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Is there a guide to packing cd's into mka. It looks wonderful but the spec is a bit confuseing.
Don't know if there are any guides, but I use the mkvmerge GUI that comes with MKVtoolnix. It's very simple. Just add the FLAC image file or whatever it is, load cue sheet with chapter editor and add attachments like album art, log, cue etc., and click "start muxing". You will then have a nice MKA file. 
QUOTE(verbajim @ Nov 12 2007, 22:17) 
Don't know if there are any guides, but I use the mkvmerge GUI that comes with MKVtoolnix. It's very simple. Just add the FLAC image file or whatever it is, load cue sheet with chapter editor and add attachments like album art, log, cue etc., and click "start muxing". You will then have a nice MKA file.
That looks easy enough but I am not sure about the tags. How do they go.
I use foobar2000 to write tags to Matroska files. I'm not sure if it is the best solution, but it works for me...
QUOTE(kev @ Nov 14 2007, 02:13)
That looks easy enough but I am not sure about the tags. How do they go.
You can write tags in XML files and then mux them with mkvtoolnix. There's a list of tags here.
I haven't found a player that recognises a simple artist tag yet though
I myself rip music to MKA (Matroska Audio) with WavPacks in it. I can explain how I do it.
The first step is normal ripping via EAC, using single file mode and creating the cuesheet. After that, if EAC doesn't do it, convert the image file to WavPack or FLAC. If you used WavPack you should have the .wv file, the .cue and the .log files created by EAC. Then I fire up mkvtoolnix, use the .wv (or .flac) as input file on page one, and put the .log and .cue and any additional files (like CD covers etc.) as attachments to the Matroska file on the second page. Then select the .cue as chapter file on the third or fourth page (don't remember
). Now you should be ready to start muxing, and after a few seconds you should be the proud owner of a single MKA containing a whole album in lossless quality. Since Matroska can hold any additional files this is a great way to store said CD covers or booklets or lyrics or CD data tracks etc. conveniently in one single file and retain easy playbackability ( 
).
For playback you could use VideoLan Client or mplayer on Linux, though the former has bulky chapter handling and the latter is more a matter of personal taste. If you use Windows (or wine) I can strongly recommend foobar2000 for playback, there is a foobar-plugin on the matroska-site in the download section, but be sure to use the newest version, because the old are a bit (or more bits) buggy.
The first step is normal ripping via EAC, using single file mode and creating the cuesheet. After that, if EAC doesn't do it, convert the image file to WavPack or FLAC. If you used WavPack you should have the .wv file, the .cue and the .log files created by EAC. Then I fire up mkvtoolnix, use the .wv (or .flac) as input file on page one, and put the .log and .cue and any additional files (like CD covers etc.) as attachments to the Matroska file on the second page. Then select the .cue as chapter file on the third or fourth page (don't remember
). Now you should be ready to start muxing, and after a few seconds you should be the proud owner of a single MKA containing a whole album in lossless quality. Since Matroska can hold any additional files this is a great way to store said CD covers or booklets or lyrics or CD data tracks etc. conveniently in one single file and retain easy playbackability ( ).For playback you could use VideoLan Client or mplayer on Linux, though the former has bulky chapter handling and the latter is more a matter of personal taste. If you use Windows (or wine) I can strongly recommend foobar2000 for playback, there is a foobar-plugin on the matroska-site in the download section, but be sure to use the newest version, because the old are a bit (or more bits) buggy.
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