Editing High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding (section)

===Encoding===
Orban Opticodec-PC Streaming and File Encoders were the first commercially available encoders supporting [[AAC-LC]]/HE-AAC back in 2003. They are now deprecated and replaced with StreamS Encoders from StreamS/Modulation Index with many more features, including support [[xHE-AAC]]/[[Unified Speech and Audio Coding]]. They are now in use at some of the largest content providers, and are considered to be the standard of the industry for live encoding.

Sony supports HE-AAC encoding since SonicStage version 4.

iTunes 9 supports HE-AAC encoding and playback.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/itunes/features/#importing |title=Apple - iTunes - Learn about the features of iTunes 10 |access-date=2011-03-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110329002415/http://www.apple.com/itunes/features/#importing |archive-date=2011-03-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/itunes/features/#radio|title=iTunes|website=Apple|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110329002415/http://www.apple.com/itunes/features/#radio|archive-date=29 March 2011}}</ref>

[[Nero AG|Nero]] has released a free-of-charge command line HE-AAC encoder, [[Nero AAC Codec]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nero.com/ena/technologies-aac-codec.html|title=Nero AAC Codec|access-date=2009-11-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211174635/http://www.nero.com/ena/technologies-aac-codec.html|archive-date=2009-12-11}}</ref> and also supports HE-AAC inside the Nero software suite.

Sorenson Media's Squeeze Compression Suite includes an HE-AACv1 encoder and is available for [[macOS]] as well as [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]].

The [[3GPP]] consortium released source code of a reference HE-AACv2 encoder that appears to offer competitive quality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mp3-tech.org/tests/aac_48/results.html|title=48kbps AAC public test results|date=2006-03-20|access-date=2008-09-05|publisher=MP3'Tech|last=Bouvigne|first=Gabriel|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724081344/http://www.mp3-tech.org/tests/aac_48/results.html|archive-date=2008-07-24}}</ref>

[[Winamp]] Pro also supports ripping music to HE-AAC. Using a transcoding plugin for Winamp's media library, any file can be transcoded to HE-AAC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Winamp_Transcoder.htm|title=Free Download Winamp Transcoder 2.0|website=www.free-codecs.com|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820164701/http://free-codecs.com/download/Winamp_Transcoder.htm|archive-date=20 August 2008}}</ref>

[http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html XLD], a macOS audio encoding program, offers encoding from any of its supported formats to HE-AAC.

[[Nokia PC Suite]] may encode audiofiles to eAAC+ format before transmitting them to mobile phone.

HE-AAC v1 and v2 encoders are provided by the [[Fraunhofer FDK AAC]] library in [[Android (operating system)|Android]] 4.1 and later versions.<ref name="Supported Media Formats">{{cite web|title=Supported Media Formats|url=http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html|publisher=Google|access-date=2013-10-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311121312/http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html|archive-date=2012-03-11}}</ref>