I have been successful in getting eac to produce ape and cue files with id3 tagging.

However, not with apev2 tagging.

I am using wapet 4 (also tried 3) which I've installed in the MA folder alongside mac.exe.

I have configured eac, as I have been told, to use external program, file extension .ape, user defined encoder, locate wapet, and command line:

%d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" -t "Comment=Coded by XXX" "MAC.exe" %s %d -c3000

Anyway, when I compress, all I get is wav files - no further compression happens.

I'm at the end of my rope.

Any thought?

I think Mr_Rabid_Teddybear's response answers it.

I expect it is because MAC.EXE is not in a folder in your PATH system variable.

Either put MAC.EXE in your system32 directory, or provide the full path to MAC.

Remove the quotes from mac.exe. -Martin.

What is Format Flags in APE File Info

I found it...

MONKEY_FLAG_8_BIT = 1; // Audio 8-bit
MONKEY_FLAG_CRC = 2; // New CRC32 error detection
MONKEY_FLAG_PEAK_LEVEL = 4; // Peak level stored
MONKEY_FLAG_24_BIT = 8; // Audio 24-bit
MONKEY_FLAG_SEEK_ELEMENTS = 16; // Number of seek elements stored
MONKEY_FLAG_WAV_NOT_STORED = 32; // WAV header not stored

So, "Format Flags: 22" means the file has CRC, PEAK_LEVEL and SEEK_ELEMENTS.

"Format Flags: 54" means the file has CRC, PEAK_LEVEL, SEEK_ELEMENTS and WAV_NOT_STORED


I can put this option in command line

I was banging my head on my monitor for almost three hours, and I figured out your problem (because I was having it, too.) I know you've probably long since abandoned your efforts at this, but hopefully a search on this topic will help others:

In "Compression Options" you have (had) your "Parameter passing scheme:" options set to "Monkey's Audio Lossless Encoder" YOU MUST SET THIS OPTION TO "USER DEFINED ENCODER" when you are using wapet.exe

Gosh, I hope this saves someone else the agony I went through trying to figure it out. Cheers!