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Current state of AAC encoding?

What is the current state of AAC encoding?

As I've followed the topic over the years, for a while Nero was developing an AAC encoder...then they stopped. The best last I checked was iTunes, which is still under active development. For iTunes you could either just encode through iTunes or use qaac through foobar to get true vbr encoding. The difference in size and quality seemed negligible, especially as storage costs have decreased over time.

Has anything come up since then?

Re: Current state of AAC encoding?

Reply #1 –
xHE-AAC but it's quite niche.

"Classic" AAC looks to be complete.

Re: Current state of AAC encoding?

Reply #2 –
Still plenty of terrible hardware LC-AAC encoders in the wild.
a fan of AutoEq + Meier Crossfeed

Re: Current state of AAC encoding?

Reply #3 –
FDK-AAC & QAAC are the only AAC encoders I'd trust quality wise.

Re: Current state of AAC encoding?

Reply #4 –
iTunes and its associated qaac tool remain prominent for AAC encoding.