I saw on another thread a discussion about whether using -lc to force Nero into using LC would result in a different bitrate scale result, but the discussion never really answered that question.

So, I am using EAC and trying to set up the Additional Command Line. I copied the recommended one, but it didn't tag my songs correctly. So I found another searching on this forum, will try it when I get home.

My question is - If one inserts -lc into the command line, will that change the bitrate scale?

Try it on a few songs and find out.

AFAIK it changes the bitrate scale, so yes the bitrate will be different at a given quality value when forcing one of the modes.

Only, if you are forcing LC profile, i.e. when profile calculated by neroaacenc according to requested quality is different from LC (practically for q<0.31).

Thanks for the replies.

Just out of curiosity, would anyone be willing to share what they use for an Additional Command Line? (I'm curious about possibilities beyond the two available in the pinned thread on Nero settings above.)

Thanks.

neroaacenc.exe -help in DOS window.

I give up. Could anyone suggest what is missing from this command line to get EAC to tag my files properly?

/c C:\Nero Codec\win32\neroAacEnc.exe -q 0.375 -if %s -of %d && C:\Nero Copdec\win32\NeroAacTag.exe %d -meta:artist="%a" -meta:album="%g" -meta:track="%n" -meta:title="%t" -meta:genre="%m" -meta:year="%y"

/c ""C:\Nero Codec\win32\neroAacEnc.exe" -q 0.375 -if %s -of %d && "C:\Nero Copdec\win32\NeroAacTag.exe" %d -meta:artist="%a" -meta:album="%g" -meta:track="%n" -meta:title="%t" -meta:genre="%m" -meta:year="%y""

I hope you have neroaacenc in the win32 subdirectory of the "nero codec" directory and neroaactag.exe in the win32 subdirectory of the "nero copdec" directory.

anyhow, pay attention to the quotes and hopefully you've followed the rest of the guide correctly.

Greynol,

Thanks for your help, but this still doesn't work properly and it's beginning to annoy me badly. When I use a simple, non-tagging command line like -q .45 etc., EAC will compress the file with Nero AAC.

But using the more complicated line, copying and pasting the one you wrote, EAC will not compress the file, much less create tags. (By the way, the "Copdec" was a typo, as you probably guessed...)

Perhaps it's another setting?

EAC command line help 101
Provide complete details about your configuration in your first post, which generally includes the header of a log file and a screenshot of the the External Compression tab in EAC's Compression Options (F11).

Thanks - but after more tinkering and reviewing I discovered and corrected the problem! Thanks for your assistance anyway! You put me on the right track (initially I was just on the wrong train).

Titus Livius