dSw wrote:
> Robin Bowes;209503 Wrote: 
>> I'd love to modify my script to do flac2aac conversion. Alas, I
>> believe
>> aac is a proprietarty Apple format and there are no command line tools
>> for encoding.
>>
>> If anybody knows any different please tell!
>>
>> R.
> 
> AAC is certainly not a propietary Apple format - see
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding

>From that page:

"However, a patent license is required for all manufacturers or
developers of AAC codecs, that require encoding or decoding. [5] It is
for this reason FOSS implementations such as FAAC and FAAD are
distributed in source form only, in order to avoid patent infringement.

AAC requires a patent license, and thus uses proprietary technology. But
contrary to popular belief, it is not the property of a single company,
having been developed in a standards-making organization."


Key points:

"a patent license is required for all manufacturers or developers of AAC
codecs"

"AAC requires a patent license, and thus uses proprietary technology."

> 
> Nero do a free AAC encoder -
> http://www.nero.com/nerodigital/eng/Nero_Digital_Audio.html

It's windows-only.

R.

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