- [RBrowser Lite] - free
- [Transmit] - shareware
FTP Servers
Mac OS X comes preinstalled with its own FTP Server. To turn it on go to System Preferences > Sharing > and check FTP Access
- A guide for setting up proftpd on MacOSX? can be found [here].
shntool and Shorten v3.4 for Mac OS X
- Mark Domyancich's guide to using these two tools on OS X are now hosted [here].
GUI tools
- [xACT] - Graphical frontend for Shorten, FLAC, Monkey's Audio, Shntool and more. This is pretty much the replacement for Shorten for Mac, FLACer and MacFlac? xACT does everything those apps did including flac metadata and CD ripping using CD Paranoia.
Download Queue Managers
Speed Download - written from scratch in Cocoa just for Mac OS X
http://www.yazsoft.com/
Download Wizard - another app written from scratch in Cocoa just for Mac OS X
http://www.whizzosoftware.com/downloadwizard/
Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) - a port of the Windows app
http://www.speedbit.com/mac/
Monica
An alternative to a standard FTP client is the download queue application [Monica]. It's relatively easy to set up and allows you to start a queue in the evening and let it run overnight. It's also the closest to
As of this writing on 15-08-2002, there are two versions of Monica available: a released v2.2 and a 3.0 public beta. The instructions below deal with v2.2. (This will save you from being autobanned if the pb doesn't obey the rules.)
To prepare Monica for use with etree servers:
1. Start up Monica.
2. Go to the Options menu and choose "Preferences..."
3. In the dialog that follows, go to the Transmission tab.
4. Set the Retry Delay to at least 120.
5. Set the Number of Retries to a reasonable number like 200. (With a retry delay of 120 seconds, 200 retries should get you through the night.)
6. Set the Max Downloads to 1.
7. Click the Save button. This will close the Preferences window.
8. Now load up your queue with URLs in the form of:
:
The last colon and port number are optional and should only be specified if the port is not 21 for ftp.
9. After the queue is loaded, click the Start Queue button and enjoy!
I find the fastest way to load up a queue for Monica is to use a server's 'viewer' account to get all complete URLs for a show then save them to a text file with one file per line. When the file is complete, copy the contents of it and paste it into Monica's Paste/drop URL here: field.
Playback: PureMusic? Audio Player
http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/15963
YES! Finally we have a FLAC, SHN and APE player for Mac OS X. It's only in it's first release but supports playlists and you have spend hours installing X11 and a bunch of unix libraries (see XMMS) to play your files.
Playback: Mac Amp Lite
While it is no longer available, the binaries of beta of Mac Amp Lite 1.5 offered for download on June 21, 2003 can still be found using Archive.org and they will happily play Flac and Shorten.
Playback: XMMS (Try PureMusic Audio Player before venturing into this headache)
XMMS is an open-source media player with many of features of Win Amp. It has been ported from Linux to OSX by the Fink project. It has plugins available to play Shorten and FLAC files. Since iTunes doesn't support lossless codecs, and Mac Amp Lite is no more, XMMS is a great alternative for OSX, but setting it up takes a bit of effort.
First, you'll need to install X11, available as a free download from [Apple's website]. Just follow the instructions in the README. Once this is installed, you'll be able to run X-windows programs right alongside Aqua apps. Pretty cool.
You also need to install Apple's X11 SDK found at [same site].
Next, you'll need to visit [the Fink project], which has ported a number of open-source UNIX programs to OSX, including xmms. Follow the directions on the site to install the core Fink packages. Then add the following packages: xmms, flac-xmms, flac (if you don't already have flac installed.)
Fink installation is not 100% robust, and you may run into some hitches, depending on how your system is set up. Most common problems are addressed on the website. If you get stuck, the folks on the mailing lists are very helpful.
Finally, you'll want to download the [Shorten plugin] for xmms. While there hasn't been an official 'port' of this plugin to OSX, I was able to compile and install it with no difficulties, just following the directions for Linux.
If you only hear static with xmms-shn, right click on XMMS and go to Options > Preferences. Select the SHN Player Input Plugin and click Configure. Under the Miscellaneous Tab, select 'Swap Audio Bytes'.
That's it! Now fire up X11, and run XMMS from the command line. (Make sure to run it from the X11 console window. If you run it from a normal Aqua terminal window, it won't be able to find the display).
Now you can play Shorten and Flac files directly, along with wavs and (yuck) mp3s. Enjoy!
By the way, there are tons of great open-source toys available once you have Fink and X11 set up. Use OSX's UNIX core to its fullest!
Playback: Cog
http://cogx.org/
Cog is an open source audio player developed for OS X. It supports most formats music come in and is always in development. Cog also supports Flac tags, Vorbis comments and ID3.
Command-line tool that can help you encode various types of audio files to the FLAC lossless format, as well as decode tracks that have already been compressed
What's new in FLAC 1.3.1:
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- General:
- Improved decoding efficiency of all bit depths but especially so for 24 bits for IA32 architecture (lvqcl and Miroslav Lichvar).
- Faster encoding using SSE and AVX (lvqcl).
- Fixed bartlett, bartlett_hann and triangle functions.
FLAC, or Free Lossless Audio Codec, is designed as an alternative to other audio encoding formats that avoids any loss in quality upon compressing files. Support for the format is widespread and growing, and the project is completely open-source, free to be used for any purpose.
Flac Tools For Os X From Homebrew
Of course, a suitable tool is needed to either create or decode FLAC files. While frontends designed for less experienced users are available, you can also try your hand at using the versatile, bare-bones command-line utility.
Relatively simple installation procedure that requires the use of the Terminal app
You do not need to be an expert in order to install and run the utility, as only a few simple commands are necessary to complete the procedure.
First off, you need to launch the Terminal app, navigate to the FLAC folder, and then run the following commands:”./configure”, “make”, “sudo make install” and, finally, “flac”. Naturally, you need to wait for the previous operation to be completed before entering a new command.
Powerful command-line tool that can be used to encode and decode audio files
Once the utility has been installed, it can be used to encode or decode files. The supported input formats are RIFF WAVE, WAVE64, AIFF, RF64, FLAC, OGG FLAC and raw interleaved samples, while decoded files can be exported to RIFF WAVE, WAVE64, AIFF, RF64 and raw interleaved samples.
All operations are performed by running various commands, together with any necessary arguments. The full list can be viewed in the Terminal window, but you can also read more detailed explanations by consulting the available documentation.
Useful tool that allows you to take advantage of the lossless FLAC format
FLAC is a great alternative to other, lossy, audio coding formats, and this command-line tool enables you to encode or decode audio files on your Mac.
While it may not be accessible to everyone, those who have no qualms about firing up the command console should have no problems making the most of its comprehensive feature set.
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