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<div>===Important note===<br />
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This guide is in need of an update, because '''in EAC 1.0 beta 2, the replacement strings changed'''. For example:<br />
* "%s" is now "%source%"<br />
* "%d" is now "%dest%"<br />
* "%a" is now "%artist%"<br />
See the full list in [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/support/faq/ the EAC FAQ] or in the [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=EAC_Compression_Options#External_Compression EAC Compression Options guide].<br />
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===Software Needed===<br />
* [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download/ Exact Audio Copy]<br />
* [https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet CLI QuickTime AAC/ALAC encoder]<br />
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'''Note:''' This guide has now been amended to reflect changes made to QAAC as of 2.18.<br />
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===refalac's command line usage===<br />
* [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/refalac-usage refalac usage]<br />
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===qaac's command line usage===<br />
* [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/Command-Line-Options Command Line Options]<br />
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===Installation===<br />
'''Note:''' This guide assumes that EAC has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow [[EAC_Drive_Configuration | this]] guide.<br />
* Download [https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet CLI QuickTime AAC/ALAC encoder], Then unzip the chosen QAAC version (include '''qaac.exe''' and '''refalac.exe''') into the same directory as EAC.<br />
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===General Configuration for Encode ALAC===<br />
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* Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.<br />
* Click the '''EAC''' menu and select '''Compression Options'''.<br />
* Click the '''External Compression''' Tab, and put a tick in the box for '''use external program for compression'''.<br />
* Change '''Parameter Passing Scheme''' to '''User Defined Encoder'''.<br />
* Change '''Use file extension''' to '''.m4a''' if not already that.<br />
* Click the '''Browse''' button and locate the '''refalac.exe''' that you unzipped earlier.<br />
* Remove the ticks from '''Use CRC check''' and '''Add ID3 tag'''.<br />
* Tick '''Check for external programs return code'''.<br />
* If you are using EAC 1.0b2 or newer, then in the '''Additional command line options''' box, copy and paste the following string:<br />
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-A --title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --composer "%composer%" --comment "%comment%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr1%/%numtracks%" --disk "%cdnumber%/%totalcds%" %haslyrics%--lyrics "%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% %hascover%--artwork "%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%<br />
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* <font style="color:red">'''Note''': Remember that you cannot change the compression level.</font><br />
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===General Configuration for Encode AAC===<br />
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* Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.<br />
* Click the '''EAC''' menu and select '''Compression Options'''.<br />
* Click the '''External Compression''' Tab, and put a tick in the box for '''use external program for compression'''.<br />
* Change '''Parameter Passing Scheme''' to '''User Defined Encoder'''.<br />
* Change '''Use file extension''' to '''.m4a''' if not already that.<br />
* Click the '''Browse''' button and locate the '''qaac.exe''' that you unzipped earlier.<br />
* Remove the ticks from '''Use CRC check''' and '''Add ID3 tag'''.<br />
* Tick '''Check for external programs return code'''.<br />
* If you are using EAC 1.0b2 or newer, then in the '''Additional command line options''' box, copy and paste the following string:<br />
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--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --composer "%composer%" --comment "%comment%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr1%/%numtracks%" --disk "%cdnumber%/%totalcds%" %haslyrics%--lyrics "%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% %hascover%--artwork "%coverfile%"%hascover% %islow%-a %bitrate%%islow% %ishigh%-v %bitrate%%ishigh% %source% -o %dest%<br />
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* '''High quality''' in EAC = Constrained VBR mode = VBR on in iTunes.<br />
* '''Low quality''' in EAC = ABR mode = VBR off in iTunes.<br />
* Note: for other encoding modes (such as CBR, True VBR, HE-AAC, etc.), edit the parameters between the %islow% and/or %ishigh% tags. See [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/Command-Line-Options Command Line Options].<br />
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