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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 2.82.

qaac's command line usage

Command Line Options

refalac's command line usage

refalac usage

Installation

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

Install 7-zip.
Download iTunes64Setup.exe (64-bit) or iTunesSetup.exe (32-bit) into a directory.
Download the latest version of QAAC, 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 same directory.
Download makeportable2.cmd into same directory.
Double-click on the file makeportable.cmd.
After that there are one folder created. QTfiles64 or QTfiles.
Open a command prompt window. Change to that directory (cd command). Enter `qaac64.exe --check` (64-bit) or `qaac.exe --check` (32-bit) to see if the version number is displayed.

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 .mp4 if not already that.
Click the Browse button and locate the refalac.exe or refalac64.exe that you unzipped earlier.
Uncheck Use CRC check and Add ID3 tag.
Check 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:

 -A --title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" %source% -o %dest%

QAAC configured with ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec), in an newer version of EAC

Note: Remember that you cannot change the compression level.

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 .mp4 if not already that.
Click the Browse button and locate the qaac.exe or qaac64.exe that you unzipped earlier.
Uncheck Use CRC check and Add ID3 tag.
Check 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%" %islow%-a %bitrate%%islow% %ishigh%-v %bitrate%%ishigh% %source% -o %dest%

High quality in EAC = Constrained VBR mode = VBR on in iTunes.
Low quality in EAC = ABR mode = VBR off in iTunes.
Note: for other encoding modes (such as CBR, True VBR, HE-AAC, etc.), edit the parameters between the %islow% and/or %ishigh% tags. See Command Line Options.

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 ===Software Needed===
 * [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download/ Exact Audio Copy]
-* [https://github.com/nu774/qaac CLI QuickTime AAC/ALAC encoder]
+* iTunes
+* [https://github.com/nu774/qaac QAAC]
-'''Note:''' This guide has now been amended to reflect changes made to QAAC as of 2.76.
+'''Note:''' This guide has now been amended to reflect changes made to QAAC as of 2.82.
+===qaac's command line usage===
+* [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/Command-Line-Options Command Line Options]
 ===refalac's command line usage===
 * [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/refalac-usage refalac usage]
-===qaac's command line usage===
-* [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/Command-Line-Options Command Line Options]
 ===Installation===
 '''Note:''' This guide assumes that EAC has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow [[EAC_Drive_Configuration | this]] guide.
-* Download [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/releases 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.
+# Install [https://www.7-zip.org/download.html 7-zip].
+# Download [https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/win64 iTunes64Setup.exe] (64-bit) or [https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/win32 iTunesSetup.exe] (32-bit) into a directory.
+# Download [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/releases the latest version of QAAC], 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 same directory.
+# Download [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nu774/makeportable/master/makeportable2.cmd makeportable2.cmd] into same directory.
+# Double-click on the file makeportable.cmd.
+# After that there are one folder created. QTfiles64 or QTfiles.
+# Open a command prompt window. Change to that directory (cd command). Enter `qaac64.exe --check` (64-bit) or `qaac.exe --check` (32-bit) to see if the version number is displayed.
 ===General Configuration for Encode Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) ===
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 * 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.
+* Change '''Use file extension''' to '''.mp4''' 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'''.
+* Uncheck '''Use CRC check''' and '''Add ID3 tag'''.
-* Tick '''Check for external programs return code'''.
+* Check '''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%
+  <font style="color:#A2AAAD">'''-A'''</font> --title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" %source% -o %dest%
+[[Image:EACandQAAC1.png|frame|center|QAAC configured with ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec), in an newer version of EAC]]
 * <font style="color:red">'''Note''': Remember that you cannot change the compression level.</font>
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 * 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.
+* Change '''Use file extension''' to '''.mp4''' 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'''.
+* Uncheck '''Use CRC check''' and '''Add ID3 tag'''.
-* Tick '''Check for external programs return code'''.
+* Check '''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: