EAC and Lame

2006-01-05T22:15:38Z

Damien: Added --tg "%m" for id tag genre

===Software Needed===
* [http://exactaudiocopy.org/eac6.html Exact Audio Copy]
* [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Recommended_LAME Recommended LAME version]

===Installation===
'''Note:''' This guide assumes that EAC has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow [[EAC_Drive_Configuration | this]] guide.
* Unzip the chosen LAME version into the same directory as EAC.
* If you would like to tag with APEv2 tags please download [http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/files/wapet.zip wapet.zip] and unzip it into the '''same folder'''.

===Configuration===

* 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 check box in '''Use external program for compression'''.
* Change '''Parameter passing scheme''' to '''User Defined Encoder'''.
* Change '''Use file extension''' to '''.mp3'''.
* Click the '''Browse''' button and locate the '''lame.exe''' that you unzipped into the EAC directory earlier.
'''Note:''' If you want to tag with APEv2 tags using Wapet please locate '''wapet.exe''', not lame.exe.
* Remove the ticks from '''Use CRC check''', '''Add ID3 tag''' and '''Check for external programs return code'''.
* Don't worry which bit rate is shown in the '''Bit rate''' drop down box, as this will not have any effect on the resultant MP3 file (See Note 4 at the bottom of this page).

* In the '''Addtional command line options''' box, copy and paste one of the strings below, based on the tag format you prefer.

'''No Tags:'''

'''-V 2 --vbr-new''' '''%s %d'''

'''ID3v1:'''

'''-V 2 --vbr-new''' --id3v1-only --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tg "%m" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" '''%s %d'''

'''ID3v2:'''

'''-V 2 --vbr-new''' --id3v2-only --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tg "%m" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" '''%s %d'''

'''ID3v1 and ID3v2:'''

'''-V 2 --vbr-new''' --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tg "%m" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" '''%s %d'''

'''APEv2: (This requires [http://www.saunalahti.fi/cse/files/wapet.zip wapet.exe]. Remember to browse for wapet.exe instead of lame.exe as the external encoding program.)'''

'''%d''' -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" LAME.exe '''-V 2 --vbr-new''' '''%s %d'''

'''Note 1:''' lame.exe needs to be in the same directory as wapet.exe.

'''Note 2:''' If you wanted to change the [[LAME#Encoder_Presets| LAME preset]], the green text denotes the part that needs to be altered.

'''Note 3:''' The '''%s''' and '''%d''' at the end of each string are placeholders for EAC. '''%s''' means '''source''' filename and '''%d''' means '''destination''' filename.

'''Note 4:''' The '''%l...%l''' and '''%h...%h''' placeholders are used to add text according to whether the High quality or Low quality radio button is selected, as shown below:

'''%l--preset 128%l%h--preset standard%h''' '''%s %d'''

Therefore, if you select '''Low quality''', EAC will invoke the LAME encoder with the following command line parameters:

LAME.exe --preset 128 '''%s %d'''

..and if you select '''High quality''' EAC will invoke LAME with these command line parameters:

LAME.exe --preset standard '''%s %d'''

You can access the bitrate value in the dropdown list using the '''%r''' placeholder, For Example:

--preset %r '''%s %d'''

So, if you selected '''192 kBit/s''' in the '''Bit Rate''' drop-down list, the command line would be:

LAME.exe --preset 192 '''%s %d'''

It is a generally accepted fact that the bitrate selected in the drop-down list doesn't affect the command line. In essence this is true, as it will not affect the command line ''unless you use the %r placeholder''. However, using ABR or CBR over VBR is not recommended, and therefore you should never have to use the '''%r''' option.

<center>[[Image:EAC_LAME02.png|frame|center|LAME configured with ID3v1 tagging]]</center>

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