I'm a newbie at this so I'm sorry if I don't explain this properly. I transferred some of my CD's to my computer using EAC V0.95b5 and LAME 3.97b2 without deleting the WAV files so I now have both WAV & MP3 files. The MP3 files contain the proper ID3 tag information. However when I use the EAC "Tools" - "Compress WAVs" option to create another copy of the MP3 file from the WAV file on the hard drive (for an MP3 at a different bitrate), I loose the ID3 tag information. Is there any way to use the "Compress WAVs" tool (for WAVs already on the hard drive), and get the ID3 tag information without manually typing each one in? Or putting it another way, is there anyway to get LAME to compress WAVs that are on the hard drive and have ID3 tags in the resulting MP3 file?
Thanks for any help!

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I don't use EAC, but I am fairly familiar with Lame. I was *going* to say that I did not think that a .WAV file could have a tag. And that EAC is perhaps doing a CDDB lookup on the initial conversion to apply it to the MP3, but the stored original .WAV won't have the tag information when you redo it.

However, a quick Google shows many "WAVE TAG EDITORS". Lot of them have pr0n popups, also..

If you want two sets of MP3s then I would recommend using MAREO, WACK or REACT with EAC to encode both sets at the same time.

This will allow you to tag both sets. I don't think there is any way you can tag once you just have the WAV files, as there is no link between the file and the disc's meta data.

You tell all these apps what processes you require in an INI file. You then reference the app as an external compressor in EAC, and the app will use the INI information to encode the WAV files that EAC produces using one or more encoders. You can also run pre- or post-processors, like WaveGain, Tag, MP3Gain, etc. as part of the same process.

FYI: I use REACT to rip to a WavPack (lossless) image and LAME MP3s at the same time. If you are ripping to tracks only then MAREO may be the easiest solution.

Edit: Added links

you can always create CUE sheets
you can also export your tags using any tagging software
e.g. TagScanner will do
and use "Get CD Information From" option under Database menu

Thanks everyone for your help ... I'll try these suggestions. However, in addition to just being able have MP3s at different bitrates, I would also like to be able to later burn a copy of a CD from my WAV files (so it will play anywhere a regular CD will) and have the song information automatically associated with it. Is this possible? If not, is there an easy way to get the CD information without manually typing it in? Also, I've never worked with Que sheets before ... I've seen the instructions in EAC on how to make them, but what would do they do & how would I use them in this instance? Geeeeee .... there really should be an easier way to do this stuff!!!

The easiest way is to use a lossless codec, like FLAC or WavPack. Using a lossless codec will give you the same quality as WAVE (the clue is in the title), with the added benefits of saving space (a lossless file will be between 50% and 70% the size of the WAVE), and also allowing you to tag the file(s).

Cuesheets are very simple really. A cuesheet is simply a text file which, in essence, records the track times for the CD, and can also store "tagging" information, like artist, album, and title. A cuesheet can reference many files, but is mainly used with one file (an "image"), which stores all the audio data.

I archive my CDs to a lossless image with cuesheet. This means that the whole CD is saved as one WavPack file, and the accompanying cuesheet stores when the tracks start within that file. Using software like foobar or ACDIR you can split this image file into individual tracks, and tag those track files, using the information in the cuesheet.

Thanks Synthetic Soul ... I'll look at that!