I have a question if someone can help: I try to rip a cd with EAC to wave format (Test &copy selected (all) tracs/Uncompressed. After this I can compress to mp3 with Tools/Compress wavs option, also if I don't have the cd, but in this way I loose the tags. I use User defined encoder with all the tags done with lame... Is there a way to retain tags also without the cd in?
Or is a tag utility that can import tags from local freedb database (because with EAC I can export the cd info into a local freedb database).

Thanks in advance
damjang

You could choose an appropriate directory/filename template to save (most of) the tag info (EAC options/naming scheme) . After encoding to mp3 you could use Tag to construct ID3 tags from this filename.

This is one of the biggest problems I have with EAC.
Don't know of a way to do that, in a smooth fasion.

EAC should really have that feature.
I know that Audiograbber can do it. It just tags the wav:s with the ID3:s, and when you encode to MP3 with AG it copies the tags.

Hanky's way does work, but it is a bit bulky.

I rip my CDs in the following filename formats:

%artist%-%album%-%tracknumber&-%title%

Then I can tag the files using the masstagger in foobar2000.

This would be a nice feature in EAC as well, if there's a standard, safe and transparant way to add a tag to a riff-wav audio file. For example if I added a APEv2 tag to a wav file would this interfere with other software ? Any developer comment on this?

One useful thing will be also if EAC when rip the cd to wave can do a .bat file with all the lines to encode and tag the waves... (if you use user defined encoder)

damjang

In the last version of EAC (0.95prebeta3) I find an option to first rip all wave then compress. You must do this way:

• go to "EAC/EAC options..." menu, select "Tools" and select "On extraction, start compressors queued in the background"
• go to "Database/Compression Queue Control Center" menu and select "Make all compression tasks sleep", then "OK"
• now you can ripp the cd with Shift+F6 (Test & Copy selected tracks/Compressed...)
• after the work is done, the tracks are ripped, but non compressed. For start the compression go to "Database/Compression Queue Control Center" menu and unselect "Make all compression tasks sleep", then "OK"
• done.

You can also exit EAC, and all the queue are retained :-)

Hope this help B)
damjang

loose
Pronunciation: 'lüs
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): loos·er; loos·est
Etymology: Middle English lous, from Old Norse lauss; akin to Old High German lOs loose -- more at -LESS
Date: 13th century
1 a : not rigidly fastened or securely attached b (1) : having worked partly free from attachments <a loose tooth> (2) : having relative freedom of movement c : produced freely and accompanied by raising of mucus <a loose cough> d : not tight-fitting
2 a : free from a state of confinement, restraint, or obligation <a lion loose in the streets> <spend loose funds wisely> b : not brought together in a bundle, container, or binding c archaic : DISCONNECTED, DETACHED


lose
Pronunciation: 'lüz
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): lost /'lost/; los·ing /'lü-zi[ng]/
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English losian to perish, lose, from los destruction; akin to Old English lEosan to lose; akin to Old Norse losa to loosen, Latin luere to atone for, Greek lyein to loosen, dissolve, destroy
Date: before 12th century
transitive senses
1 a : to bring to destruction -- used chiefly in passive construction <the ship was lost on the reef> b : DAMN <if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul -- Matthew 16:26 (Authorized Version)>
2 : to miss from one's possession or from a customary or supposed place
3 : to suffer deprivation of : part with especially in an unforeseen or accidental manner
4 a : to suffer loss through the death or removal of or final separation from (a person) b : to fail to keep control of or allegiance of <lose votes> <lost his temper>
5 a : to fail to use : let slip by : WASTE <lose the tide> b (1) : to fail to win, gain, or obtain <lose a prize> <lose a contest> (2) : to undergo defeat in <lost every battle> c : to fail to catch with the senses or the mind <lost part of what she said>
6 : to cause the loss of <one careless statement lost him the election>
7 : to fail to keep, sustain, or maintain <lost my balance>
8 a : to cause to miss one's way or bearings <lost himself in the maze of streets> b : to make (oneself) withdrawn from immediate reality <lost herself in daydreaming>
9 a : to wander or go astray from <lost his way> b : to draw away from : OUTSTRIP <lost his pursuers>
10 : to fail to keep in sight or in mind
11 : to free oneself from : get rid of <dieting to lose some weight>
intransitive senses
1 : to undergo deprivation of something of value
2 : to undergo defeat <lose with good grace>
3 of a timepiece : to run slow

Why do you need to do such a thing? Probably MAREO would serve you for the purpose you're aiming for...

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@Shorty,
Could you please explain to us that your post is not conflicting with forum rule #6 (Every post must be on topic) and possibly #9 (You did not mention the dictionary that you copied from, so we cannot check that you own the copyright of it)
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Actually I was trying to help damjang comply with rule #10. Thanks.

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You should do that to each and every post then. If writing "loose" instead of "lose" really means conflicting with forum rule #10, then one can guess, you'll have really a lot to do.

Writing "loose" instead of "lose" didn't make damjang impossible to understand. Anyway, thank you for making us see the light. I'm sure we really needed some.

By the way, if something needs to be corrected in this post, please feel free to do whatever you want. I really do want to comply with rule#10. Thanks.

for whatever reason you took 'trying to educate' as 'trying to ridicule' and I can't help that.

There'd be no problem adding APE, ID3 or whatever to RIFF files, just pick a suitable ID. Any application that doesn't recognize the ID will (should!) ignore it.