ape)
Wavpack (.wv)
TTA (.tta)
Apple Lossless (.m4a) [10.4 and later]
AIFF, WAV, etc

Other formats supported by Libsndfile are also decodable. XLD uses not decoder frontend but library to decode, so no intermediate files are generated. All of the supported formats can be directly split with the cue sheet. XLD also supports so-called 'embedded' or 'internal' cue sheet.

Currently you can choose output format from WAVE,AIFF and Raw PCM. In addition, you can choose Ogg Vorbis (aoTuV), MPEG-4 AAC (QuickTime/CoreAudio), MP3 (LAME), Apple Lossless, FLAC and HE-AAC (aacPlus v1/v2) in the GUI version.

What's new in this version:

Added support for DDP (Disc Description Protocol) files
"DDPMS" files can be opened as a cue sheet.
Supported reading ISRC from discs
Added "Apply This Item for All Files" context menu in tag editor (for "Edit tags before convert")
Added option for batch conversion to split file with embedded cue sheet automatically
Relaxed the limitation of the size of album arts embedded into MP3 files
Improved support for FLAC metadata (ALBUMARTIST/TRACKTOTAL/DISCTOTAL/COMPILATION)
Now %y (year) can be used as a filename format indicator
Added option to control appending BOM to cue sheets
Added option to force mono encoding in LAME encoder
XLD now shows a dialog when quitting with active tasks
Updated libcdio library
Updated libsndfile library
Fixed a problem when embedding a large album art into AAC/ALAC files
Fixed a problem that Monkey's audio decoder sometimes wrongly detected files
Fixed a problem that a png image embedded with iTunes wasn't read
Improved reliability of CD Info.cidb parser
Improved stability when connecting MusicBrainz server
Fixed a problem that colon(:) in the folder name was not replaced with the safe one

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3

Feedback Summary:

Version 20090320:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(5.0)	Support:	(4.0)
Ease of Use:	(4.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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I Agree... - Version: 20090924, 9/28/2009 04:15PM PST

ol_pip

This has gotten me out of a couple situations where some files needed to be extracted before I could do anything with them. Been a fixture in my cpu's utilities folder for a few years. Worth just having.

Does exactly what it says on the tin... - Version: 20090828, 9/15/2009 07:35AM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

SpaceMagic

Just started using this app and have to say I'm impressed. Often these audio or video apps say they do something but then do it badly or charge you obscene amounts of money for something you would this is relatively simple (especially with CoreAudio). I could be wrong there though... :)

One thing: interface. Just needs a window to open when you open the app. Otherwise users need to go searching for how to use this app. Would be nice to have an open list box when you start the app and then just drag all the files you want to convert and click convert :)

Perfect for importing downloaded FLAC files to Apple Lossless for iTunes and my iPod - Version: 20090320, 4/14/2009 02:56PM PST