FAAC is an Advanced Audio Coder (MPEG2-AAC, MPEG4-AAC). The goal of FAAC is to explore the possibilities of AAC and exceed the quality of the currently best MP3 encoders.

You can submit pull requests via GitHub:
https://github.com/knik0/faac
https://github.com/knik0/faad2

Features

  • AAC-LC
  • High quality audio
  • High-speed encoding

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Categories

Audio Conversion

License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2), GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2)

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User Reviews

  • Great quality and speed encoder, especially useful in education purposes.
  • At higher bitrates Freeware AAC can exceed the quality of Apple's encoder. I've needed this for quite some time.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Hi Im trying to use the libfaac with a C++ project but I cant find the core libfaac.lib or libfaac.a where is it?
  • FAAC is the best MP3 encoder for me. Beats other versions, in my opinion.
  • I like it
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

BeOS, BSD, Linux, Mac, Windows

Intended Audience

Developers, End Users/Desktop, Science/Research, Telecommunications Industry

User Interface

Command-line, Win32 (MS Windows)

Programming Language

C

Related Categories

C Audio Conversion Software

Registered

1999-12-12