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Sgt_Strider

Oct 30 2005, 17:05

I went to the compression menu and enable external encoder and selected .flac exe to be used after EAC finish ripping the CD.

My commandline is: --best %s -T title="%t" -T artist="%a" -T date="%Y" -T

As soon as EAC finish ripping the track from the CD, it activates the .flac exe file, but it quickly closes/crashes. What's going on? Thanks.

skelly831

Oct 30 2005, 17:18

Try this:

-8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "date=%y" %s

Sgt_Strider

Oct 30 2005, 17:30

QUOTE(skelly831 @ Oct 30 2005, 04:18 PM)

Try this:

-8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "date=%y" %s

Wow, that did the trick...Thanks!

Just one last question, the -8 refers to level 8 compression which is the highest right?

skelly831

Oct 30 2005, 17:37

QUOTE(Sgt_Strider @ Oct 30 2005, 04:30 PM)

Just one last question, the -8 refers to level 8 compression which is the highest right?

Yes -8 is the same as --best, you can use either one.

Martin H

Oct 30 2005, 18:50

I would recommend :

-T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s

This command line uses flac.exe's default compression level(-5). Using -8 will take about 4 times longer to encode and only give a neglible gain in compresion...

-Martin.

Sgt_Strider

Oct 30 2005, 20:39

QUOTE(Martin H @ Oct 30 2005, 05:50 PM)

I don't mind because my PC is relatively modern, less than a year old, so I have the power to encode it. The space does add up. I don't mind the extra time and or resources.

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