Hi all,

i was wondering if there is a tool for backing up audio cd's to OGG with EAC? (like we use lame.exe for mp3).
I have been using ogg vorbis mostly for audio in my divx-movies,
and since i like the format i wonderd if i could backup my cd's with it too...
Sorry if this has been discussed before....i couldnt search for eac cause it only has 3 characters.


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Yes. Just use Oggenc as encoder.

You can get it at http://www.vorbis.com
And you can get a faster version at http://www.inf.ufpr.br/~rja00/

I suggest using -q 4.99 as encoding switch.

And, BTW, you can search 3 letter words with *, like EAC*

Regards;

Roberto.

Edit: Never mind, it seems the vorbis.com site is down at the moment. Go for the fast version.

Thanks alot for your quick response,
got it working already

The enconding -didn't even used the experimental version- seems quite alot faster then lame (using --alt-preset standard)

Yeah. You shouldn't even use the experimental version. It's only intended for people that want to experiment with stereo coding methods.

Regards;

Roberto.

Then you'll be pleased to discover that there's also "--alt-preset fast standard" in LAME.

P.S. If you're looking for a quality comparable to that of --alt-preset standard, i suggest -q 6 for Ogg Vorbis... maybe -q 5, but not lower.

Thanks for the tip....but i think ill stick to --alt-preset standard.
Don't think a bit faster enconding is worth a loss in quality...
I guess this ain't the right forum section to discuss this anyway

There isn't much loss really... you can safely use it.

really? that's cool

quickly tried enconding a 2min36s wav:
normal: 35sec
fast: 22sec
So it really quite a bit faster....thanks again for the tip
(ogg was 23sec btw)