
If you do insist on using aĭirectory structure here, you need to go back, edit the CUE in a program Your cuesheet, they'll be unable to do so. Then when someone goes to burn the files in EAC using When youĪdd a directory to the naming scheme, it'll put that directory path Here, unless you want to go back and edit your CUE sheet later. It looks ridiculous.Ī note on directory naming schemes: Don't use a directory structure Track numbers to go into triple digits for some reason, use %tracknr3%Ĭheck ' Use Various Artists Naming Scheme' and use : %tracknr2% - %artist% - %title%ĭon't replace spaces by underscores. If you prefer periods instead of dashes in the filenames. The only difference acceptable here would be perhaps %tracknr2%. It will instantly be given a 0% by the logchecker. Works for you (it does for me), feel free to leave it enabled.įriends don't let friends normalize their EAC rips. It should have no bearing on the rip quality. Was generating WAV files instead of FLAC, so I've made that a required Queue of external compressors in the background fixed an issue where EAC Note that in tests run by punkmeup, disabling the It doesn't take very long compared to the trackĮxtraction anyway. Recommend using more than 1 compressor thread even if you have a Other than that, these settings are pretty much ideal.

Only really figure this out by trial and error), you're welcome to keep If your drive is capable of reading UPC/ISRC codes and CD-Text (you can It to pass our logchecker without needing to be rescored manually. Language as your native one, but write the log file in English, allowing The "Create log files always in english language" is very Recommend using Alternate CD play routines and disabling autostart These settings are pretty much all optional and self explanatory. Locking the drive tray during extraction isn't a bad idea though. The rest is optional, choose as you will. Using an older version of EAC, make sure "No use of null samples for CRCĬalculations is UNCHECKED. Make sure you set the green highlighted settings as shown. Any tabs not pictured are completely optional settings, or are irrelevant to ripping. Likely AccurateRip was already configured, and this may not appear.Īll of the options dialogs can be found from the EAC menu at the top of the screen. OnceĪgain, if you have an older version of EAC or dBpoweramp installed, it's If you have an older version of EAC orĭBpoweramp installed, it's likely AccurateRip was already configured,

That was recently released (a few months old at least). Next, put a popular CD into your drive, preferably not one When you first start EAC, you'll see a screen like this one. Useful if you want to pay for metadata results. Useful as well if you don't have it separately installed. Make sure you installĪccurateRip, CDRDAO, CTDB, and freedb as a bare minimum. Anything unmarkedĮventually you'll get to a screen like this.

Versions 0.99 or earlierĪnything with a green outline around it is a required setting.Īnything orange is required but depends on your drive. Will not completely work with earlier versions. This guide was made for EAC version 1.0 beta 3 and You know who you are.Ĭurrent version as of this guide: EAC 1.0 beta 3. I'd like to thank everyone who helped me with this guide. This was originally posted on FileSharingTalk, but the images no longer show up for non-members on those forums, so I made a custom page and reuploaded all the images to imgur to make sure they're easily available.
