<s>
fre:ac	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	O
audio	O
converter	O
and	O
CD	O
extractor	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
extracting	O
audio	O
from	O
compact	O
discs	O
(	O
with	O
various	O
features	O
including	O
hidden	O
track	O
detection	O
)	O
,	O
fre:ac	B-Language
can	O
also	O
convert	O
audio	O
files	O
from	O
one	O
format	O
to	O
another	O
or	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
format	O
but	O
a	O
lower	O
bitrate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
fre:ac	B-Language
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
many	O
audio	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
,	O
FLAC	B-Application
,	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
MP4/M4A	O
,	O
AAC	B-Application
,	O
WAV	O
,	O
WMA	B-Application
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
fre:ac	B-Language
uses	O
the	O
CDex	B-Application
library	O
to	O
convert	O
from	O
CDs	O
and	O
uses	O
freedb	O
to	O
retrieve	O
artist/song	O
information	O
from	O
the	O
internet	O
which	O
is	O
written	O
to	O
the	O
files	O
as	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
ID3	O
tags	O
;	O
this	O
library	O
supports	O
cdparanoia	B-Application
which	O
aims	O
to	O
improve	O
audio	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
version	O
of	O
fre:ac	B-Language
was	O
published	O
in	O
2001	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
BonkEnc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
to	O
convert	O
audio	O
to	O
the	O
proprietary	O
lossy/lossless	O
Bonk	O
format	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
MP3	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
fre:ac	B-Language
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
1.0.17	O
on	O
November	O
14	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
29	O
,	O
2020	O
the	O
project	O
released	O
fre:ac	B-Language
1.1	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
update	O
adding	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1.1	O
update	O
also	O
introduced	O
support	O
for	O
multithreaded	O
file	O
conversions	O
,	O
DSP	B-Algorithm
processing	I-Algorithm
,	O
multichannel	O
audio	O
and	O
an	O
integrated	O
tag	B-Application
editor	I-Application
and	O
removed	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Bonk	O
format	O
after	O
which	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
named	O
until	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
from	O
version	O
1.1.6	O
,	O
fre:ac	B-Language
has	O
AccurateRip	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
fre:ac	B-Language
won	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
Community	O
Choice	O
Project	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
award	O
in	O
October	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
it	O
was	O
selected	O
as	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
Staff-Pick	O
Project	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
.	O
</s>
