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AACelerator: MP3s are just so pass�
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
March 18th 2003
Compress your tunes using the MPEG-4 advanced audio codec
MacMethod has announced AACelerator, which the company bills as "the quickest way to
easily encode all of your audio files into MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Codec (AAC) audio
files." This new encoding format included in QuickTime 6 allows users to create
high-quality digital copies that are much smaller than comparable quality mp3s.
"By all accounts, audio encoded at the same bit rates as MP3 files will result in
audio files with superior sonic quality," enthuses MacMethod. "This encoding format
will also produce a file with equivalent sonic quality at much lower bit rates,
allowing you to store your music collection in much less disk space."
AACelerator works together with QT 6 to encode files. The application uses AppleScript
to feed QT Player 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.
More information on AAC can found on Apple's very own Advanced Audio Codec page. The
mothership also has an AAC audio gallery with four tunes encoded at 40 and 128K using
this cutting-edge codec.
AACelerator costs $12 and a demo can be downloaded here.
Editor's note: Although QT 6 and MPEG-4 have been available since about the middle of
last year, the technology has yet to take off, which is somewhat surprising given the
vastly superior technology employed. Perhaps it has taken until now for MPEG-4 and ACC
to gain sufficient "mind share" to begin making an impact?
What's your take?
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