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* Click the '''External Compression''' Tab, and put a tick in the box for '''use external program for compression'''. | * 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 '''Parameter Passing Scheme''' to '''User Defined Encoder'''. | ||
* Change '''Use file extension''' to '''. | * Change '''Use file extension''' to '''.m4a''' if not already that. | ||
* Click the '''Browse''' button and locate the '''refalac.exe''' that you unzipped earlier. | * Click the '''Browse''' button and locate the '''refalac.exe''' that you unzipped earlier. | ||
* Remove the ticks from '''Use CRC check''' and '''Add ID3 tag'''. | * Remove the ticks from '''Use CRC check''' and '''Add ID3 tag'''. | ||
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* <font style="color:red">'''Note''': Remember that you cannot change the compression level.</font> | * <font style="color:red">'''Note''': Remember that you cannot change the compression level.</font> | ||
===General Configuration for Encode QAAC=== | |||
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Revision as of 17:31, 26 June 2013
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 2.18.
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 CLI QuickTime AAC/ALAC encoder, Then unzip the chosen QAAC version into the same directory as EAC.
General Configuration for Encode 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 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:
--verbose --title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --composer "%albumcomposer%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" --disk "%cdnumber%/%totalcds%" --comment "%comment%" %source% -o %dest%
- Note: Remember that you cannot change the compression level.
General Configuration for Encode QAAC
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