I'm using EAC V0.9, I'm trying to encode my CDs straight onto my PC in AAC format rather than HUGE .wav's.

How do I install an AAC encoder which will operate through EAC?

Thanks for your time.

just tried calling the Compaact! encoder through the exact same setup as the FB2k diskwriter and t worked fine. Should be similar for any of the other options out there.
the area to add it is
eac/compression options (or just F11)
then pointing to the program under 'external compression'
would list the specifics I used but not going to assume you are using Compaact! for the encoder.

If you want a free AAC encoder to use then you have the choice between FAAC and Psystel both of which are available at Rarewares.

I would use FAAC as Psytel is no longer developed and the last version was buggy.

The FAAC page at Audiocoding.com has all the information you need.

To set it up use Case's guide (it's back up!) as a guide but bare in mind some of FAAC's commandine options have changed in the new 1.24 version.

I think if you set the extension to .mp4 then the following should be a suitable string. Note should, I haven't got a cd with me at uni to test with at this moment. I'll see if I can nab one off someone and test it.



Something like that anyway. Change the -q and -c values according to your preferences from what the wiki says as linked above and change the comment as you like.

The command line options have changed with version 1.24 so the -w switch is no longer required and there are some other changes as well.

Edit: just seen that the -o switch has been included.

This is what Hans-Jurgen stated on the Audiograbber Forums (as well as the CDEX one)

I'm having problems with this... and my hair's almost coming out!



I've tried to modify the string according to the new 1.24 version... Is this correct?


I've set the EAC option to "user defined encoder", with extension .aac (as the built in FAAC preset seems to add in a "-b128" bitrate thing.

I've tried to remove the " signs, but to no avail as well.

I've set EAC to set a return code error, and I've noticed that the file paths come with "s. Is it possible to remove this?

ARGH!!!!

hmm, someone needs to write a free command line wrapper for quicktime on win32, so you can encode to AAC through the command line.

I've got it!


The code is the same, but for the file extension, .aac must not be used. Instead, use .mp4, or .m4a

I'm enjoying AAC files now...