EAC and WavPack: Difference between revisions

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* In the '''Addtional command line options''' box, copy and paste the string below.
* In the '''Addtional command line options''' box, copy and paste the string below.
'''No Tags:'''
'''No Tags:'''
  %s %d
  <font style="color:green">'''-h'''</font> %s %d


'''APEv2:'''
'''APEv2:'''
  -w "Artist=%a" -w "Title=%t" -w "Album=%g" -w "Year=%y" -w "Track=%n" -w "Genre=%m" %s %d
  -w "Artist=%a" -w "Title=%t" -w "Album=%g" -w "Year=%y" -w "Track=%n" -w "Genre=%m" <font style="color:green">'''-h'''</font> %s %d


'''Note:''' ''If a user wanted to change compression settings on Wavpack the switches would be placed before '''%s %d'''.
<font style="color:green">'''Note:''' ''If a user wanted to change compression settings on Wavpack the green portion what you would substitute with the new preset.</font>
* Do not worry what bit rate is shown in the bit rate drop down box, this will be ignored.
* Do not worry what bit rate is shown in the bit rate drop down box, this will be ignored.


<center>[[Image:EACandWAVPACK.png|frame|center|Wavpack configured with tagging support]]</center>
<center>[[Image:EACandWAVPACK.png|frame|center|Wavpack configured with tagging support]]</center>

Revision as of 06:59, 6 July 2005

Software Needed


Installation

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

  • Unzip Wavpack 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 user file extension to .wv if not already that.
  • Click the Browse button and locate the WAVPACK.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 string below.

No Tags:

-h %s %d

APEv2:

-w "Artist=%a" -w "Title=%t" -w "Album=%g" -w "Year=%y" -w "Track=%n" -w "Genre=%m" -h %s %d

Note: If a user wanted to change compression settings on Wavpack the green portion what you would substitute with the new preset.

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


Wavpack configured with tagging support


Addtional Reading