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Where can I download the best and FREE AAC encoder for Windows?

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please make 'what is the best' questions Community Wiki. – Molly7244 Dec 9 '09 at 14:31
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Free as in you don't pay or free as in you are free to do what you want with it? AAC has patents surrounding it and I do not know of a free-to-do-what-you-want encoder. But ffmpeg works on Windows and does not cost anything.

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I believe ffmpeg uses faac to encode aac, which even according to the authors is not really up to snuff: audiocoding.com/faac.html – John Barrett Dec 9 '09 at 15:18
FFmpeg can use its own encoder "aac" or faac "libfaac" for AAC audio encoding. – Mondain Sep 8 '10 at 19:03
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my choice: CoreAAC Directshow Filter

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I use nero:

Nero AAC

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xmedia recode, it covers also video

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If you want to rip CDs to AAC iTunes will do this for you and is free.

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