EAC and Monkey's Audio

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

• Exact Audio Copy
• Monkey's Audio 4.17

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.

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 MAC.exe.
• 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:

%source% %dest% -c2000 -t "Artist=%artist%" -t "Title=%title%" -t "Album=%albumtitle%" -t "Year=%year%" -t "Track=%tracknr%" -t "Genre=%genre%"

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

• Monkey's Audio
• Exact Audio Copy
• About Lossless Compression