Web Directory

» 1by1
   Small and fast directory player using Winamp input plugins with cue sheet and playlist support, from the same author as the editor mp3DirectCut.
   http://mpesch3.de1.cc/

» 3ivx
   DirectShow filter suite with MPEG-4 video and multichannel AAC audio encoder based on FAAC as well as decoder, MP4 file format muxer and parser.
   http://www.3ivx.com/

» AACplayer
   DirectShow filter suite with encoder based on FAAC, parser for AAC files, Shoutcast DS filter and Windows GUI, playback uses the external CoreAAC DS filter.
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/aacplayer/

» Apollo
   The new version of this freeware player uses the Winamp input plugin from Audiocoding.com to decode AAC/MP4.
   http://koti.welho.com/hylinen/apollo/

» Audacious
   The GTK+2 port of XMMS with modern GUI features.
   http://www.audacious-media-player.org/

» BSplayer
   Multimedia application with AAC/MP4 support through DirectShow filters like 3ivx, CoreAAC or ffdshow.
   http://www.bsplayer.org/

» BeSplit
   Command line tool to cut and paste AAC and other files.
   http://besplit.doom9.org/

» BonkEnc
   Open source CD ripper and encoder based on the CDex ripping engine with support for many different languages, uses a FAAC output plugin.
   http://www.bonkenc.org/

» CPS
   Real-time graphical programming environment for core opcodes and extended objects based on the Structured Audio Orchestra Language (SAOL) with a manual.
   http://cps.bonneville.nl/

» CoolPlayer
   Relies on the external Winamp input plugin based on FAAD2 for AAC/MP4 support.
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/coolplayer/

» DRM Software Radio
   Commercial receiver for HE AAC streams via Digital Radio Mondiale with user forum, FAQs and manuals.
   http://www.drmrx.org/

» Dream
   Open source receiver and transmitter for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) using analog AM bands with HE AAC compressed sound at very low bitrates.
   http://drm.sourceforge.net/

» Easy CD-DA Extractor
   Commercial CD ripper, encoder and converter with aacPlus capabilities.
   http://www.poikosoft.com/

» Ecasound
   Multitrack processing for playback, recording, format conversions, effects and mixing.
   http://www.eca.cx/ecasound/

» EnvivioTV
   An MPEG-4 plugin for Windows Media Player, RealPlayer and older QuickTime versions enabling playback of RTP streams.
   http://www.envivio.com/products/etv/

» FAAC
   Summary of this open source project with AAC encoder and decoder FAAD2 listing release notes, FAQs, download packages, ports and other Freshmeat applications using these codecs.
   http://freshmeat.net/projects/faac/

» FAAC project news
   This SourceForge feed offers the full text of related announces.
   http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projnews.php?group_id=704&rss_fulltext=1

» FAAC project packages
   Publishing file releases on SourceForge.net.
   http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projfiles.php?group_id=704

» FAAC project summary
   SourceForge provides daily statistics about downloads and page hits.
   http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projsummary.php?group_id=704

» FAAD Fink package
   Mac OS X binary of the AAC/MP4 decoder FAAD2 from the Fink project.
   http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/faad

» FFmpeg
   Tools to record, convert, stream and play multimedia content including libavcodec and libavformat, two libraries used by many other open source projects.
   http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/

» Foo_pod
   External plugin for foobar2000 (not included in the Special Installer) to handle iPod file transfers and converting to AAC/MP4 from any input format.
   http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=33&t=19156

» GPAC
   This open source project provides Osmo4, an MPEG-4 Systems multimedia player using FAAD2 as the AAC decoder, as well as a 2D/3D BIFS encoder and an MP4 file muxer.
   http://gpac.sourceforge.net/

» GSpot
   Windows tool identifying codecs in container formats like AVI, MPEG and MP4.
   http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

» GX Transcoder
   Freeware CD ripper, converter and player using external Winamp plugins and command line encoders for many formats, also video.
   http://www.germanixsoft.de/

» GetID3()
   The PHP media file parser extracts play time, bitrate and resolution from AAC and reads/writes ID3v1/v2 tags, supports other formats as well.
   http://getid3.sourceforge.net/

» Gmerlin
   A transcoding application for Linux with a modular structure supporting many input and output formats.
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmerlin/

» GnuPod
   Command line tool for Linux to handle file transfers to the iPod and converting to AAC/MP4 from many input formats.
   http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnupod/

» Grip
   CD ripper and encoder for Linux that works with FAAC for AAC/MP4 output files.
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/grip/

» Gst-player
   The multimedia player of the Gstreamer project that offers many formats through plugins, also FAAC for encoding and FAAD2 for decoding.
   http://freshmeat.net/projects/gstplayer/

» Helix DNA Producer
   Open source version of RealProducer with free HE AAC encoder SDK from Coding Technologies.
   https://helix-producer.helixcommunity.org/

» IBM M4Play
   Java based multimedia player from the platform independent IBM Toolkit for MPEG-4 including authoring tools for MP4 files with Systems content.
   http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/tk4mpeg4/

» ImTOO Audio Encoder
   Commercial converter using FAAC and FAAD2 for AAC/MP4 support.
   http://www.imtoo.com/audio-encoder.html

» Ivan & Menno
   Speek's frontend for AAC/MP4 batch encoding, decoding and file muxing with command line versions of FAAC, FAAD2 and mp4creator.
   http://members.home.nl/w.speek/ivan&menno.htm

» JetAudio
   All-in-one application for playback, encoding and streaming of multimedia content either with QuickTime or DirectShow filters.
   http://www.jetaudio.com/

» Lamip
   Linux player with foobar2000 GUI and AAC/MP4 support through FAAD2 from the developer of the XMMS MP4 plugin.
   http://fondriest.frederic.free.fr/realisations/lamip/

» MP4player
   Multimedia player of the open source MPEG4IP project that also decodes RTSP live internet streams, AAC support through FAAD2.
   http://mpeg4ip.sourceforge.net/

» MPD
   Music Player Daemon for Linux allows remote access to music files and managing playlists, using FAAD2 for decoding AAC/MP4.
   http://www.musicpd.org/

» Madman
   Linux music file manager similar to iTunes with tag editor, media library, dynamic playlists and a CD burning frontend, extensible through plugin scripts.
   http://madman.sourceforge.net/

» Media Center
   All-in-one application from J. River, Inc. with file management database, FAAC integration through external encoder plugin, AAC/MP4 decoding either with QuickTime or Winamp plugin.
   http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/

» Media Player Classic
   This multimedia DirectShow player looks like the old Windows Media Player 6.4, but has a lot more features like switching audio streams in an MP4 file.
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

» Media Player Classic Home Cinema
   Based on the original Media Player Classic and created after the original author stopped working on it. Includes new features and video decoders.
   http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

» MediaCell Video Converter
   Software for MP4/3GP file conversion of portable video device such as iPod/PSP/Mobile Devices.
   http://www.media-cell.com/

» Mkvtoolnix
   Tool set for Matroska multimedia media files, AAC/MP4 decoding with FAAD2.
   http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/

» MoreAmp
   Open source player, transcoder and CD ripper for several platforms preloading many songs into RAM while the harddisk drive spins down, uses FAAC and FAAD2 for AAC/MP4.
   http://freshmeat.net/projects/moreamp/

» Mpegable
   DirectShow filter suite from Dicas to decode MP4 and 3GP files or RTP streams of MPEG-4 content, also available as a standalone player application.
   http://www.mpegable.com/showPage.php?SITE=mpegable&PAGE=mpegableds

» Mplayer
   Multimedia player for Linux also available in a Mac OS X and Windows version with AAC/MP4 decoding through FAAD2.
   http://www.mplayerhq.hu

» Oddcast
   Plugin for Winamp and foobar2000 using libfaac.dll to enable AAC internet radio streams with a Shoutcast or Icecast server, other formats also supported.
   http://www.oddsock.org/tools/

» Orban Opticodec
   Enables aacPlus (HE AAC) streaming for internet radio stations via HTTP/Shoutcast or RTSP.
   http://www.orban.com/orban/products/stream/1010_overview.html

» QuickTime
   Since version 6 this Apple multimedia software decodes MP4 files. The basic player is free, the commercial Pro version also encodes MPEG-4 video and AAC as well as 3GP content.
   http://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/

» RareWares
   Hosts several AAC/MP4 encoders and decoders as well as other related tools, see also the section for the Debian Linux distribution.
   http://www.rarewares.org/aac.html

» Reganam
   Offers video/audio converters and players for 3GP/3GP2 and MP4 formats.
   http://www.reganam.com/

» Rhythmbox
   Integrated music management application inspired by Apple's iTunes and based on the GStreamer and/or the Xine framework, plays AAC/MP4 through gst-plugin for FAAD2.
   http://www.rhythmbox.org/

» Sfx Audio Compiler System
   Integrated development system to generate real-time audio effects and synthesizer instruments using SAOL with SoundFont 2 for Structured Audio Score Language (SASL) and MIDI compositions.
   http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/sfx/

» VLC
   Multimedia player of the VideoLAN project for several platforms, streams live MPEG-4 content via RTP and aacPlus via Shoutcast, transcodes to AAC with FAAC.
   http://www.videolan.org/

» Winamp
   Plays and encodes AAC/MP4 with internal plugins since version 5.0, also decodes aacPlus Shoutcast streams and other formats.
   http://www.winamp.com

» Windows Media Player
   WMP needs external DirectShow filters for AAC/MP4 support like 3ivx, mpegable, CoreAAC or LSX.
   http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx

» XMCD
   CD player, ripper and encoder for Unix and other platforms, AAC/MP4 output files with FAAC.
   http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/xmcd/main.html

» XMMS
   Linux player with Winamp 2.x looks supporting as many input formats, source code of AAC/MP4 plugin available in the FAAD2 CVS and download package.
   http://www.xmms.org/

» XMPlay
   Fast player supporting XM and other tracker formats, usual inputs through external Winamp plugins and output formats with command line encoders, i.e. FAAD2 and FAAC for AAC/MP4.
   http://support.xmplay.com/

» Xine
   Multimedia library and player with AAC/MP4 support based on FAAD2.
   http://www.xine-project.org/

» Zoom Player
   This multimedia player from Inmatrix uses external DirectShow filters for MP4 files, e.g. 3ivx, mpegable or CoreAAC.
   http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/

» dBpowerAMP
   Codec central for this converter, player and iPod file transfer manager with several AAC/MP4 encoders and decoders.
   http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central-mp4.htm

» iTunes
   All-in-one application from Apple with free AAC/MP4 encoder and decoder from QuickTime, rips CDs, organizes music files and connects to its Music Store.
   http://www.apple.com/itunes/

» winLAME
   The new version by DeXT reads many input formats and transcodes them to several others, uses libfaad2.dll and libfaac.dll for AAC.
   http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=77306