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This article will be updated for AAC options only. ALAC options will move to a new article.

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.

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
Uncompress the zip archive into a directory (e.g. C:\qaac). Alternatively you can uncompress the chosen QAAC version (include qaac.exe for 32-bit, include qaac64.exe for 64-bit) into the same directory as EAC.

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 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 from the following example(s):‎

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%

qaac command line usage

Command Line Options

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 * "%a" is now "%artist%"
 See the full list in [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/support/faq/ the EAC FAQ] or in the [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=EAC_Compression_Options#External_Compression EAC Compression Options guide].
+‎<onlyinclude>
 ===Software Needed===
 * [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download/ Exact Audio Copy]
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 '''Note:''' This guide has now been amended to reflect changes made to QAAC as of 2.76.
-===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.
+* Download [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/releases the latest version of CLI QuickTime AAC/ALAC encoder]
+* Uncompress the zip archive into a directory (e.g. C:\qaac). Alternatively you can uncompress the chosen QAAC version (include '''qaac.exe''' for 32-bit, include '''qaac64.exe''' for 64-bit) into the same directory as EAC.
-=== General Configuration for Encode Apple AAC ===
+=== Configuration ===
 * Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.
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 * 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:
+* If you are using EAC 1.0b2 or newer, then in the '''Additional command line options''' box, copy and paste from the following example(s):‎</onlyinclude>
 AAC ABR (Small file size):
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 * Note: for other encoding modes (such as CBR, True VBR, HE-AAC, etc.), edit the parameters between the %islow% and/or %ishigh% tags. See [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/Command-Line-Options Command Line Options]. -->
-=== General Configuration for Encode Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) ===
+===qaac command line usage===
+* [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/Command-Line-Options Command Line Options]
-* 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%
-* <font style="color:red">'''Note''': Remember that you cannot change the compression level for ALAC.</font>
-* 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'''.
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+[[Category:EAC Guides|AAC (qaac) & EAC]]
-[[Category:EAC Compression Guides]]
+[[Category:EAC Compression Guides|AAC (qaac) & EAC]]
+[[Category:EAC External Compression Guides|AAC (qaac) & EAC]]
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