FLAC compression in EAC doesn't work Options

[ghost22]

Hi,
I'm EAC newbie and need help. I want to rip an compress to flac.
EAC Version 1.0 beta 3.
Flac: FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006 Josh Coalson from http://flac.sourceforge.net/

I used in compressions options:
checked: use external programm for compression
parameter passing scheme: user defined encoder
use file extetion: .flac
Programm including...: C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\flac.exe
additional command line: -T "artist=%artist%" -T "title=%title%" -T "album=%albumtitle%" -T "date=%year%" -T "tracknumber=%tracknr%" -T "genre=%genre%" -5 %source%
checked: delete WAV after compression
checked: check for external programs return code

when i "test encoder" everything seems ok: no error occured.

I run EAC "test&copy selected tracks - compressed"

But, it rips and saves in the designated folder in WAV and not .flac

I don't know what else to do? any suggestions?

[db1989]

Does it make a difference if you add %destination% to the end of your command-line?

[ghost22]

to db1989:

if I add %destination% at the end i get an error when i "test encoder".
Maybe i add it wrong, if you could type the comand line out so i can just paste and copy?

This post has been edited by ghost22: Mar 18 2012, 11:29

[db1989]

Actually, no, I see now that our guide for using EAC with FLAC does not include the destination placeholder; so, what you were using before seems to be correct according to that.

I can’t see anything else wrong with your settings, but I may be overlooking something. The only other thing that crossed my mind was the possibility that you were using an x64 version of flac.exe with the x86 version of EAC, but AFAIK the official download includes only a 32-bit executable.

[ghost22]

to db 1989

my next option would be to use ALAC for compression. I could use itunes to compress to .m4a, but when i configurate I get an error when I test

I use the following command line:

i found for an older version:

-e "Lossless Encoder" -a "%a" -l "%g" -t "%t" -g "%m" -y %y -n %n -i %s -o %d -d

and translated that for v.1.0 beta3 by myself (obviously wrong!) into:

-e "Lossless Encoder" -a "%artist" -l "%albumtitle" -t "%title" -g "%genre%" -y "%year%" -n "%tracknr%" -i "%coverfile%" -o "%original%" -d "%dest%"

Can somebody help?

[db1989]

I’m sure you won’t have to abandon FLAC. Someone else can find something I’ve missed, or whatever. Perhaps if you post a screenshot of your settings page, there will be more information there. In any case, just wait for a while rather than forgetting FLAC altogether!

One thing I can see in your ALAC examples is this discrepancy:

i %s -o %d -d

vs.

-i "%coverfile%" -o "%original%" -d "%dest%"

They can’t both be right, so that’s probably part of your problem.

Again, there’ll almost certainly be a way to get FLAC working. Be patient!

[Apesbrain]

Here is my working commandline. I believe it is the default installed by EAC:

-6 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" -T "BAND=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%--tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" %hascover%--picture="%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%

The critical thing may be the final:
%source% -o %dest%

Also, be sure you are actually pointed to FLAC.EXE. Mine is in a FLAC folder within EAC folder but that may be a change I made after install.

This post has been edited by Apesbrain: Mar 18 2012, 14:04

[db1989]

Aargh, I said %destination% instead of %dest% and missed -o. Now facepalming at self. Thanks for catching that!

[ghost22]

to db 1989

Thank you for your post. I tried your command line, but it still saves it as .wav

Here is my screenshoot incl. "test encoder"

The "used commandline" in the "External Compresser Test" reads completly as follow:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\flac.exe -6 -V -T "ARTIST=Track Artist" -T "TITLE=Track Title" -T "ALBUM=CD Title" -T "DATE=1999" -T "TRACKNUMBER=05" -T "GENRE=Drum Solo" -T "COMMENT=Comment" -T "BAND=CD Interpret" -T "COMPOSER=Track Composer" -T "DISCNUMBER=1" -T "TOTALDISCS=1" -T "TOTALTRACKS=1" "etmp7!1!5.wav" -o "etmp7!1!5.flac"



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Any more suggestions? By the way I run Windows 7 home premium. Servie Pack 1, 64 bit

[Apesbrain]

Two things I would try:

1. Copy FLAC.EXE and one of your WAV files into the same folder. Open a command window there and run the command "FLAC.EXE filename.wav filename.flac" (no quotes) using the filename of your WAV. That should start FLAC converting the WAV file

2. Replace your EAC commandline with "%source% -o %dest%" (no quotes) just to see if that works. If so, you can add other switches until it breaks.

[lvqcl]

I wonder why External Compresser Test window shows "flac 1.1.2"

[ghost22]

Thanks to everybody. In the meantime I uninstalled and installed EAC, just in case i had a bad download. Unfortunatly that didn't help. Also the flac encoder which comes with v1.0b3 gave me error messages when I used it with the beginner friendly installation guide.

Nevertheless, I will try your suggestions.


My solution at the moment: I use itunes (alone) and save as .m4a
Works for me, CDs are in pretty good shape (most of them) so I don't really need EAC for error corrections and a one-to one copy is not my priority.
Itunes is of course absolutely unflexible and not really to customize, but the (given) format the music is saved onto the NAS is ok (so far).

Thanks again.

[laslaw01]

I'm having the same exact issues. Everything in the setup is correct. It simply doesn't compress via EAC. I tried running EAC as "administrator" but that didn't resolve the problem. I'm running EAC v1.0 beta 3. I didn't have this problem with the older version.

And the solution is that under the program path, you have to add the command line in the Additional command line options. (-6 is "quality" for the FLAC compression). I used the command line suggested at http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=EAC_and_FLAC :

-6 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" -T "BAND=%albuminterpret%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%--tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" %hascover%--picture="%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%

I don't know if everything is necessary, but it DID fix the situation.



This post has been edited by laslaw01: May 28 2012, 21:03