EAC and Monkey's Audio

2013-01-08T16:29:00Z

Fulano7: /* Software Needed */ Updated link to wapet.exe

==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]
* [http://monkeysaudio.com/download.html Monkey's Audio 3.99F]
* [http://synthetic-soul.co.uk/files/wapet_0.6.zip wapet.exe]

==Installation==
'''Note:''' This guide assumes that EAC is has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow [[EAC_Drive_Configuration | this]] guide.
* Install Monkey's Audio using the default location.
* Unzipp '''wapet.zip''' into the '''Exact Audio Copy''' directory

==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 '''.ape''' if not already that.
* Click the '''Browse''' button and locate the '''wapet.exe'''.
* Remove the ticks from '''Use CRC check''', '''Add ID3 tag''' and '''check for external programs return code'''.
* In the Addtional command line options box, copy and paste the string below.
'''APEv2 Tag:'''
%d -t "Artist=%a" -t "Title=%t" -t "Album=%g" -t "Year=%y" -t "Track=%n" -t "Genre=%m" '''"C:\Program Files\Monkey's Audio\MAC.exe"'''
%s %d '''-c2000'''

'''Note 1''': This needs to point to where the MAC.exe is located and please ensure that " " is around the full location.

'''Note 2''': Alter this switch for the desired compression mode
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
| '''-c1000''' || Fast
|-
| '''-c2000''' || Normal
|-
| '''-c3000''' || High
|-
| '''-c4000''' || Extra High
|-
| '''-c5000''' || Insane
|}

* Do not worry what bit rate is shown in the bit rate drop down box, this will be ignored.

<center>[[Image:EACandMonkeysAudio.png|frame|center|Monkey's Audio configured with tagging support]]</center>

==Addtional Reading==
* [[Monkey%27s Audio]]
* [[Exact_Audio_Copy | Exact Audio Copy]]
* [[Lossless | About Lossless Compression]]

[[Category:Guides]]
[[Category:EAC Guides|Monkey's Audio & EAC]]

Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase - User contributions [en]

EAC and Monkey's Audio