AACelerator

AACelerator for Mac

Publisher's Description

From scott nichol:

AACelerator is an application that will allow you to quickly and easily encode all of your audio files into MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Codec (AAC) audio files. This encoding format represents a significant step forward in encoded file size and sonic quality. By all accounts, audio encoded at the same bit rates as MP3 files will result in sonicly superior audio files. This encoding format will also produce files with equivalent sonic quality at much lower bit rates, allowing you to store your music collection using much less disk space.

AACelerator works together with QuickTime 6 to encode the audio files.

The application uses AppleScript to feed the QuickTime Player application the files you would like encoded and exports them with the settings you specify. A valid, registered license for QuickTime 6 Pro is require for this process to work.

What's new in this version:

Better iTunes 4 and iPod Compatibility
MPEG-4 files retain their type and creator codes until they are brought into iTunes. This allows the tag information to come in along with the MPEG-4 audio files. This fixes the problem where valid tag information was transferred into the file, but not recognized by iTunes. The files remain MPEG-4 files, not Apple's so-called "AAC" file format. The only known side effects are that with MPEG-4 files, sound effects like cross-fade and equa... See all new features