Version 1.1 Beta 1 (December 2019) - implemented an extension component framework to modularize fre:ac - ported to macOS, Linux and BSD operating systems - added native 64 bit Windows platform support - Multi threading support - conversions are now done in parallel if possible - integrated SuperFast encoding technology for multi-threaded processing - adding files to the joblist can now use multiple threads - Major new features - added support for multi-channel audio - added support for verifying lossless input and output files - added support for processing input with DSP filters - added support for writing conversion log files - added support for managing multiple configurations - added a tag editor component - added multi encoder component for simultaneous output to multiple formats - User interface improvements - completely reworked configuration dialog - added support for editing configurations during conversions - added the ability to sort the joblist by clicking headers - allow format selection from the encode menu for encoders supporting multiple formats - new dialog to confirm overwriting of existing files before conversion - redesigned progress display area - added a button to open the output folder - the time left indicator now shows hours if necessary - the five last used output folders are now saved for later use - the five last used file name patterns are now saved for later use - File conversion improvements - added support for automatic sample format conversions to match encoder requirements - added support for joining tracks with different sample formats into a single output file - added options for playing notification sounds on finished conversions - added an option to append sequential numbers to otherwise identical filenames - added <composer>, <conductor> and <disc> filename patterns - added configuration option to keep converted tracks in joblist - added configuration option to add encoded files to joblist - added a warning when converting from lossy to lossless formats - skipping tracks is no longer possible when converting to a single file - conversion progress is now shown in the taskbar on Windows 7 and later - added support for setting process priority on Windows - CD ripping improvements - added support for ripping hidden tracks (HTOA) - added support for reading ISRC codes from CDs - added CD read offset configuration option - upgraded CDRip to version 2.3 (with cdparanoia III version 10.2) - CDDB support improvements - added preview to CDDB match selection dialog - added an option to automatically select the first CDDB match - added support for CDDB queries using HTTP GET - allow CDDB queries even when no CD drive is present - allow CDDB dialogs to be resized - Playback improvements - allow playback while a conversion is running - added a slider for seeking during playback - the button to open the CD tray now closes it if already open - New and updated codecs - added support for command line encoders/decoders - added Core Audio AAC/ALAC encoder - added Opus audio encoder/decoder - added Speex speech encoder/decoder - added Monkey's Audio encoder/decoder - added Musepack encoder/decoder - added WavPack encoder/decoder - added OptimFROG encoder/decoder - added TAK lossless encoder/decoder - added support for the Fraunhofer FDK AAC encoder/decoder - added support for the VisualOn AAC encoder - added support for the TwinVQ VQF decoder - added support for Ogg FLAC files - added support for RF64 and Wave64 files - added support for libsndfile for reading simple audio files - added support for reading and writing Vorbis files with .oga extension - New DSP components - added DSP components for resampling, channel up-/downmixing and sample format conversion - added RNNoise speech noise reduction DSP component - added Rubber Band time stretching DSP component - Tagging improvements - added support for chapters in ID3v2, MP4, WMA and Vorbis Comment tags - added support for handling gapless playback information - added support for changing album art - added support for MCDI frame in ID3v2 tags - added support for ID3v1 tags in AAC files - added RIFF tagging support (using LIST INFO and Cart chunks) - improved metadata extraction from path names - improved title info editing user friendliness - added context menu for text edit fields - greatly improved case conversion functions - the FLAC encoder now writes seektable metadata blocks - Playlist and cue sheet improvements - added support for XSPF, Windows Media and PLS playlists - added support for creating one playlist or cue sheet per album in a single conversion - fixed creation of cue sheets for multiple tracks in a single file - added support for loading cue sheets - freaccmd improvements - completely reworked arguments of freacmd - added support for selecting configuration in freaccmd - added support for encoding to a single file with freaccmd