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This category contains links to software supporting any formats of the MPEG-4 Audio standard. This may also include MPEG-4 players with video and audio playback.

Resources in This Category

• 1by1

  http://mpesch3.de1.cc/
  Small and fast directory player using Winamp input plugins with cue sheet and playlist support, from the same author as the editor mp3DirectCut.

• 3ivx

  http://www.3ivx.com/
  DirectShow filter suite with MPEG-4 video and multichannel AAC audio encoder based on FAAC as well as decoder, MP4 file format muxer and parser.

• AACplayer

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/aacplayer/
  DirectShow filter suite with encoder based on FAAC, parser for AAC files, Shoutcast DS filter and Windows GUI, playback uses the external CoreAAC DS filter.

• Audacious

  http://www.audacious-media-player.org/
  The GTK+2 port of XMMS with modern GUI features.

• BonkEnc

  http://www.bonkenc.org/
  Open source CD ripper and encoder based on the CDex ripping engine with support for many different languages, uses a FAAC output plugin.

• BSplayer

  http://www.bsplayer.org/
  Multimedia application with AAC/MP4 support through DirectShow filters like 3ivx, CoreAAC or ffdshow.

• CoolPlayer

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/coolplayer/
  Relies on the external Winamp input plugin based on FAAD2 for AAC/MP4 support.

• CPS

  http://cps.bonneville.nl/
  Real-time graphical programming environment for core opcodes and extended objects based on the Structured Audio Orchestra Language (SAOL) with a manual.

• dBpowerAMP

  http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central-m4a.htm
  Codec central for this converter, player and iPod file transfer manager with several AAC/MP4 encoders and decoders.

• Dream

  http://drm.sourceforge.net/
  Open source receiver and transmitter for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) using analog AM bands with HE AAC compressed sound at very low bitrates.

• DRM Software Radio

  http://www.drmrx.org/
  Commercial receiver for HE AAC streams via Digital Radio Mondiale with user forum, FAQs and manuals.

• Ecasound

  http://www.eca.cx/ecasound/
  Multitrack processing for playback, recording, format conversions, effects and mixing.

• FAAC

  http://freecode.com/projects/faac
  Summary of this open source project with AAC encoder and decoder FAAD2 listing release notes, FAQs, download packages, ports and other Freshmeat applications using these codecs.

• FAAC project news

  https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/news/feed
  This SourceForge feed offers the full text of related announces.

• FAAC project packages

  https://sourceforge.net/projects/faac/rss?path=/
  Publishing file releases on SourceForge.net.

• FFmpeg

  http://ffmpeg.org/
  Tools to record, convert, stream and play multimedia content including libavcodec and libavformat, two libraries used by many other open source projects.

• Foo pod

  http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=33&t=19156
  External plugin for foobar2000 (not included in the Special Installer) to handle iPod file transfers and converting to AAC/MP4 from any input format.

• GetID3()

  http://getid3.sourceforge.net/
  The PHP media file parser extracts play time, bitrate and resolution from AAC and reads/writes ID3v1/v2 tags, supports other formats as well.

• Gmerlin

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmerlin/
  A transcoding application for Linux with a modular structure supporting many input and output formats.

• GnuPod

  http://freecode.com/projects/gnupod
  Command line tool for Linux to handle file transfers to the iPod and converting to AAC/MP4 from many input formats.

• GPAC

  https://gpac.wp.imt.fr/
  This open source project provides Osmo4, an MPEG-4 Systems multimedia player using FAAD2 as the AAC decoder, as well as a 2D/3D BIFS encoder and an MP4 file muxer.

• Grip

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/grip/
  CD ripper and encoder for Linux that works with FAAC for AAC/MP4 output files.

• GSpot

  http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
  Windows tool identifying codecs in container formats like AVI, MPEG and MP4.

• Gst-player

  http://freecode.com/projects/gstplayer
  The multimedia player of the Gstreamer project that offers many formats through plugins, also FAAC for encoding and FAAD2 for decoding.

• Helix DNA Producer

  https://www.helixcommunity.org/projects/helix-producer/
  Open source version of RealProducer with free HE AAC encoder SDK from Coding Technologies.

• ImTOO Audio Encoder

  http://www.imtoo.com/audio-encoder.html
  Commercial converter using FAAC and FAAD2 for AAC/MP4 support.

• iTunes

  http://www.apple.com/itunes/
  All-in-one application from Apple with free AAC/MP4 encoder and decoder from QuickTime, rips CDs, organizes music files and connects to its Music Store.

• JetAudio

  http://www.jetaudio.com/
  All-in-one application for playback, encoding and streaming of multimedia content either with QuickTime or DirectShow filters.

• Lamip

  http://fondriest.frederic.free.fr/realisations/lamip/
  Linux player with foobar2000 GUI and AAC/MP4 support through FAAD2 from the developer of the XMMS MP4 plugin.

• Media Player Classic

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
  This multimedia DirectShow player looks like the old Windows Media Player 6.4, but has a lot more features like switching audio streams in an MP4 file.

• Mkvtoolnix

  https://mkvtoolnix.download/
  Tool set for Matroska multimedia media files, AAC/MP4 decoding with FAAD2.

• MoreAmp

  http://freecode.com/projects/moreamp
  Open source player, transcoder and CD ripper for several platforms preloading many songs into RAM while the harddisk drive spins down, uses FAAC and FAAD2 for AAC/MP4.

• MPC-HC

  https://mpc-hc.org/
  Based on the original Media Player Classic and created after the original author stopped working on it. Includes new features and video decoders.

• MPD

  http://www.musicpd.org/
  Music Player Daemon for Linux allows remote access to music files and managing playlists, using FAAD2 for decoding AAC/MP4.

• Mplayer

  http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
  Multimedia player for Linux also available in a Mac OS X and Windows version with AAC/MP4 decoding through FAAD2.

• Orban Opticodec

  http://www.orban.com/orban/products/stream/1010_overview.html
  Enables aacPlus (HE AAC) streaming for internet radio stations via HTTP/Shoutcast or RTSP.

• RareWares

  http://www.rarewares.org/aac.php
  Hosts several AAC/MP4 encoders and decoders as well as other related tools, see also the section for the Debian Linux distribution.

• Reganam

  http://www.reganam.com/
  Offers video/audio converters and players for 3GP/3GP2 and MP4 formats.

• Sfx Audio Compiler System

  http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/sfx/
  Integrated development system to generate real-time audio effects and synthesizer instruments using SAOL with SoundFont 2 for Structured Audio Score Language (SASL) and MIDI compositions.

• VLC

  http://www.videolan.org/
  Multimedia player of the VideoLAN project for several platforms, streams live MPEG-4 content via RTP and aacPlus via Shoutcast, transcodes to AAC with FAAC.

• Winamp

  http://www.winamp.com/
  Plays and encodes AAC/MP4 with internal plugins since version 5.0, also decodes aacPlus Shoutcast streams and other formats.

• Windows Media Player

  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx
  WMP needs external DirectShow filters for AAC/MP4 support like 3ivx, mpegable, CoreAAC or LSX.

• winLAME

  http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=77306
  The new version by DeXT reads many input formats and transcodes them to several others, uses libfaad2.dll and libfaac.dll for AAC.

• Xine

  http://www.xine-project.org/
  Multimedia library and player with AAC/MP4 support based on FAAD2.

• XMCD

  http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/xmcd/main.html
  CD player, ripper and encoder for Unix and other platforms, AAC/MP4 output files with FAAC.

• XMMS

  http://www.xmms.org/
  Linux player with Winamp 2.x looks supporting as many input formats, source code of AAC/MP4 plugin available in the FAAD2 CVS and download package.

• XMPlay

  http://support.xmplay.com/
  Fast player supporting XM and other tracker formats, usual inputs through external Winamp plugins and output formats with command line encoders, i.e. FAAD2 and FAAC for AAC/MP4.

• Zoom Player

  http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/
  This multimedia player from Inmatrix uses external DirectShow filters for MP4 files, e.g. 3ivx, mpegable or CoreAAC.

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