EAC and ALAC

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Exact Audio Copy guides
Configuration
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The following guide outlines the configuration of Exact Audio Copy to convert audio CDs to ALAC using FFmpeg.

Required software

Installation

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

copy ffmpeg.exe to a location which you have write access to

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 FFMPEG.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:

-i %source% -metadata "ARTIST=%artist%" -metadata "TITLE=%title%" -metadata "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -metadata "DATE=%year%" -metadata "TRACK=%tracknr%/%numtracks%" -metadata "GENRE=%genre%" -metadata "ALBUM_ARTIST=%albumartist%" -metadata "COMPOSER=%composer%" -metadata "DISC=%cdnumber%/%totalcds%" -metadata "COMMENT=CRC:%TRACKCRC%" -acodec alac %dest%