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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.

XLD supports the following formats:

  • (Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.ogg)
  • Monkey's Audio (.ape)
  • Wavpack (.wv)
  • TTA (.tta)
  • Apple Lossless (.m4a) [10.4 only]
  • 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 and FLAC in the GUI version.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 20091107: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

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Developer:tmkk
Downloads:103,423
  - Version d/l:802
Multimedia & Design:Audio
License:Free
Date:07 Nov 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
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Oct 18 2009
*****

MACZENTRUM  Very good app!  
(Version 20090924)

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Oct 3 2009

SWORDFISH  Since I upgraded to Snow Leopard, the AAC encoder is giving me files twice as big with True VBR Q90 mode. Anyone have an idea why?  
(Version 20090924)

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Oct 2 2009

GARYI  Getting some funky crash situations with latest build, seems to take safari with it for some reason

Otherwise super app.  
(Version 20090924)

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Sep 25 2009

ILIKETRASH  What is so great about this? There are no options to set bit depth or sampling rate on most of the formats where that makes sense. Also, there is no option to set floating point where that makes sense, and there is no raw floating point format at all.  
(Version 20090924)

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Sep 4 2009
*****

DR. GIRLFRIEND  Best of the Best.

When people who are new to Macs ask me about essential Mac apps, XLD is always at the top of my list. Stable, easy to use, and free. You can't get better than that. If you're not satisfied with just playing .mp3s, you need this app. It's awesome.

Tested and working fine in Snow Leopard.  
(Version 20090829)

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Aug 30 2009
*****

HARRY G.  YES. Simply the best and most mac-like audio-converter I have tried so far. Excellent work!  
(Version 20090828)

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Aug 28 2009

AARGL  Simply the best! Ever! ;-)  
(Version 20090828)

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Aug 26 2009

MARKOH  Version 20090827a:

Supported the new HE-AAC encoder in Snow Leopard

To use, check "Encode with HE-AAC" checkbox in the option dialog of MPEG-4 AAC encoder. In HE-AAC encoder, true VBR is not available and available bitrate is limited (24-80kbps).

Version 20090827:

Fixed a small problem in CD info.cidb parser

Updated internal drive offset database  
(Version 20090824)

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Aug 25 2009

MARKOH  Version 20090824a (109.2) is available via XLD update  
(Version 20090824)

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Aug 19 2009
*****

DUKERAUL  Trying to find a reliable flac to mp3 converter was a pain and when reading the reviews on yet another crap converter someone mentioned XLD. The lack of a GUI is weird but it worked like a charm. Be sure to go into the preferences and choose MP3 as the output.

I really like the importing directly into iTunes. Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you!  
(Version 20090320)

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