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--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" <font style="color:green">-a 128 -q 1</font> %source% -o %dest% | --title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" <font style="color:green">-a 128 -q 1</font> %source% -o %dest% | ||
AAC True VBR mode (90) | AAC True VBR mode (90): | ||
--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" <font style="color:green">-V90</font> %source% -o %dest% | --title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" <font style="color:green">-V90</font> %source% -o %dest% | ||
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<!-- overcomplicated for general user, should be described as an advanced option with more detail on how to use %bitrate% | <!-- overcomplicated for general user, should be described as an advanced option with more detail on how to use %bitrate% | ||
-- available bitrates for 2ch 44100Hz in QAAC are 64,72,80,96,112,128,144,160,192,224,256,288,320 | |||
-- available bitrates in EAC are 32,40,48,56,64,80,96,112,128,160,192,224,256.320,384,512,640,768,896,1024 | |||
--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" %islow%-a %bitrate%%islow% %ishigh%-v %bitrate%%ishigh% %source% -o %dest% | --title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" %islow%-a %bitrate%%islow% %ishigh%-v %bitrate%%ishigh% %source% -o %dest% | ||
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* <font style="color:red">'''Note''': Remember that you cannot change the compression level for ALAC.</font> | * <font style="color:red">'''Note''': Remember that you cannot change the compression level for ALAC.</font> | ||
* refalac | * refalac and refalac64 share much of codes and functionalities with QAAC and work very similar to QAAC -A. | ||
* refalac | * Unlike QAAC, refalac and refalac64 DO NOT require QuickTime, iTunes or other Apple components. | ||
* Unlike QAAC, refalac and refalac64 DO NOT require a codec specifier option such as '''-A'''. | |||
[[Category:Guides]] | [[Category:Guides]] | ||
[[Category:EAC Guides|QAAC & EAC]] | [[Category:EAC Guides|QAAC & EAC]] | ||
[[Category:EAC Compression Guides]] | [[Category:EAC Compression Guides]] |
Revision as of 12:45, 18 June 2024
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Important note
This guide is in need of an update, because in EAC 1.0 beta 2, the replacement strings changed. For example:
- "%s" is now "%source%"
- "%d" is now "%dest%"
- "%a" is now "%artist%"
See the full list in the EAC FAQ or in the EAC Compression Options guide.
Software Needed
Note: This guide has now been amended to reflect changes made to QAAC as of 2.76.
refalac's command line usage
qaac's command line usage
Installation
Note: This guide assumes that EAC has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow this guide.
- Download the latest version of CLI QuickTime AAC/ALAC encoder, Then unzip the chosen QAAC version (include qaac.exe and refalac.exe for 32-bit, include qaac64.exe and refalac64.exe for 64-bit) into the same directory as EAC.
General Configuration for Encode Apple AAC
- 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 tick in the box for use external program for compression.
- Change Parameter Passing Scheme to User Defined Encoder.
- Change Use file extension to .m4a if not already that.
- Click the Browse button and locate the qaac.exe or qaac64.exe that you unzipped earlier.
- Remove the ticks from Use CRC check and Add ID3 tag.
- Tick Check for external programs return code.
- If you are using EAC 1.0b2 or newer, then in the Additional command line options box, copy and paste one of the following strings:
AAC ABR (Small file size):
--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" -a 96 -q 1 %source% -o %dest%
AAC ABR (iTunes High Quality):
--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" -a 128 -q 1 %source% -o %dest%
AAC True VBR mode (90):
--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" -V90 %source% -o %dest%
AAC Constrained VBR mode (iTunes Plus):
--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" -v 256 -q 2 %source% -o %dest%
AAC Constrained VBR mode (Maximum Quality):
--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" -v 0 -q 2 %source% -o %dest%
General Configuration for Encode Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC)
- 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 tick in the box for use external program for compression.
- Change Parameter Passing Scheme to User Defined Encoder.
- Change Use file extension to .m4a if not already that.
- Click the Browse button and locate the refalac.exe or refalac64.exe that you unzipped earlier.
- Remove the ticks from Use CRC check and Add ID3 tag.
- Tick Check for external programs return code.
- If you are using EAC 1.0b2 or newer, then in the Additional command line options box, copy and paste the following string:
--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" %source% -o %dest%
- Note: Remember that you cannot change the compression level for ALAC.
- refalac and refalac64 share much of codes and functionalities with QAAC and work very similar to QAAC -A.
- Unlike QAAC, refalac and refalac64 DO NOT require QuickTime, iTunes or other Apple components.
- Unlike QAAC, refalac and refalac64 DO NOT require a codec specifier option such as -A.