EAC and TAK: Difference between revisions

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Software Needed

Installation

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

Extract takc.exe into a folder of your choice.
Extract wapet.exe into your Exact Audio Copy directory.

Configuration

Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.
Click the EAC menu and select Compression Options... (or press F11).
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 .tak.
Click the Browse button and locate wapet.exe.
Remove the ticks from Use CRC check, Add ID3 tag and Check for external programs return code.
In the Additional 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=%tracknr%" -t "Genre=%genre%" "C:\Program Files\TAK\takc.exe" -e -p2 %source% %dest%

Note 1: This needs to point to where takc.exe is located. If the path contains spaces, you must surround it with double quotes (").

Note 2: Alter this switch for the desired compression mode. If you leave the switch out, TAK will use the default of -p2.

Taken from the TAK command line summary:

-p#        select encoder preset #: 0-4 (fastest to strongest, default is 2).
           Append E/M (-p2m) to increase the evaluation level to Extra/Max.
           pMax is a synonym for the strongest setting.

EAC External Compression dialogue configured for TAK with tagging support provided by Wapet

Don't worry what bit rate is shown in the Bit rate drop down box, this will be ignored.

Addtional Reading

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+{{EAC guides}}
 ==Software Needed==
-* [http://exactaudiocopy.org/eac6.html Exact Audio Copy]
+* [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download/ Exact Audio Copy]
-* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=54159 TAK]
+* [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=58784 TAK]
 * [[Wapet]]
 ==Installation==
-'''Note:''' This guide assumes that EAC is has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow [[EAC_Drive_Configuration | this]] guide.
+'''Note:''' This guide assumes that EAC has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow [[EAC_Drive_Configuration | this]] guide.
 * Extract '''takc.exe''' into a folder of your choice.
 * Extract '''wapet.exe''' into your '''Exact Audio Copy''' directory.
 ==Configuration==
 * Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.
-* Click the '''EAC''' menu and select '''Compression Options...''' (or press '''F5''').
+* Click the '''EAC''' menu and select '''Compression Options...''' (or press '''F11''').
 * Click the '''External Compression''' tab, and put a check box in '''Use external program for compression'''.
 * Change '''Parameter passing scheme''' to '''User Defined Encoder'''.
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 * In the '''Additional command line options''' box, copy and paste the string below.
 '''APEv2 Tag:'''
-  %d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" <span style="color:green">'''"C:\Program Files\TAK\takc.exe"'''</span> -e <span style="color:red">'''-pN'''</span> %s %d
+  %dest% -t "Artist=%artist%" -t "Title=%title%" -t "Album=%albumtitle%" -t "Year=%year%" -t "Track=%tracknr%" -t "Genre=%genre%" <span style="color:green">'''"C:\Program Files\TAK\takc.exe"'''</span> -e <span style="color:red">'''-p2'''</span> %source% %dest%
 <span style="color:green">'''Note 1''': This needs to point to where '''takc.exe''' is located.  If the path contains spaces, you must surround it with double quotes (").</span>
-<span style="color:red">'''Note 2''': Alter this switch for the desired compression mode</span>
+<span style="color:red">'''Note 2''': Alter this switch for the desired compression mode.  If you leave the switch out, TAK will use the default of -p2.</span>
-{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"
-! style="padding-right:24px;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid silver;" | Switch !! style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid silver;" | Setting
-|-
-| <span style="color:red">'''-pT'''</span> || Turbo
-|-
-| <span style="color:red">'''-pF'''</span> || Fast
-|-
-| <span style="color:red">'''-pN'''</span> || Normal ''(default, if no -p switch is specified Normal will be used)''
-|-
-| <span style="color:red">'''-pH'''</span> || High
-|-
-| <span style="color:red">'''-pE'''</span> || Extra
-|}
 Taken from the TAK command line summary:
 <pre>
--p#        select encoder preset #
+-p#        select encoder preset #: 0-4 (fastest to strongest, default is 2).
-             T/F/N/H/E or 0-4 for Turbo/Fast/Normal(default)/High/Extra
+           Append E/M (-p2m) to increase the evaluation level to Extra/Max.
-             Append E/M (-p2m) to increase the evaluation level to Extra/Max.
+           pMax is a synonym for the strongest setting.
 </pre>
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 * Don't worry what bit rate is shown in the '''Bit rate''' drop down box, this will be ignored.
 ==Addtional Reading==
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 [[Category:Guides]]
-[[Category:EAC Guides|Monkey's Audio & EAC]]
+[[Category:EAC Guides|TAK & EAC]]
+[[Category:EAC Compression Guides]]