EAC and Monkey's Audio: Difference between revisions

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Software Needed

Installation

Note: This guide assumes that EAC is has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow this guide.

Install Monkey's Audio using the default location.
Extract "wapet.exe" & "MAC.exe" into your EAC directory.

Configuration

Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.
Click the EAC menu and select Compression Options.
Click the External Compression Tab, and put a check box in use external program for compression.
Change Parameter Passing Scheme to User Defined Encoder.
Change Use file extension to .ape if not already that.
Click the Browse button and locate the wapet.exe. (or just write - wapet.exe)

NOTE: It's even possible to give any other name to wapet.exe (so your *.log file will seems more logical..)

Remove the ticks from Use CRC check, Add ID3 tag and check for external programs return code.
In the Addtional command line options box, copy and paste the string below.

APEv2 Tag:

%dest% -t "Artist=%artist%" -t "Title=%title%" -t "Album=%albumtitle%" -t "Year=%year%" -t "Track=%tracknr2%" -t "TotalTracks=%numtracks%" -t "Genre=%genre%" -t "Album Artist=%albumartist%" -t "DiscID=%cddbid%" "MAC.exe"
%source% %dest% -c2000 -v

Note: Alter this switch for the desired compression mode

-c1000	Fast
-c2000	Normal
-c3000	High
-c4000	Extra High
-c5000	Insane

Do not worry what bit rate is shown in the bit rate drop down box, this will be ignored.

Monkey's Audio configured with tagging support

Addtional Reading

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+{{EAC guides}}
 ==Software Needed==
 * [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download/ Exact Audio Copy]
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 * Change '''Use file extension''' to '''.ape''' if not already that.
 * Click the '''Browse''' button and locate the '''wapet.exe'''. (or just write - wapet.exe)
+NOTE: It's even possible to give any other name to wapet.exe (so your *.log file will seems more logical..)
 * Remove the ticks from '''Use CRC check''', '''Add ID3 tag''' and '''check for external programs return code'''.
 * In the Addtional command line options box, copy and paste the string below.
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 '''APEv2 Tag:'''
-  %dest% -t "Artist=%artist%" -t "Title=%title%" -t "Album=%albumtitle%" -t "Year=%year%" -t "Track=%tracknr2% -t "TotalTracks=%numtracks%" -t "Genre=%genre%" -t "Album Artist=%albumartist%" -t "DiscID=%cddbid%" <font style="color:green">'''"MAC.exe"'''</font>
+  %dest% -t "Artist=%artist%" -t "Title=%title%" -t "Album=%albumtitle%" -t "Year=%year%" -t "Track=%tracknr2%" -t "TotalTracks=%numtracks%" -t "Genre=%genre%" -t "Album Artist=%albumartist%" -t "DiscID=%cddbid%" <font style="color:green">'''"MAC.exe"'''</font>
   %source% %dest% <font style="color:red">'''-c2000 -v'''</font>
-<font style="color:green">'''Note 1''': Installation path of Monkey's Audio (MAC.exe should be in it) </font>
+<font style="color:red">'''Note''': Alter this switch for the desired compression mode</font>
-<font style="color:red">'''Note 2''': Alter this switch for the desired compression mode</font>
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 | <font style="color:red">'''-c1000'''</font> || Fast
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 [[Category:Guides]]
 [[Category:EAC Guides|Monkey's Audio & EAC]]
+[[Category:EAC Compression Guides]]