Whoops, we are a bit late with this one but the finest freeware audio CD ripper always deserves some attention. EAC, or Exact Audio Copy, has been recently updated to a version 0.99pb1. Although it is labeled as a pre-beta release, the quality of public EAC releases has usually been extremely good - better that many software advertised as “1.00 stable”. The new version comes with a nice pack of improvements, perhaps most notable being the inclusion of the FLAC, Free Lossless Audio Codec, which provides native support for audio compression at 100% CD quality. Check out the full list of changes and download!



  • Better AccurateRip support (reading ranges and CD images)
  • Improved log file output
  • Flac encoder now comes with EAC
  • Much improved configuration wizard
  • Writing CD-Text using CDRDAO
  • Copy and test range
  • Added writing new tags for ID3V2 like duration, encoder settings and the CD TOC
  • Correction of Xing header after writing ID3V2
  • Drive options are now stored by the drive name and not by adapter and LUN
  • Fixed many issues and bugs

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