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X Lossless Decoder for Mac

Encode, transcode, and play various music file formats.

Free
In English
Version 20240310
4.7
Based on 295 user rates

X Lossless Decoder overview

X Lossless Decoder (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.4 and later.

XLD is Universal Binary, so it runs natively on Intel Macs, PPC Macs, and the latest Apple Silicon Macs.

Other formats supported by Libsndfile are also decodable. XLD uses not decoder frontend but library to decode, so no intermediate files are generated. All of the supported formats can be directly split with the cue sheet. XLD also supports so-called 'embedded' or 'internal' cue sheet.

XLD supports various output formats. It can convert audio files into WAVE, AIFF, Raw PCM, Ogg Vorbis (aoTuV), MPEG-4 AAC (QuickTime/CoreAudio), MP3 (LAME), Apple Lossless, FLAC, HE-AAC (aacPlus v1/v2), Wave64, WavPack, and IETF Opus.

XLD version 20080812 and later can be used as a CD ripper. You can convert each track in your audio CD into the desired format. Also, XLD supports output a CD image with a cue sheet (wav+cue, flac+cue, etc).

What’s new in version 20240310

  • Added an interface to specify e-mail address sent to CDDB servers since gnudb.org requires it for user authentication
  • Fixed a problem that parsing a huge CD Info.cidb took long time to complete
  • Fixed a problem that the current format of Discogs release URLs was not accepted
  • Updated Opus to version 1.5.2

X Lossless Decoder for Mac

Free
In English
Version 20240310
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4.7

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malcsut
malcsut
Aug 23 2024
20240310
0.0
Aug 23 2024
0.0
Version: 20240310
I downloaded XLD 2024May, I forget the day. Four parts to the download, XLD app, CLI, Readme, and another. Dragged XLD to apps folder, double click, menu appears + image of XLD on desktop. I assume I’ve installed the app, click on File check for updates, Get error, can’t check for updates as XLD is running from a dmg. What have I done wrong?
Aargl
Aargl
May 29 2024
20240310
5.0
May 29 2024
5.0
Version: 20240310
Must be 16 years now that I rely on XLD for all audio conversion. My choice was made then after testing the best converters available (including iTunes) and I was amazed to see that iTunes was inferior to the others! 😲 At that time, XLD was on par with Max, except for some minor issue, but Max became abandonware long time ago. Today, it would be interesting to compare XLD with xACT but I think the difference would rather be in workflow or interface than in quality.
kekrueger
kekrueger
Nov 6 2023
20230627
0.0
Nov 6 2023
0.0
Version: 20230627
Need cd ripper for an M2 Sonoma laptop. Can anyone tell me if X Lossless Decoder is compatible with M2 Sonoma?
jo-b
jo-b
Sep 16 2022
20220910
0.0
Sep 16 2022
0.0
Version: 20220910
I just dl the new version. As there is no installer, I drop to a new folder. But I cannot launch the app, cause Apple gives an alert, they weren't able to search for malware inside.
anonymous-clownfish-6925
anonymous-clownfish-6925
Apr 6 2022
20211018
0.0
Apr 6 2022
0.0
Version: 20211018
Sometimes you encounter a problem and get lucky with a solution in minutes. XLD is amazing and blazingly fast! I purchased a "sample pack" of sounds for Logic, and I couldn't audition the sounds from within Logic. This is due to a sample rate mismatch - the samples are 32 bit. Since the project is in 24 bit, it wouldn't make a sound. XLD was able to convert all the samples in seconds to 24 bit as a batch... THANK YOU!
lodean
lodean
Mar 11 2024
20240310
5.0
Mar 11 2024
5.0
Version: 20240310
Ghostcat
Ghostcat
Oct 28 2023
20230627
1.0
Oct 28 2023
1.0
Version: 20230627
Tekl
Tekl
Jan 3 2023
20220917
5.0
Jan 3 2023
5.0
Version: 20220917
Satcomer
Satcomer
Jun 16 2022
20211018
5.0
Jun 16 2022
5.0
Version: 20211018
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Wunderhorn
Apr 8 2022
20211018
4.0
Apr 8 2022
4.0
Version: 20211018
Nomah5
Nomah5
Dec 19 2021
20211018
5.0
Dec 19 2021
5.0
Version: 20211018
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firewall00110
Oct 19 2021
20211018
5.0
Oct 19 2021
5.0
Version: 20211018
chesterecox
chesterecox
Jul 21 2021
20210101
5.0
Jul 21 2021
5.0
Version: 20210101
freddofoxxy
freddofoxxy
May 14 2021
20210101
5.0
May 14 2021
5.0
Version: 20210101
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Chilston
Jan 28 2021
5.0
Jan 28 2021
5.0
Version: null
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Kewl
Jan 1 2021
5.0
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Oct 9 2020
5.0
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May 13 2020
4.0
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christophbrincken
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4.0
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4.0
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5.0
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Aargl
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5.0
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SteveGosselin
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doomups
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jamesyelland
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1.0
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1.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.5
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