Download EZ CD Audio Converter 8.3

Poikosoft has released version 8.3 of EZ CD Audio Converter. EZ CD Audio Converter is an all-in-one program for ripping, editing and converting audio files and can also be used to burn CDs and DVDs. Support is available for all known audio formats, including mp3, aac, he aac, Dolby Pulse, Apple Lossless, flac, Vorbis, Opus and Windows Media Audio. Since version 8.1, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 8.3

• Opus 1.3.1 Codec Update
• M4A rating tag Windows File Explorer compatibility
• Improved CD player
• Eject/Load buttons replaced with single Eject/Load button 🙂
• Fixed the bug created in the previous update: Invalid pre-gap values ​​were written to Cue Sheet if pre-gap detection was not used

Changes in version 8.2.3

• Apply de-emphasis when ripping audio CDs that have pre-emphasis
• Option to enable/disable de-emphasis from the Audio CD Ripper settings (enabled by default)
• Save pre-emphasis / de-emphasize status to the ripping log
• Save pre-gap and pre-emphasis information to the local database (no need for rescan when the same CD is inserted again)
• Option to Rip and Convert without metadata (no metadata tags written to the output files)
• Convert Cue Sheets with more than 99 tracks
• Bugfix: Decode Disc Images (Cue Sheet + Audio File) with file size over 4 GB correctly

Changes in version 8.2.2

• Amazon Cover Art Search now works again (change in Amazon Search URL)
  • Higher resolution cover art from Amazon now available
• Added BARCODE (UPC/EAN) and LABEL predefined metadata fields
• Added context-sensitive Help buttons to Settings and Options

Changes in version 8.2.1

• Replaced CD Ripper error detection compatibility mode with two error detection reading methods

Changes in version 8.2

• Improved the Audio CD Ripper Secure Error Detection ripping mode
  • Now works and correctly detects read/sync/data errors with the drives previously failing with read/sync errors and extremely slow ripping speeds
  • Problem has occurred with some drives manufactured by Lite-On (some of them rebranded as PLDS, Asus, Plextor)
• UI improvement: Updated the integrated File Explorer
  • Added Quick Access (Windows 10) / Favorites (Windows 7/8) (if enabled in Windows File Explorer)
  • Navigate to/Select a file by typing the first letters of the file name
  • Improved appearance
  • Bug fixes
• UI improvement: Track list and file list highlight focused item
• Fix: Audio CD Ripper showed previous disc metadata if switching to Audio Converter or Disc Burner, changing the disc, and switching back to Audio CD Ripper
• Codec update: Added WavPack 32-bit float PCM compression

Changes in version 8.1.1

• Improved Audio CD Ripper track-selection checkboxes behavior
• Color error indicators in Audio CD Ripper status window
• Canceling CD ripping in Verify Audio mode now properly deinitializes the output file
• Improved ripping speed of the Error Detection / Compatibility mode
• Included critical LAME MP3 encoder bug fix (
• Improved/fixed CD-R / CD-RW disc supported write speeds detection
• Improved AIFF format to support 4GB files (previous limit 2GB)
• Added Wave64 (w64) output format
• Added Wave64 metadata support
• Added AU (au/snd) output format
• Reverted back a change made to the device access layer in v8.0.2 (may have caused drive communication problems in some systems with incompatible miniport I/O drivers)
• Removed unnecessary drive seeking preparation (added in v8.0.2) prior CD ripping (may have caused ripping issues with some drives)
• Updated language translations