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 <font style="color:red">'''-A'''</font> --title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" -o %dest% %source%

Includes <font style="color:DarkOrange">cover</font>:
 <font style="color:red">'''-A'''</font> --title "%title%" --artist "%artist%" --band "%albumartist%" --album "%albumtitle%" --genre "%genre%" --date "%year%" --track "%tracknr%/%numtracks%" <font style="color:DarkOrange">%hascover%--artwork "%coverfile%"%hascover%</font> -o %dest% %source%

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

[[Image:EACandQAAC1.png|frame|center|600px|QAAC configured for ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)]]

* Do not worry about the bit rate is shown in the bit rate drop down box; this will be ignored, as will the quality setting below it.

== Copy Image & Create CUE Sheet ==

When extracting to an Image & CUE Sheet, the Tags (artist, album title, track titles, track numbers, etc.) are located in the CUE Sheet so you don't need to tag the Image. 
{{panel|title=Note:|There is a BUG in EAC where Track#2 information is used for all track related [[EAC_placeholders|placeholders]] when you use {{code|[Test & ]Copy Image & Create CUE Sheet > Compressed...}}. If you do decide to tag the Image, make sure to only use placeholders that are intended for the entire CD.|color=yellow}}

No Tags:
 <font style="color:red">'''-A'''</font> -o %dest% %source%

No Tags (except for the <font style="color:DarkOrange">cover</font>):
 <font style="color:red">'''-A'''</font> <font style="color:DarkOrange">%hascover%--artwork "%coverfile%"%hascover%</font> -o %dest% %source%


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

= See also =
[[EAC and ALAC (refalac)]] - refalac shares much of the code and functionalities with qaac, works very similar to {{code|'''qaac -A'''}} (ALAC encoding), and is packed in the same archive with qaac, but refalac does not require '''Apple Application Support''' (e.g. iTunes) or codec specifier options (such as {{code|'''-A'''}}).