EAC and FLAC: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 07:09, 6 July 2005

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

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 .flac if not already that.
Click the Browse button and locate the FLAC.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 the below string.

-T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" -5 %s

Note: The green portion is where you would change the compression level or add settings for the FLAC encoder.

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

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 * In the '''Addtional command line options''' box, copy and paste the below string.
-  -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" ''-5'' %s
+  -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" <font style="color:green">'''-5'''</font> %s
-'''Note:''' ''The italic -5 in the above comandline is where you would change the compression level or add settings for the FLAC encoder
+<font style="color:green">'''Note:''' The green portion is where you would change the compression level or add settings for the FLAC encoder.</font>
 * Do not worry what bit rate is shown in the bit rate drop down box, this will be ignored.
 <center>[[Image:EACandFLAC.png|frame|center|FLAC configured with tagging support]]</center>