EAC and AAC (qaac)

2015-06-09T01:30:57Z

157.193.11.253: ALAC command line & General Configuration for Encode AAC

===Important note===

This guide is in need of an update, because '''in EAC 1.0 beta 2, the replacement strings changed'''. For example:
* "%s" is now "%source%"
* "%d" is now "%dest%"
* "%a" is now "%artist%"
See the full list in [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/support/faq/ the EAC FAQ] or in the [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=EAC_Compression_Options#External_Compression EAC Compression Options guide].

===Software Needed===
* [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download/ Exact Audio Copy]
* [https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet CLI QuickTime AAC/ALAC encoder]

'''Note:''' This guide has now been amended to reflect changes made to QAAC as of 2.18.

===refalac's command line usage===
* [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/refalac-usage refalac usage]

===qaac's command line usage===
* [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/Command-Line-Options Command Line Options]

===Installation===
'''Note:''' This guide assumes that EAC has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow [[EAC_Drive_Configuration | this]] guide.
* Download [https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet CLI QuickTime AAC/ALAC encoder], Then unzip the chosen QAAC version (include '''qaac.exe''' and '''refalac.exe''') into the same directory as EAC.

===General Configuration for Encode ALAC===

* Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.
* Click the '''EAC''' menu and select '''Compression Options'''.
* Click the '''External Compression''' Tab, and put a tick in the box for '''use external program for compression'''.
* Change '''Parameter Passing Scheme''' to '''User Defined Encoder'''.
* Change '''Use file extension''' to '''.m4a''' if not already that.
* Click the '''Browse''' button and locate the '''refalac.exe''' that you unzipped earlier.
* Remove the ticks from '''Use CRC check''' and '''Add ID3 tag'''.
* Tick '''Check for external programs return code'''.
* If you are using EAC 1.0b2 or newer, then in the '''Additional command line options''' box, copy and paste the following string:

--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --composer "%composer%" --comment "%comment%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr1%/%numtracks%" --disk "%cdnumber%/%totalcds%" %haslyrics%--lyrics "%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% %hascover%--artwork "%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%

* <font style="color:red">'''Note''': Remember that you cannot change the compression level.</font>

===General Configuration for Encode AAC===

* Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.
* Click the '''EAC''' menu and select '''Compression Options'''.
* Click the '''External Compression''' Tab, and put a tick in the box for '''use external program for compression'''.
* Change '''Parameter Passing Scheme''' to '''User Defined Encoder'''.
* Change '''Use file extension''' to '''.m4a''' if not already that.
* Click the '''Browse''' button and locate the '''qaac.exe''' that you unzipped earlier.
* Remove the ticks from '''Use CRC check''' and '''Add ID3 tag'''.
* Tick '''Check for external programs return code'''.
* If you are using EAC 1.0b2 or newer, then in the '''Additional command line options''' box, copy and paste the following string:

--title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --composer "%composer%" --comment "%comment%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr1%/%numtracks%" --disk "%cdnumber%/%totalcds%" %haslyrics%--lyrics "%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% %hascover%--artwork "%coverfile%"%hascover% %islow%-a %bitrate%%islow% %ishigh%-v %bitrate%%ishigh% %source% -o %dest%

* '''High quality''' in EAC = Constrained VBR mode = VBR on in iTunes.
* '''Low quality''' in EAC = ABR mode = VBR off in iTunes.
* Note: for other encoding modes (such as CBR, True VBR, HE-AAC, etc.), edit the parameters between the %islow% and/or %ishigh% tags. See [https://github.com/nu774/qaac/wiki/Command-Line-Options Command Line Options].

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