I have finished "MAREO 6". It includes CUE Sheet support, for those that care.

I have simplified some things also, or i hope so.

For those that want to test it, it works with EAC.

EAC configuration:

1. Parameter passing scheme: User Defined Encoder
2. Use file extension: .mareo
3. Program, including path, used for compression: MAREO’s full path
4. Additional command line options: mareo.ini %s %d "%a" "%g" "%t" "%n" "%y" "%m"
5. Add ID3 tag: unchecked
6. Delete WAV after compression: unchecked

Notice that the FON/FOFF and SON/SOFF parameters are no longer required.

If you want MAREO NOT to log to the screen, create a file called: MAREO.EXE.NOSCREENLOG and place it on the same place where MAREO.EXE is.

If you want MAREO NOT to log to a log file, create a file called: MAREO.EXE.NOFILELOG and place it on the same place where MAREO.EXE is.

THE INI FILE HAS CHANGED.

It now includes two more lines, per encoder:
CUEFINALPATH = XXX
CUEFINALNAME = XXX

Also, V.A. lines changed from VFINALPATH and VFINALNAME, to VAFINALPATH and VAFINALNAME.

Remember that to use VA scheme, use "V.A." as the CD artist in eac.

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IMPORTANT: When you "save" the CUE, you have to call it "mareo", so you would end up with a CUE called mareo.cue. That is the file mareo looks for, to see if it is a CUE thing.

rc2.

MAREO now deletes the original CUE file after finishing.

Also, being a CUE, we can use WaveGain in "album" mode (actually track mode, but as the track is the whole album).

So, now, LastTrack is allways true on CUE mode.

download

UPDATE: i'm updating documentation right now, you can check it at www.webearce.com.ar.

Nice to see the new version! Can I use it to create a flac image/cue file and mp3's as individual tracks?

Not possible, because when EAC rips to a CUE+AUDIO, it just rips a big WAVE file, that is passed to MAREO.

What you can do, is use a tool that reads the cue, and splits to MP3, i don't remember de name.

EDIT: the tool i was thinking is ACDIR. http://nyaochi.sakura.ne.jp/xoops/modules/...wares/tc_2.html

Yes, that would work, but I thought that you might consider incorporating it into MAREO 6.

I think it would just duplicate the excellent work of nyaochi. I rather make sure it can work with MAREO.

Thank you for this great update!!
I have one request.
Could you also incorporate the option to copy the log file to the destination directory ?
And another request.
When I rip a cd a destination directory is created by Eac. Mareo copies the compressed files to the new destination directory and deletes the temp files.
Could you make it also possible to delete not only the temp files but also the directory that was created by eac.
example
Rip cd madonna - confessions on a dance floor
Eac creates directory: d:\data\music\madonna\confessions on a dance floor

In this dir mareo compresses the files and move them to:
d:\data\music\mp3\madonna\confessions on a dance floor
Mareao deletes the temp files in this dir (that is oke) but not the eac created directory.
the dir d:\data\music\madonna\confessions on a dance floor is empty and could be deleted also!

thank you in advance,

greetz

my pleasure


Don't think it is possible at all, because EAC creates the LOG, after MAREO finishes encoding, so MAREO can never see the file.


The point is, let MAREO do ALL the renaming, and don't tell EAC to create any folder. Just use %D - %C - %T as the naming scheme, or anything that does not includes a folder, and let MAREO create folders.

Hi, i look at your website documentation and can't find preconfigure MAREO for TAK, could you please add support for TAK compression? Thanks.

Is already on the INI:

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; TAK: Offers compression ratios comparable to Monkey's Audio with decoding speeds comparable to FLAC.
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EXECUTEIF = TRUE
FINALPATH = [PERSONAL]\Music\[ARTIST] - [ALBUM]\
FINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED]. [TITLE]
VAFINALPATH = [PERSONAL]\Music\VA - [ALBUM]\
VAFINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED]. [TITLE] ([ARTIST])
CUEFINALPATH = [PERSONAL]\Music\VA - [ALBUM]\
CUEFINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED]. [TITLE] ([ARTIST])
EXTENSION = tak
ENCODEREXE = [OWNPATH]\takc.exe
PARAMETERS = -e -pN "[SOURCE]" "[DESTTMP]"
RENAME = TRUE

Yes, I understand. I will use my batch file that waits for the log and then moves it.


I could do that, but I also use EAC to make uncompressed (wave) images or tracks.
The destionation folder for the wave files is set in EAC. These settings are also used for the compressed images or tracks.
Example:

Uncompressed
Destination wave files: d:\data\music\wave\artist\album. This is set in EAC

Compressed (mp3)
Destination temp wave files: d:\data\music\wave\artist\album. This is handled by EAC (same dir as uncompressed files)

Mareo takes temp wave files and convert wave to mp3.
Destination mp3 files d:\data\music\mp3\artist\album
Mareo deletes temp files
Now there is an empty directory: d:\data\music\wave\artist\album
This directory could also be deleted by Mareo.

I hope you can add a command to delete this empty directory.

Greetz

explain that to me please.


So you mean you also want to rip tracks to WAV, and image to WAV?

Well, I have a dos .bat script. I let mareo call this script then the script waits for the log file to be written by EAC. The script then moves the log to the given destination.


I mainly make audio cd backup copies. So I use Eac uncompressed test copy image and create cuesheet command.
Then I can burn a backup with EAC or backup the wave + cue + log as data to dvd-R
Yes I know, I could compress to a lossless format (monkey tak etc.) but not all programs support these formats.
When I want to edit the wave I have to convert from lossless to wave. To avoid this conversion I backup to wave.

post it.


That i can take a look.

Oke, I want to post it but the script consist out of several .bat files.
Could I mail or upload a zip file to you?

Hi there

I'm very new to Mareo and not a great expert at any of this stuff, but really want to be able to rip my CDs to both FLAC and MP3 so this looks like a great way to do it.

I've spent most of today trying to get Mareo to work and read countless forums but hope I'll be able to get some help by posting.

Initially, I'm just trying to get the LAME MP3 encoder to work but for some reason the encoding itself isn't happening. I just end up with the wav files in my Music\Albums directory.

I'm sure I'm missing something simple here, and if anyone could help I'd be really grateful.

Thanks very much,

Peter.

My EAC settings are as follows:
Parameter passing scheme: User defined encoder
Use file extension: .mareo
Program path: C:\Program Files\EAC\Mareo\mareo.exe
Additional command line options: mareo.ini %s %d "%a" "%g" "%t" "%n" "%y" "%m"
Bit rate: 192kbps
Delete Wav after compression: Unchecked
Use CRC check: Checked
Add ID3 tag: Unchecked
Check for external programs return code: Unchecked

My mareo.ini file includes the following code:
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; MP3 LAME: best MP3 encoder: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EXECUTEIF = TRUE
FINALPATH = F:\Music\Albums\[ARTIST]\[ALBUM]\
FINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED]-[TITLE]
VAFINALPATH = F:\Music\Albums\"Various Artists"\[ALBUM]\
VAFINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED]-[TITLE]-[ARTIST]
EXTENSION = mp3
ENCODEREXE = c:\Program Files\EAC\lame397\lame.exe
PARAMETERS = -V2 --vbr-new --ignore-tag-errors --ta "[ARTIST]" --tl "[ALBUM]" --tt "[TITLE]" --tn "[TRACK]" --ty "[YEAR]" --tg "[GENRE]" "[SOURCE]" "[DESTTMP]"
RENAME = TRUE

My mareo.log file shows the following:

***********************************************************
* MAREO - Multiple Applications Runner for EAC and Others *
* Copyright 2003-2007 by Kwanbis -- Under the GPL License *
* Version 6.0b2 - Home Page at http://www.webearce.com.ar *
* Developed with Borland Delphi http://borland.com/delphi *
***********************************************************

*** Received Command Line ***

"C:\Program Files\EAC\Mareo\mareo.exe" mareo.ini "F:\Music\Albums\\Son Of Dork\Ticket Outta Loserville\0tmp77268.wav" "F:\Music\Albums\\Son Of Dork\Ticket Outta Loserville\0tmp77268.mareo" "Son Of Dork" "Ticket Outta Loserville" "Boyband" "05" "" ""

*** Parsed Parameters ***

INIFILE (%1) = C:\Program Files\EAC\Mareo\mareo.ini
[SOURCE] (%2) = F:\Music\Albums\\Son Of Dork\Ticket Outta Loserville\0tmp77268.wav
[DESTTMP] (%3) = F:\Music\Albums\\Son Of Dork\Ticket Outta Loserville\0tmp77268.mareo
[ARTIST] (%4) = Son Of Dork
[ALBUM] (%5) = Ticket Outta Loserville
[TITLE] (%6) = Boyband
[TRACK] (%7) = 5
[YEAR] (%8) = 1900
[GENRE] (%9) = Unknown

*** INI Parameters ***

Padding Zeros = 2
DeleteWavFile = FALSE
CorrectionChar = _

*** Encoder Orders Ends ***

DeleteWaveFile is FALSE.


*** DONE ***

NO errors ocurred.

"C:\Program Files\EAC\Mareo\mareo.exe" mareo.ini "F:\Music\Albums\\Son Of Dork\Ticket Outta Loserville\0tmp77268.wav" "F:\Music\Albums\\Son Of Dork\Ticket Outta Loserville\0tmp77268.mareo" "Son Of Dork" "Ticket Outta Loserville" "Boyband" "05" "" ""

Something is wrong, look at the double "\\" on the temp names, very weird.

Do something, create a dir, c:\eac, and when EAC asks you where to "save" your files, point it there, and see what happens. All the rest looks fine.

Last, you are missing the "CUE", lines on the INI, even if you are never going to use CUE sheets, you must have this two lines, bellow the VAFINALNAME:

CUEFINALPATH = F:\Music\Albums\"Various Artists"\[ALBUM]\
CUEFINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED]-[TITLE]-[ARTIST]

I will try to upload the zip in the upload section

I have made the upload. Started a new topic: mareo6 wait for log dos script

Have fun

Hi there

Added back in the CUE lines and it all works fine. Thank you.

The double \\ are still there but everything still ends up in the right directory.

Thanks very much for your help - great program.

Peter.

I would take a look.

Any docs on how to call mareo 6 from foobar? I'm interested in converting from ape to flac and ogg.

Thanks

foobar is a special beast, i would be taking a look after making sure it works with EAC.

you need to add the two new CUE lines, I had the same issue.

seeya
rodo from monterrey

Can you explain how to accomplish the CUE sheet in more detail, perhaps with a very specific example?

I can successfully rip both .mp3 and .flac but wish to have a CUE sheet created as well....here's my .ini.

; IS MAREO REQUIRED TO DELETE THE WAV FILE AFTER ENCODING (TRUE) OR THE CD RIPPER DOES (FALSE)?
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DeleteWavFile = FALSE

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; What char would be used to replace forbiden chars?
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CorrectionChar = _

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; EXPLANATION
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; EXECUTEIF = MAREO evaluates the formula, and if true, MAREO executes this "encoder order".
; It could be TRUE (executes), LASTTRACK (it reads mareoLAST.txt and evaluates agains current track number,
; or XXX = YYY, in this last case MAREO evaluates the equality, for example, [TRACK]. = [1]
; Assuming that in [1] MAREO is getting the last track number from the ripper, and that it is for example,
; 12, and that the current track number is 4, MAREO would evaluate 4 = 12, and not execute.
; When track number is 12, MAREO would evaluate 12 = 12, and execute.
; FINALPATH = the path to place the encoded file, example: C:\Music\[ARTIST] - [ALBUM]
; FINALNAME = the name of the encoded file, example: [TRACKPADDED]. [TITLE]
; VAFINALPATH = V.A. CDS: the path to place the encoded file, example: C:\Music\[ARTIST] - [ALBUM]
; VAFINALNAME = V.A. CDS: the name of the encoded file, example: [TRACKPADDED]. [TITLE]
; CUEFINALPATH = CUE Processing: the path to place the encoded file, AND CUE file, example:[PERSONAL]\Music\[ARTIST]\
; CUEFINALNAME = CUE Processing: the name of the encoded file, AND CUE file, example:[ARTIST] - [YEAR] - [ALBUM]
; EXTENSION = the extension of the encoded file, example: mp3
; ENCODEREXE = the full file name of the encoder executable, including, if not in the same folder as MAREO, the full path (c:\encoders\lame.exe).
; PARAMETERS = the command line parameters we would normally pass to the encoder, as if we where running it from a command prompt.
; RENAME = if TRUE, MAREO would rename as per the FINALPATH, FINALNAME and EXTENSION options.

; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; WAVEGAIN: Track Mode: used to "normalize" files: http://www.rarewares.org/others.html
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; EXECUTEIF = TRUE
; FINALPATH = NONE
; FINALNAME = NONE
; VAFINALPATH = NONE
; VAFINALNAME = NONE
; CUEFINALPATH = NONE
; CUEFINALNAME = NONE
; EXTENSION = NONE
; ENCODEREXE = wavegain.exe
; PARAMETERS = --radio --apply --noclip "[SOURCE]"
; RENAME = FALSE

; ====================================================================================================
=======================
; LOSSY ENCODERS
; ====================================================================================================
=======================

; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; MP3 LAME: best MP3 encoder: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EXECUTEIF = TRUE
FINALPATH = F:\Music\[ARTIST] [ALBUM] V2 VBR -new
FINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED]-[TITLE]
VAFINALPATH = F:\Music\"Various Artists"\[ALBUM]\
VAFINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED]-[TITLE]-[ARTIST]
CUEFINALPATH = F:\Music\
CUEFINALNAME = MAREO.exe
EXTENSION = mp3
ENCODEREXE = C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\LAME\lame.exe
PARAMETERS = -V2 --vbr-new --ignore-tag-errors --ta "[ARTIST]" --tl "[ALBUM]" --tt "[TITLE]" --tn "[TRACK]" --ty "[YEAR]" --tg "[GENRE]" "[SOURCE]"

"[DESTTMP]"
RENAME = TRUE

; ====================================================================================================
==================
; LOSSLESS ENCODERS
; ====================================================================================================
==================

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; FLAC: most supported lossless encoder: http://flac.sourceforge.net/
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EXECUTEIF = TRUE
FINALPATH = F:\Music\[ARTIST] [ALBUM] FLAC -5
FINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED]-[TITLE]
VAFINALPATH = F:\Music\"Various Artists"\[ALBUM]\
VAFINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED]-[TITLE]-[ARTIST]
CUEFINALPATH = F:\Music\
CUEFINALNAME = MAREO.exe
EXTENSION = flac
ENCODEREXE = C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
PARAMETERS = -5 "[SOURCE]" -o "[DESTTMP]" -T artist="[ARTIST]" -T album="[ALBUM]" -T title="[TITLE]" -T tracknumber="[TRACK]" -T date="[YEAR]" -T

genre="[GENRE]"
RENAME = TRUE

Just tel EAC to create a CUE, and when the "save as" diaglog with confirmation of the cue appears, call it mareo.cue

MAREO should work from there.

Thanks worked great...

Now have a question why when I the first track by itself the file tags seem to work such as [TRACK] - [ARTIST] - [TITLE] but when I rip more than one at time with EAC the first track is always wrong. It looks exactly like the .cue file name

IE the disc has three tracks and I rip all three at the same time with EAC the folder contains the following titles using the tags as above. The cue fillename is [ARTIST] - [ALBUM].

artist - album.cue
artist - album.flac
02 - artist - track2.flac
03 - artist - track3.flac

I'm using .mareo as the extenstion in EAC, but have also tried simply XXX as well with no change in result.

weird, post the logs.

***********************************************************
* MAREO - Multiple Applications Runner for EAC and Others *
* Copyright 2003-2007 by Kwanbis -- Under the GPL License *
* Version 6.0b2 - Home Page at http://www.webearce.com.ar *
* Developed with Borland Delphi http://borland.com/delphi *
***********************************************************

*** Received Command Line ***

"C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\mareo.exe" mareo.ini "F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.wav" "F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.mareo" "Human" "Falling You" "An Angel, Ameliorate" "09" "2006" "Electronic"

*** Parsed Parameters ***

INIFILE (%1) = C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\mareo.ini
[SOURCE] (%2) = F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.wav
[DESTTMP] (%3) = F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.mareo
[ARTIST] (%4) = Human
[ALBUM] (%5) = Falling You
[TITLE] (%6) = An Angel, Ameliorate
[TRACK] (%7) = 9
[YEAR] (%8) = 2006
[GENRE] (%9) = Electronic

*** INI Parameters ***

Padding Zeros = 2
DeleteWavFile = TRUE
CorrectionChar = _


*** PROCESSING ENCODER ORDER # 1 ***

EXECUTE IF = TRUE

NEW EXTENSION = mp3

TEMPORAL FULL NAME = F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.mp3
TEMPORAL PATH ONLY = F:\Music
TEMPORAL NAME ONLY = 0tmp4)!3-

RENAME FINAL FILE = TRUE

FINAL FULL NAME = F:\Music\Human - Falling You V0 VBR -new\09 - An Angel, Ameliorate.mp3
FINAL PATH ONLY = F:\Music\Human - Falling You V0 VBR -new
FINAL NAME ONLY = 09 - An Angel, Ameliorate


EXECUTING: C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\LAME\lame.exe -V0 --vbr-new --ignore-tag-errors --ta "Human" --tl "Falling You" --tt "An Angel, Ameliorate" --tn "9" --ty "2006" --tg "Electronic" "F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.wav" "F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.mp3"

EXECUTION: SUCCESS

DIRECTORY "F:\Music\Human - Falling You V0 VBR -new" allready exists.

RENAMING: F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.mp3 =] F:\Music\Human - Falling You V0 VBR -new\09 - An Angel, Ameliorate.mp3 ... SUCCESS



*** PROCESSING ENCODER ORDER # 2 ***

EXECUTE IF = TRUE

NEW EXTENSION = flac

TEMPORAL FULL NAME = F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.flac
TEMPORAL PATH ONLY = F:\Music
TEMPORAL NAME ONLY = 0tmp4)!3-

RENAME FINAL FILE = TRUE

FINAL FULL NAME = F:\Music\Human - Falling You FLAC -5\09 - An Angel, Ameliorate.flac
FINAL PATH ONLY = F:\Music\Human - Falling You FLAC -5
FINAL NAME ONLY = 09 - An Angel, Ameliorate


EXECUTING: C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe -5 "F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.wav" -o "F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.flac" -T artist="Human" -T album="Falling You" -T title="An Angel, Ameliorate" -T tracknumber="9" -T date="2006" -T genre="Electronic"

EXECUTION: SUCCESS

DIRECTORY "F:\Music\Human - Falling You FLAC -5" allready exists.

RENAMING: F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.flac =] F:\Music\Human - Falling You FLAC -5\09 - An Angel, Ameliorate.flac ... SUCCESS


*** Encoder Orders Ends ***

DeleteWaveFile is TRUE.

DELETING: F:\Music\0tmp4)!3-.wav ... SUCCESS


*** DONE ***

NO errors ocurred.

that's no CUE log. Are you sure that is ok?

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by that...

The problem you reported, is happening when you try to rip a CUE image?

Wow, I just discovered this tool last night, after spending 20+ hours to rip 50 CDs. I rip, compress to FLAC and MP3, and delete the WAV files. Up to now, that was about 10 separate operations:

1) Create lossless and mp3 directories for each CD
2) Rip with EAC and compress to MP3 w/Lame.
3) Compress WAV files to FLAC w/Flac Frontend
4) Delete WAV files
5) Move FLAC files to lossless dir
6) create ffp file
7) Move mp3 files to mp3 dir
8) Move m3u file to mp3 dir
9) create md5 file
10) Copy EAC log file to both dir

This took a minimum of 20 minutes.

After a couple of hours of figuring out what went where, I'm up and running with Mareo and doing the majority of those steps in one operation.

What a Godsend! Thank you, I've got about 600 more CDs to go!

Nice to haves, if you ever get time...I think some of these might be possible if I were more clever. Anyone?

1) For various artist CDs, accept "Various", "Various Artist(s)", "VA", as well as "V.A." to use the VA naming scheme. Or make the list configurable via the ini file.

2) Have the ability to run a md5 or ffp utility after the last track. For Flac, the Flac Frontend was configurable to create an ffp file, was that a function of Flac or Flac Frontend?

3) Have the ability to create a mp3 playlist in the designated mp3 dir after the last track. EAC can create it, but how to get it to the mp3 dir?

4) Have the ability to copy the EAC generated log file to the directories created, before the first track.


Thanks, excellent tool. Any help for the above itesm would be appreciated.

David Chinese Bookie

my pleasure


Problems is that as soon as you type some of them, EAC detects them. I would take a which ones can be used.


It probably can be done. Let me find a good comand line tool to add.


would take a look.


It probably can be done. Let me find a good comand line tool to add.


there was a BAT to do it, i was planing on adapting, but didn't have time. I will take a look also.

Thank you for everything.

First: EAC can only create an m3u playlist for the first encoded file. Because it doesn't know about the second.

If you want a playlist to be created in the mp3 target folder then you have to let EAC handle the renaming of the final mp3.

In mareo.ini you have to set RENAME = FALSE for the first encoded file (mp3) and DeleteWavFile = FALSE in ini header.

In EAC check "delete wav file" and fill in .mp3 for file extension (correct file extension of first encoded file).

Mareo should then use EACs mp3 target folder for all the temporary files and left the final renaming of the mp3 to EAC. EAC always creates the m3u playlist in the mp3 target folder.

You won't have a playlist for your FLACs, though.

Please don't blame me if it doesn't work at once. It has been a while since i made my mareo setup. Perhaps i forgot a necessary setting...

Hi kwanbis,

Thanks very much for your work.
I use mareo since several years without problem, until I switched to mareo 5 and eac-0.99pb3 few month ago.

I remarked that mareo do not received correct filename because eac never write temporary file like 0tmp!)!3!.wav on my HD.

I switched back to my previous eac version, same problem.

I went back to eac-0.99pb3 and install mareo 6, still no ripping.

I don't know what to do.
judstr got same problem: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=58957

Here bellow mareo log file, mareo.ini file and EAC extraction logfile.
_______________________
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
mareo log file

***********************************************************
* MAREO - Multiple Applications Runner for EAC and Others *
* Copyright 2003-2007 by Kwanbis -- Under the GPL License *
* Version 6.0b2 - Home Page at http://www.webearce.com.ar *
* Developed with Borland Delphi http://borland.com/delphi *
***********************************************************

*** Received Command Line ***

"C:\Program Files\mareo\mareo.exe" mareo_jk.ini "D:\Mes documents\Ma musique\wma\Hey Hey My My\Hey Hey My My\0tmp)!3!).wav" "D:\Mes documents\Ma musique\wma\Hey Hey My My\Hey Hey My My\0tmp)!3!).mareo" "Hey Hey My My" "Hey Hey My My " "Don'T Sell Me Now" "06" "2007" "Pop-Folk"

*** Parsed Parameters ***

INIFILE (%1) = C:\Program Files\mareo\mareo_jk.ini
[SOURCE] (%2) = D:\Mes documents\Ma musique\wma\Hey Hey My My\Hey Hey My My\0tmp)!3!).wav
[DESTTMP] (%3) = D:\Mes documents\Ma musique\wma\Hey Hey My My\Hey Hey My My\0tmp)!3!).mareo
[ARTIST] (%4) = Hey Hey My My
[ALBUM] (%5) = Hey Hey My My
[TITLE] (%6) = Don'T Sell Me Now
[TRACK] (%7) = 6
[YEAR] (%8) = 2007
[GENRE] (%9) = Pop-Folk

*** INI Parameters ***

Padding Zeros = 2
DeleteWavFile = FALSE
CorrectionChar =

*** mareoLAST.INI ***

[LASTTRACK] = 12


UNRECOGNIZED ACTION LINE: CorrectionChar = _


*** Encoder Orders Ends ***

DeleteWaveFile is FALSE.


*** DONE ***

NO errors ocurred.

_______________________
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
mareo_jk.ini file

; eac MAREO.EXE COMMAND LINE / mareo_jk.ini %s %d "%a" "%g" "%t" "%n" "%y" "%m"
; %x to pass : TOTALTRACKS to mareo
; Instead of defining: EXECUTEIF = LASTTRACK define EXECUTEIF = [1] = [TRACK]

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; NUMBER OF ZEROS TO PAD THE TRACK NUMBER (0 to disable)
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PaddingZeros = 2

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; IS MAREO REQUIRED TO LOG TO THE SCREEN?
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LogToScreen = TRUE

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; IS MAREO REQUIRED TO LOG TO A TXT/LOG FILE? If TRUE, mareo crash !!!
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;LogToFile = TRUE

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; IS MAREO REQUIRED TO DELETE THE WAV FILE AFTER ENCODING (TRUE) OR THE CD RIPPER DOES (FALSE)?
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DeleteWavFile = FALSE

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; What char would be used to replace forbiden chars?
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CorrectionChar = _

; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; OGG VORBIS: excelent and patent free encoder: http://www.vorbis.com/
; RECOMMENDED VERSION: AoTuV 4.51b: http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXECUTEIF = TRUE
; EXECUTEIF = [1] = [TRACK]
FINALPATH = [PERSONAL]\Ma musique\ogg\[ARTIST]\[ALBUM]\
FINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED] - [TITLE]
; VAFINALPATH = [PERSONAL]\Music\VA - [ALBUM]\
; VAFINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED]. [TITLE] ([ARTIST])
;CUEFINALPATH = [PERSONAL]\Ma musique\[ARTIST]\
;CUEFINALNAME = [ARTIST] - [YEAR] - [ALBUM];
EXTENSION = ogg
ENCODEREXE = C:\Program Files\ogg\oggenc.exe
PARAMETERS = -q 4.25 "[SOURCE]" -o "[DESTTMP]" -a "[ARTIST]" -l "[ALBUM]" -t "[TITLE]" -N "[TRACK]" -d "[YEAR]" -G "[GENRE]"
RENAME = TRUE

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; FLAC: most supported lossless encoder: http://flac.sourceforge.net/
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EXECUTEIF = TRUE
; EXECUTEIF = [1] = [TRACK]
FINALPATH = [PERSONAL]\Ma musique\flac\[ARTIST]\[ALBUM]\
FINALNAME = [TRACKPADDED] - [TITLE]
;VAFINALPATH = [PERSONAL]\Ma musique\flac\[ARTIST]\[ALBUM]\
;VAFINALNAME = [ARTIST] - [ALBUM] - [TRACKPADDED] - [TITLE]
;CUEFINALPATH = [PERSONAL]\Ma musique\[ARTIST]\
;CUEFINALNAME = [ARTIST] - [YEAR] - [ALBUM]
EXTENSION = flac
ENCODEREXE = C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe
PARAMETERS = -8 -V "[SOURCE]" -o "[DESTTMP]" -T artist="[ARTIST]" -T album="[ALBUM]" -T title="[TITLE]" -T

tracknumber="[TRACKPADDED]" -T date="[YEAR]" -T genre="[GENRE]"
;--replay-gain
RENAME = TRUE

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EAC extraction logfile

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 8. January 2008, 23:39

Hey Hey My My / Hey Hey My My

Used drive : LITE-ON DVDRW LDW-811S Adapter: 0 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : Yes

Combined read/write offset correction : 0
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : No
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Not detected, thus appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\mareo\mareo.exe
Additional command line options : mareo_jk.ini %s %d "%a" "%g" "%t" "%n" "%y" "%m"


TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
---------------------------------------------------------
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:26.30 | 0 | 15479
2 | 3:26.30 | 2:47.25 | 15480 | 28029
3 | 6:13.55 | 3:53.14 | 28030 | 45518
4 | 10:06.69 | 3:52.21 | 45519 | 62939
5 | 13:59.15 | 2:59.57 | 62940 | 76421
6 | 16:58.72 | 2:39.06 | 76422 | 88352
7 | 19:38.03 | 3:16.50 | 88353 | 103102
8 | 22:54.53 | 4:57.34 | 103103 | 125411
9 | 27:52.12 | 3:01.39 | 125412 | 139025
10 | 30:53.51 | 3:22.16 | 139026 | 154191
11 | 34:15.67 | 3:33.54 | 154192 | 170220
12 | 37:49.46 | 2:47.60 | 170221 | 182805
13 | 40:37.31 | 3:37.24 | 182806 | 199104
14 | 44:14.55 | 3:12.00 | 199105 | 213504


Track 6

Filename D:\Mes documents\Ma musique\wma\Hey Hey My My\Hey Hey My My\06 - Don'T Sell Me Now.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 99.8 %
Copy CRC B69E8763
Copy OK

No errors occurred

End of status report

Thanks very much for your help.

I'm in the middle of ripping about 50 box sets, mostly various artists. In the vast majority of the cases, the freedb artist entry for these is "Various" with the Various Artists checkbox checked. So, I have to go in and uncheck the checkbox and type 'V.A.' each disc, which is laborious.

"Various' should probably be the default, as it will create a separate directory entry for each file if I don't change this every time, for every disc. Or put it in the ini file, so people could change the default.

Thanks,

David

Looks like you have a old version of the INI file.

Try to use a new INI, and just bring your old commands to the new one. Not as a block, but looking at what is new.

freedb recommend that you use 'Various' when submitting a "sampler or compilation" in their FAQ.

EAC will check the Various Artists checkbox for any freedb entry that begins with the seven characters "Various": whether the full artist name is "Various", "Various Artists", or "Various Badgers".

Is the only way. As soon as EAC "sees" Various, it uses the VA mode.

Hmmmm... how would this work? I've been using the mareo rename quite heavily.

final directory structure:

music
lossless
cd directories....
mp3
cd directories...

Can EAC do this? Let me try it once...

I'm not entirely certain I need playlists, actually. My Sansa can't handle them, and I'm using SlimServer and a Squeezebox for home use. The Squeezebox is new and I need to investigate whether they are useful in that environment. I typically use them with Winamp, but I'm using it less and less, as i get portable and wireless.








Sorry, I guess I don't get it. What is wrong with that? What does that do to Mareo?

This is supposed to be a separate reply, but this BB software combines my last two posts into one.

in Various-mode, EAC sends MAREO the song artist, not the CD artist (which should be VA). So MAREO does not knows it is processing a VA CD.

The way it works today, is that EAC in V.A.-mode, sends MAREO V.A. as artist, and then "title / artist". MAREO then splits the title / artist, as it knows it is a various CD.

I handle it this way (MAREOv5!):
For "normal" cds i made the usual MAREO setup.

For VA CDs i created an alternative EAC profile (you can switch between different profiles in EACs status bar).
It is a copy of the normal setup with these changes:

• in the command line of EACs compression settings i point MAREO to sampler.ini instead of mareo.ini (see last point)
• at the end of this command line there is an additional parameter where i fill in the desired album artist (manually): "OST" for Soundtracks, "Sampler", etc. If It is a tribute CD i use the name of the tributed artist.
• under EAC Options -> Filename -> various artist naming scheme i also fill in this album artist where in my original EAC profile the artist was used (because i let EAC handle the renaming of the first encoded file). This way Soundtracks are stored in a folder called OST and tribute CDs are stored in the tributed artists folder.
• the sampler.ini has the following changes:
  where it is possible i add an Album Artist tag field created out of the additional parameter (e.g. [1])
  under Final Path i use [1] where in my normal mareo.ini [Artist] was used.

I find it really annoying that you can't edit the artist-field in EAC (at least not in EAC v0.95 beta 3: it is greyed out and filled with "various"). But the described way works pretty well for me.

According to my last mareo.log (accidentally a VA-CD) EACs %a-parameter sends the track artist and not the CD artist (wich would have been "various"). So EAC splits the track artist and the track title and doesn't send "various" anywhere. Or is the log created after MAREO has splited the track title in artist and title? Then the received command line is missleading!

Thanks a lot Kwanbis.
I imported new ini.
Now EAC works just fine.

Thanks again for your job.

my pleasure.

Thanks for all the great work with Mareo. I am running into a problem with my existing .ini files. I set DeleteWavFile = TRUE but the log file is reporting that it is set to FALSE even though I have commented out (;) that line and added a DeleteWavFile = TRUE line. Mareo reports that the TRUE line is unrecognized, and as a result, does not process any of my stuff. Any suggestions? Thanks

post your ini please.

Hi kwanbis: There seems to be no download-link on www.webearce.com.ar for version 6...

Would you be so nice and provide a working link for MAREO 5 as well? I still plan to write a german documentation for MAREO. But as i didn't change to v6 yet i'd like to start with a simple how-to for v5.

I seem to be having the same problem attempting to download a new version of Mareo. For some reason, I am unable to get it from http://www.webearce.com.ar/mareo.rar or by going to the website directly. Can anyone help me download it?

Thanks!

Tim