wavpack is complaining about a missing log file that it tries to embed in the image, and therefore quits.

For some reason, the 'Extraction Audio Data' dialog apparently didn't automatically get closed by REACT after extraction was done (which causes the log file to be saved by EAC).  Only thing I can think of is that you minimized EAC, but that I've told not to do many times, so I guess not. (It's sad that EAC doesn't simply save the log file directly after the image or last track, instead of waiting until the dialog box is closed).

/add: I suppose the problem could be that the log file is saved a little too late, and is not ready when the wavpack command is issued. There is put in a small delay before running the compression commands, though (but maybe too small).

If you can't find a cure, remove the symptom. Delete: -w "EACLOG=@@eaclog@" from the wavpack line.

Please, try to figure out what may cause the problem yourself before asking. E.g this time there was a clear wavpack error message which also you could have seen.

What is strange about this whole behavior is that it behaves this way the first time through, but every time on the second time through the F10 process, it does save the .WV file.

I'm also not sure if this matters, but the .cue file is saved the first time in the correct directory where the .WV file should accompany it.  Would this still be saved if the problem was caused by the log file being saved too late?

Is there a way to cause a longer delay before compression to see if that will fix the problem?

1=>:WaitForLog
2=>@IF NOT EXIST "@eaclog@" (
3=>@ECHO Waiting for log file...
4=>@PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 2000>NUL
5=>GOTO WaitForLog)

1=>:WaitForLog
2=>@IF NOT EXIST "@eaclog@" (
3=>@ECHO Waiting for log file...
4=>@PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 2000>NUL
5=>GOTO WaitForLog)
6=>@encdir@\wavpack.exe -hmy -w "ARTIST=@artist@" -w "ALBUM=@album@" -w "YEAR=@year@" -w "GENRE=@genre@" -w "REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN=@gain@" -w "REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK=@peak@" -w "REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN=@gain@" -w "REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK=@peak@" -w "CUESHEET=@@cuesheet@" -w "EACLOG=@@eaclog@" "@source@" "@image@"
7=>move "@destbase@.*" "@destdir1@"
...

Lastly, if I get rid of the -w "EACLOG=@@eaclog@" in the .INI, what will that change?

Tycho,
I appreciate your help.  I can see that my post bothered you for some reason, but I assure you I am trying.  I've devoted countless hours to this program, trying to learn it and learn from people on this forum. 

I understand that there is an error, which is why I posted it. This doesn't help me figure out the fix for it.  I'm not only new to REACT, but I'm new to EAC and audio compression in general.  I do try to figure it out myself, but unfortunately I'm at the mercy of the creators and those most knowledgeable about the bugs in REACT and EAC, since there isn't a REACT troubleshooting website or helpdesk that I can go to for answers.  ....[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=344812"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

You are right, I did not minimize anything.  I press F10 and walk away, so as not to cause any problems myself (not being able to work on other programs or search the internet why the rip and compression is going on is, in my opinion, a major drawback to the REACT+EAC situation).  I have noticed that the the command prompt is always minimized when it runs.  I can maximize it manually, but it does not want to behave that way by itself for some reason.

I'll adjust my .ini file accordingly. I'm confused now (is this new?), because it seems to be working properly after I made an adjustment under the tools tab of EAC options. I checked the box
On extraction, start external compressors queued in the background
use 1 simultaneous external compressor thread(s).

This may just be a coincidence, since I'm not even sure what this did. Should I uncheck it?

The problem is that I already have explained this: You may work on other programs or search the internet while ripping and compression is going on. Just place your browser or application on top of EAC, instead of minimizing it.

I also explained a few posts ago that you may have the compression window (command prompt window) non-minimized by setting 'MinimizeCompressionWindow=0' under the [Settings] in the INI file.

Don't let this stop you from posting questions about REACT, just do as much "homework" as you can beforehand. 

This makes me wonder, did you even let REACT auto config EAC at all? That would have set that checkbox automatically (so yes, it should be checked).

The checkbox makes the encoding happen in the background, so you can rip a new CD while it is encolding a previous.

[ITUNES-tracks]
Description=iTunes AAC with iTunesencode
destdir1=@sourcedir@\$cdartist$ - (@year@) $album$
dest1=@destdir1@\@track@ - $title$
Various-dest1=@destdir1@\@track@ - $title$ ($artist$)
1=>echo @encdir@\itunesencode.exe -e "AAC Encoder" -a "@artist@" -l "@album@" -t "@title@" -g "@genre@" -y "@year@" -n "@track@" -c "@comment@" -d -i "@dest1@.wav" -o "@dest1@.m4a" >>iTunes.bat
2=>move "@source@" "@dest1@.wav"
3=>if not exist "@eaclog@" goto end
4=>move "@eaclog@" "@destdir1@\$album$.log"
5=>echo del "@destdir1@\*.wav" >>iTunes.bat
6=>call iTunes.bat
7=>del iTunes.bat
8=>:end

I think there is something buggy about Genre in Tag.exe. You could try to add -T "GENRE=@genre@" and --tg "@genre@" to the flac.exe and lame.exe line correspondingly, and remove the -t "@genre@" from the Tag.exe line. @genre@ is the same for every track, so it should work.

I tried this and still no luck. Genre is appearing in the FLAC file, just not the mp3. In fact it does not even create the mp3 file with this configuration. There has been some discussion about this being an acdir.exe issue but, correct me if I am wrong, ripping in "tracks" mode does not use acdir.exe, therefore this must be a tag.exe problem. Below is my latest ini with the changes tycho suggested.

Any ideas?

[FLAC_MP3-tracks]
Description=Tagged flac and mp3 files with RG album and track tags
destdir1=@musicdir@\FLAC\$cdartist$\($year$) $album$
dest1=@destdir1@\$track$ - $title$
Various-dest1=@destdir1@\$track$ - $title$ ($artist$)
destdir2=@musicdir@\LAME\$cdartist$\($year$) $album$
1=>echo.> "@dest1@.flac.tmp"
2=>@encdir@\Tag.exe --nocheck --ape2 -t "ARTIST=@artist@" -t "ALBUM=@album@" -t "TRACK=@track@" -t "TITLE=@title@" -t "YEAR=@year@" -t "TOTALTRACKS=@numtracks@" -t "FREEDB=@freedbid@" -t "CRC=@crc@" -t "ENCODEDBY=EAC + REACT" "@dest1@.flac.tmp"
3=>move "@source@" "@dest1@.wav"
4=>if @islast@==0 goto end
5=> move "@eaclog@" "@destdir1@\EAC_log.txt"
6=> cd /d "@destdir1@"
7=> @encdir@\Glob.exe -v -c @encdir@\flac.exe -f -6 -T "GENRE=@genre@" --replay-gain *.wav
8=> for %%i in (*.flac) do @encdir@\Tag.exe --fromfile "%%i.tmp" "%%i"
9=> echo @encdir@\lame.exe -V6 --vbr-new --tg "@genre@" --scale %%ALBUM_SCALE%% --tc "AG appl:%%ALBUM_GAIN%%,TG:%%TRACK_GAIN%% dB" "%%INPUT_NAME%%.wav" "@destdir2@\%%INPUT_NAME%%.mp3" >> encode.bat
10=> echo @encdir@\Tag.exe --fromfile "%%INPUT_NAME%%.flac.tmp" "@destdir2@\%%INPUT_NAME%%.mp3" >> encode.bat
11=> echo del "%%INPUT_NAME%%.wav" "%%INPUT_NAME%%.flac.tmp" >> encode.bat
12=> @encdir@\WaveGain.exe -a *.wav --exec call encode.bat
13=> del encode.bat
14=>:end

Quote

@Tycho

Is there a way to get Genre's with spaces to work? If I choose Easy Listening of New Age for instance it says it doesn't recognize it and uses Other instead.

Thanks.
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=344627"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

I think it's a bug in acdir.exe.
Are you using that?

try --tg $q@GENRE@$q  in that line, solved my problems ("Death Metal"    ).
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=344661"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

I tried this and still no luck. Genre is appearing in the FLAC file, just not the mp3. In fact it does not even create the mp3 file with this configuration. There has been some discussion about this being an acdir.exe issue but, correct me if I am wrong, ripping in "tracks" mode does not use acdir.exe, therefore this must be a tag.exe problem. Below is my latest ini with the changes tycho suggested.

Try removing line 10 (and shifting 11-14 up).  Also, try adding --ignore-tag-errors to your LAME command (line 9).

If you are saying that the MP3s are not actually being created now then I can only assume that the genre is not in the list.  Adding --ignore-tag-errors will stop this from stopping encoding.

Removing line 10 will just let us see whether LAME is setting the genre before Tag then runs and maybe messes things up.

This did allow the mp3 to be created but no tags were written in the mp3.

Also try using debug=1 and analysing the console output.

I have been doing this but if there is something wrong there, i don't know what it is.

I'm not used to track output.  I see all the commands are actually being written to encode.bat which WavGain then should execute.  Maybe it doesn't.  Dunno.  Removing line 13 to stop encode.bat being deleted so you can analyse the commands within may be useful also.

I also did this but could not get encode.bat to open in any program. I would be happy to post it if that is appropriate and would be of help.
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=345315"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

I tried going back to the original ini settings with the --ignore-tag-errors added to the lame.exe line. Strange thing happened, the black command screen is showing the correct tags under id3v1 but when I check the tags in foobar or dbpoweramp it is still missing genre (and others).

Sort of frustrating because I feel like I am one step away from this being the perfect solution for me. My portable organizes by tag only so I really need the tags to be written, especially genre.
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=345789"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

[WAVPACK_FC-image]
Description=WavPack File Compare
ImageExt=wv
CuesheetExt=cue
1=>if exist "@destbase@_1st\1st.wav" goto second
2=>md "@destbase@_1st\"
3=>MOVE "@source@" "@image@"
4=>MOVE "@image@" "@destbase@_1st\1st.wav"
5=>del "@destbase@.cue"
6=>del "@eaclog@"
7=>goto end
8=>:second
9=>fc /A /B "@destbase@_1st\1st.wav" "@source@" >nul
10=>IF %errorlevel% NEQ 0 goto failure
11=>del "@destbase@_1st\1st.wav"
12=>rd "@destbase@_1st"
13=>@encdir@\wavpack.exe -ymfx5 "@source@" "@image@"
14=>@encdir@\WaveGain.exe -a "@source@" --exec @encdir@\Tag.exe --force ape2 -f "CUESHEET=@cuesheet@" -t "ARTIST=@artist@" -t "ALBUM=@album@" -t "YEAR=@year@" -t "GENRE=@genre@" -t "COMMENT=@comment@" -t "REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN=%%ALBUM_GAIN%% dB" -t "REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK=%%ALBUM_PEAK%%" -f "EAC_LOG=@eaclog@" "@image@"
15=>DEL "@source@"
16=>md "@destbase@\"
17=>MOVE "@destbase@.wv" "@destbase@\"
18=>MOVE "@destbase@.cue" "@destbase@\"
19=>MOVE "@eaclog@" "@destbase@\"
20=>goto end
21=>:failure
22=>del "@destbase@_1st\1st.wav"
23=>rd "@destbase@_1st"
24=>del "@destbase@.cue"
25=>del "@eaclog@"
26=>del "@source@"
27=>:end

You could just write it as a comment.  Your current line is writing info about the gain applied - but if you don't need this you could use the comment for your pruposes, e.g.:

5=>@encdir@\acdir.exe --overwrite --output "@destdir2@\%out2%.mp3" --pipe "@encdir@\lame.exe -V2 --vbr-new --scale @scale@ --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ignore-tag-errors --ta $#a --tl $#T --tt $#t --tn $#n --ty $#r{DATE} --tg $#r{GENRE} --tc $q-V2 --vbr-new$q - $#o" "@sourcecuesheet@"

It is possible that there is a specific ID3v2 tag for this, but I'm not that up on tagging.  If there was you could use a little tagger called ID3.EXE to add the tag after.
[{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

I've just successful configured REACT with iTunesencode.exe
Hope will be useful to someone:

Code: [Select]

[ITUNES-tracks]
Description=iTunes AAC with iTunesencode
destdir1=@sourcedir@\$cdartist$ - (@year@) $album$
dest1=@destdir1@\@track@ - $title$
Various-dest1=@destdir1@\@track@ - $title$ ($artist$)
1=>echo @encdir@\itunesencode.exe -e "AAC Encoder" -a "@artist@" -l "@album@" -t "@title@" -g "@genre@" -y "@year@" -n "@track@" -c "@comment@" -d -i "@dest1@.wav" -o "@dest1@.m4a" >>iTunes.bat
2=>move "@source@" "@dest1@.wav"
3=>if not exist "@eaclog@" goto end
4=>move "@eaclog@" "@destdir1@\$album$.log"
5=>echo del "@destdir1@\*.wav" >>iTunes.bat
6=>call iTunes.bat
7=>del iTunes.bat
8=>:end

[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=345184\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

[Settings]
Config=APE
EAC=C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\EAC.exe
musicdir=E:\music
encdir=E:\soft\audio
LogFile=react.txt
CodePage=1252
MinimizeCompressionWindow=1
ProcessPriority=1
ImageHotkey={F10}
ImageNaming=$artist$ - (@year@) $album$
KeyRemap1={F4}|+{F5}
KeyRemap2=|
KeyRemap3=|
Sla_Bks_Col_Qst_Bar_Quo_Ast_Lt_Gt=-|-|-||!|'|#|[|]
Version=0.996
Debug=0

[APE-tracks]
Description=Monkey's Audio, MP3, and MPC
destdir1=@musicdir@\$cdartist$\$album$\APE
destdir2=@musicdir@\$cdartist$\$album$\MP3
destdir3=@musicdir@\$cdartist$\$album$\MPC
dest1=@destdir1@\$artist$ - $album$ - $track$ - $title$ - $year$ - $genre$
dest2=@destdir2@\$artist$ - $album$ - $track$ - $title$ - $year$ - $genre$
dest3=@destdir3@\$artist$ - $album$ - $track$ - $title$ - $year$ - $genre$
Various-dest1=@destdir1@\$album$ - $track$ - $artist$ - $title$ - $year$ - $genre$
Various-dest2=@destdir2@\$album$ - $track$ - $artist$ - $title$ - $year$ - $genre$
Various-dest3=@destdir3@\$album$ - $track$ - $artist$ - $title$ - $year$ - $genre$
1=>"@encdir@\monkeysaudio\Monkey's Audio\MAC.EXE" "@source@" "@dest1@.ape" -c3000
2=>@encdir@\musepack\TAG.EXE --ape2 -t "ARTIST=@artist@" -t "ALBUM=@album@" -t "TRACK=@track@" -t "TITLE=@title@" -t "YEAR=@year@" -t "GENRE=@genre@" "@dest1@.ape"
3=>"@encdir@\razorlame\LAME.EXE" --alt-preset standard --ta "@artist@" --tt "@title@" --tl "@album@" --ty "@year@" --tn "@track@" "@source@" "@dest2@.mp3"
4=>"@encdir@\musepack\MPPENC.EXE" --braindead --xlevel --artist "@artist@" --title "@title@" --album "@album@" --year "@year@" --track "@track@" --genre "@genre@" "@source@" "@dest3@.mpc"
5=>MOVE "@source@" "@dest1@.wav"
6=>IF @islast@==0 GOTO End
7=>MOVE "@eaclog@" "@destdir1@\EAC_log.txt"
8=>DEL "@destdir1@\*.wav"
9=>:End

Relace the relevant parts of your INI with these, and see how you go.  NOTE: I have set Debug to 1 for now, so you can check what's happening (if anything...).

This is untested.  It is, at least, a start though.

1=>PAUSE
2=>(previous line 1)
3=>PAUSE
4=>(previous line 2)
5=>PAUSE
6=>(previous line 3)
...

Yeah, that looks right.  It may be worth pressing Ctrl+F2 with REACT/EAC open to re-auto-configure EAC.