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Apple's great AAC encoder was (is?) also available as part of iTunes for Windows. One can extract the DDLs from the installer and use them with qaac to encode A
by madars 2y ago
Apple's great AAC encoder was (is?) also available as part of iTunes for Windows. One can extract the DDLs from the installer and use them with qaac to encode AACs. Apparently even works in Wine: https://www.andrews-corner.org/qaac.html https://www.andrews-corner.org/qaac.html ! OBS also picks up CoreAudio DLLs so streamers install iTunes for Windows to improve audio quality on their streams.
- imglorp 2y agoFor archival purposes though, a proprietary codec on a proprietary app in a proprietary OS that could be gone in the next release is not a panacea. This demands a format that will be playable at highest quality in 50 or 100 years. Not an easy problem!