EAC and Ogg Vorbis: Difference between revisions

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==Software Needed==
==Software Needed==
* [http://exactaudiocopy.org/eac6.html Exact Audio Copy]
* [http://exactaudiocopy.org/eac6.html Exact Audio Copy]
* [http://rarewares.soniccompression.com/files/ogg/oggenc2.8-aoTuVb4.51P3.zip Oggenc2.8 (P3/AMD Build)]
* Oggenc2
'''OR'''
** Download latest version from [http://www.rarewares.org/ogg.html]
* [http://rarewares.soniccompression.com/files/ogg/oggenc2.8-aoTuVb4.51P4.zip Oggenc2.8 (P4 Build)]
** Download accelerated [[Lancer]] version from [http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/index_e.htm The Ogg Vorbis Acceleration Project]




==Installation==
==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 is has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow [[EAC_Drive_Configuration | this guide]].
* Unzip the chosen Oggenc 2.8 build into the same directory that EAC is in.
* Unzip the chosen Oggenc2 build into the same directory that EAC is in.





Revision as of 07:10, 28 May 2006

Software Needed


Installation

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

  • Unzip the chosen Oggenc2 build into the same directory that EAC is in.


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 .ogg.
  • Click the Browse button and locate the OGGENC2.EXE that you unzipped earlier.
  • 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 one of the below strings based on the Tag you would prefer.

No Tags:

-q 6 %s %d

Vorbis Comment:

-q 6 -a "%a" -t "%t" -l "%g" -d "%y" -N "%n" -G "%m" %s -o %d

Note: If you wanted to change the quality setting the green portion is what you would substitute with the new setting e.g. -q 10 or -q 2.

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


Ogg configured with Vorbis Comment tagging


Addtional Reading